Rachel Baum, PhD, received her bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and cell biology at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). During her undergraduate studies, she worked as an intern in several pharmaceutical chemistry labs. After graduating, she worked at Vertex Pharmaceuticals as a research associate in a neurobiology lab, studying Huntington’s disease. To gain academic research experience, she then worked as a research associate in an immunology lab at UCSD, studying the role of type 2 innate lymphoid cells in allergic inflammation. Upon joining Cedars-Sinai, Baum joined the Shaw Lab and her thesis research focused on the role of the actin cytoskeleton in intracellular trafficking of ion channel proteins and how to maintain trafficking during adverse cardiac events. After graduating, Rachel will be starting a postdoctoral fellowship, continuing in the field of cardiology research.