VERTICES PREP Program

Imani Douglas was born in Chicago, IL, and raised in Phoenix, AZ. She graduated summa cum laude from Fisk University’s honors program with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology with a concentration in Bioinformatics. After graduate school, she hopes to continue pursuing research in computational biology and precision medicine. Specifically, she has gravitated towards studying disease-associated proteins as potential therapeutic targets. Imani is also keenly interested in developing predictive models for early disease diagnosis and using diverse health data to predict disease outcomes to address health disparities in underserved and underrepresented communities. Beyond the lab, Imani serves as a coding tutor for K-12 students, a crisis hotline volunteer, an avid reader, and an aspiring cake decorator.