Rachel Disher is a Research Intern in the Paulsen Lab at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She recently graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a degree in Biochemistry and certificates in Gender & Women’s Studies and Archaeology. Her research interests are treatment development and heritability of neurodegenerative disease. She hopes to practice neurology in the future as a physician. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, music, and being outdoors.