Katie Dimock

Hello and welcome to the HumBio Core!! I’m Katie, and I’m thrilled to be one of your A-side CAs this year. I loved the Core and the people in it, so I’m honored to be sticking around for another year to ensure that you do, too. My concentration was Impacts of Environmental Change on Human Health, which allowed me to study infectious disease dynamics, global health, nutrition and food justice, conservation biology, and more anthropology-based takes on cultural and climate adaptation and the relationship between our bodies and environments. I also completed the Notation in Science Communication program, which I ardently recommend to anyone enthused by the unique interdisciplinary freedom of HumBio. I spent a summer in the De Leo lab down at Hopkins Marine Station studying neglected tropical diseases, and another in the Peay lab working on aspen forest restoration and mycorrhizal fungi. I studied abroad in Madrid, discovering a love for solo train travel and a hatred for solo hostel stays. As an actor in the Stanford Shakespeare Company, the rest of my time was taken up rehearsing, memorizing lines, performing manual labor during tech, and taking the stage with my talented friends. I also love reading books on my library app, learning how horror movies are made, singing, yoga, white water rafting, swimming, hikes with high views/difficulty ratios, and my old lady dog Miel. I can’t wait to get to know all of you!