Sarah Cook (GH ‘25, she/her) is a neuroscience major from Nashville, Tennessee. Her interest in global health lies in the historical and current inequities in mental health care. As an aspiring physician-scientist, Sarah is interested in how an interdisciplinary understanding of neuropsychiatric disease – understanding not only its molecular mechanisms, but also the experiences of patients and the structures for receiving care – can make treatment more effective and equitable. In her research in Michael Higley’s lab at the Yale School of Medicine, she has studied social behavior in mouse models of autism spectrum disorder and now researches the synaptic structure of inter-hemispheric projections in the somatosensory cortex. On campus, Sarah is interested in bridging these interests with her love of writing. At the Yale Daily News, she reported on student policy and affairs as a reporter and served as a university editor. She also plays violin in Berkeley College Orchestra and volunteers in pediatric oncology at Yale New Haven Hospital. This year, she is excited to be a Grace Hopper first-year counselor. She spends her free time going on runs in East Rock, listening to Taylor Swift, and knitting.