Diversity in Life Sciences

Dr. Abigael (Abby) Cheruiyot is a postdoctoral research fellow at the Joslin Diabetes Center in the lab of Dr. Jean Schaffer. She studies molecular mechanisms underlying the regulation of insulin protein synthesis and its alteration in diabetes. Dr. Cheruiyot was HHMI international student fellow at Washington University in Saint Louis, where she obtained her PhD studying DNA and RNA surveillance mechanisms in Dr. Zhongsheng You’s lab. She is 2023 HHMI Leading Edge Symposium fellow. Dr. Cheruiyot is current co-chair of the HMS Black Postdoc Association (HBPA) and chaired the HBPA annual symposium organizing committee in 2021 and 2023. She is very passionate about both science and promoting equity across institutions.