Rafael Montero is an undergraduate student at Haverford College whose research project on treatment gaps in hepatitis B virus treatment was made possible through an AGA-funded fellowship.
Over the past year, Rafael Montero realized he is more interested in disease prevention rather than treating patients after getting sick.
Rafael’s research project — made possible through an AGA-funded fellowship — evaluates the treatment rates among Asian American, Black and Latino patients in different clinical settings in order to understand the treatment gaps within groups with high incidence of hepatitis B virus (HBV). This research will provide a minority-focused perspective regarding non-treatment issues in clinics and how to solve them.
Rafael’s journey like those of other undergraduate students shows the importance of growing the investigators pipeline.
