According to school officials at Centerville, Pence has been working since 2015 on her senior research project: Novel regulation of BAT thermogenesis induced by hypothalamic Apolipoprotein A-IV. She received the 2018 Fulbright award to continue research on Amylin’s mechanisms in weight maintenance with Dr. Thomas Lutz at the University of Zurich.
Pence explained that she has been working hard to achieve the goal and is looking forward to going to Zurich.
“It’s a pretty rigorous program, and I have a year to complete it,” she said. “But the program puts an emphasis on learning about the culture, so I will have time to immerse myself and explore Zurich and get involved with organizations.”
The Fulbright Program, is a national award of competitive, merit-based grants for international educational exchange for students, scholars, teachers, professionals, scientist and artists, founded by United States Senator J. William Fulbright in 1946.
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Pence will return in the summer of 2019 to attend medical school at Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine where she has been a member of the Early Assurance Program since her graduation from Centerville in 2014.
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