Splash Biography



ARYA OKTEN, Yale Graduate Student Studying Coronavirus



Major: Immunobiology

College/Employer: Yale

Year of Graduation: G

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Brief Biographical Sketch:

Hi, I'm a second year Yale Immunobiology graduate student studying coronavirus. I did my undergraduate degrees in Mathematics and Biology at Brown University.



Past Classes

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S4427: Vaccines: Fighting off the Pandemic in Splash Fall 2021 (Nov. 13, 2021)
This course will explain how vaccines harness the power of the immune system to protect against future infections. It will also discuss different types of vaccines, emphasizing modern technologies used in the current COVID vaccines. Finally, this course will illustrate how herd immunity and other public health measures work to prevent spread of an infection at a population level.