Natalie Smith '17, a survivor of acute myeloid leukemia diagnosed at age six, has dedicated her career to improving cancer outcomes through innovative research on diet, the microbiome and blood cancers. Her personal experience with cancer, including a relapse and a life-saving bone marrow transplant, inspired her to pursue this path.

After graduating from Georgetown University, Smith joined Dr. Marcel van den Brink's lab at City of Hope, where she is building groundbreaking microbiome and dietary databases to study how nutrition impacts treatment efficacy and side effects in transplant and CAR T cell therapy patients.

Read more in this article from City of Hope.