{"id":21219,"date":"2025-09-15T15:44:29","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T19:44:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/?post_type=profile&#038;p=21219"},"modified":"2026-03-17T14:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T18:43:18","slug":"david-la","status":"publish","type":"profile","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/people\/profiles\/david-la\/","title":{"rendered":"David La"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Class Year\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Class of 2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Where are you from?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles, CA<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is your favorite Biology or BMB course?<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\nCAS BI 216<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What kind of research have you done?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The Effects of \u03b1-MSH and \u03b1-MSH-Analogs in Maintaining Retinal Homeostasis After Ischemia\/Reperfusion At The Department of Ophthalmology, BU School of Medicine<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>How did you get your research position?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I emailed the principal investigator in charge of the research project.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What extracurricular activities are you involved in?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>1. Los Angeles Regional Food Bank Volunteering<br \/>\n2. Greater Boston Food Bank Volunteering<br \/>\n3. BU Med Campus Research<br \/>\n4. CAS Student Government<br \/>\n5. Biology Peer Mentor Program<br \/>\n6. Neurosurgical Shadowing At Mass General Hospital<br \/>\n7. Surgical Oncology Shadowing In Milan, Italy<br \/>\n8. Teaching English To Villagers In Japan<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is your favorite dining spot on or around campus?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Tatte<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What is your favorite BU memory?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Late-night study sessions, although exhausting, had some of the funniest conversations I&#8217;ve been a part of.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What\u2019s one BU tip you wish you knew sooner?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Prepare for the wind tunnels that are located on campus.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>What are your post-graduation plans?\u2028<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Medical School<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25081,"template":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21219"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/profile"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25081"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21221,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/profile\/21219\/revisions\/21221"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/biology\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}