{"id":257574,"date":"2025-09-12T13:28:50","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T17:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=257574"},"modified":"2025-09-15T17:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T21:00:05","slug":"student-spends-summer-at-countrys-top-cancer-center","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2025\/student-spends-summer-at-countrys-top-cancer-center\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Spends Summer at Country&#8217;s Top Cancer Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin sphnews-block-editorial-leadin is-style-text-over-image has-media has-media-focus-center-top has-text-position-x-left\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1500\" height=\"1071\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Headshot of Carla Irizarry-Delgado\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-636x454.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-1024x731.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-768x548.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-755x539.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-1401x1000.jpg 1401w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-900x643.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/2025-08-27_Carla-Irizarry-Delgado-7e-1200x857.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Carla Irizarry-Delgado poses smiling in front of the Talbot Building. PHOTO: MEGAN JONES<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">school news<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMPH Student Spends Summer at Country&#8217;s Top Cancer Center\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">Carla Irizarry-Delgado conducted epidemiological research on breast cancer prevention at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center as a trainee in the center&#8217;s summer program for young scientists.<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar sphnews-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">September 12, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/authors\/megan-jones\/\">Megan Jones<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p>For <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/carlaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Carla Irizarry-Delgado<\/a>, a second-year MPH student studying <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/education\/degrees-and-programs\/master-of-public-health-programs\/certificates\/mph-functional-certificates\/epidemiology-and-biostatistics\/\">epidemiology and biostatistics<\/a>, the path to a summer practicum at the country\u2019s top cancer center began with two lifelong loves: learning and her mother.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An ambitious student from an early age, Irizarry-Delgado balanced her classwork with music, playing percussion in the marching band, bassoon in the wind ensemble, and studying music theory throughout high school. After graduating with high honors, she attended the University of South Florida (USF) where she took classes in math, physics, chemistry, and biology towards a degree in biomedical sciences. At USF, she picked up pickleball, served on the honors college student council, and volunteered as a peer mentor. In 2023, she was poised enter her final year at USF a year early with an enviable r\u00e9sum\u00e9 and plans for medical or pharmacy school. Then, her mother was diagnosed with cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1024x958.jpg\" alt=\"Carla Irizarry-Delgado, dressed in a brown suit, stands in front of a purple wall that reads &quot;The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center,&quot; &quot;#1 in the nation for cancer care,&quot; and &quot;#EndCancer&quot; with the US News logo for best hospitals for cancer.\" class=\"wp-image-257581\" width=\"720\" height=\"673\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1024x958.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-636x595.jpg 636w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-768x719.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1536x1437.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-2048x1916.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-755x707.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1069x1000.jpg 1069w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-900x842.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1920x1797.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-2-1200x1123.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><figcaption>Carla Irizarry-Delgado inside MD Anderson where the hospital&#8217;s award for being named the best cancer center in the U.S. for the 2025-2026 year by U.S. News &amp; World Report is printed on the wall. Photo courtesy of Carla Irizarry-Delgado.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Irizarry-Delgado was caught entirely off guard. Her mother, Marycelys, used to work in the healthcare field as a dietician. Marycelys is a nonsmoker, eats healthy, exercises daily, and did not have any of the other common risks factors\u2014yet at age 49, she was facing breast cancer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, the prognosis for Marycelys\u2019s cancer (HR-\/HER2+ invasive ductal carcinoma) was good. While it may have been a death sentence as recently as the late 1990s, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aacr.org\/blog\/2023\/10\/17\/25-years-of-trastuzumab-a-legacy-of-innovation\/\">discovery<\/a> of the role of the HER2 protein in promoting cancer cell growth enabled researchers to develop the drug trastuzumab to target the protein. With proper treatment, Marycelys\u2019s doctors believed she could achieve complete remission. She insisted her daughter stay at USF and continue her studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As her mother began chemotherapy back home in southern Florida, four hours north in Tampa, Irizarry-Delgado began a maternal and child health scholars\u2019 program at the recommendation of one of her favorite humanities professors. With a proper introduction, the professor suspected Irizarry-Delgado might discover a talent and passion for public health, and she did.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI learned about the social determinants of health\u2014these social aspects to health that I never had thought about but made much sense to me\u2014and I immediately fell in love,\u201d says Irizarry-Delgado, who went on to declare a minor in public health at USF. She realized she could apply her love of learning to answer for herself the questions swirling in her head since her mother\u2019s diagnosis: <em>Why does cancer happen and how can it be prevented?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irizarry-Delgado changed course, setting her sights on a career as a cancer epidemiologist. Her first step, she decided, would be to get an MPH at the School of Public Health.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-list alignright sphnews-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Viewpoint<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/if-my-beautiful-homeland-is-labeled-as-garbage-what-does-that-make-me\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">&#8216;If My Beautiful Homeland Is Labeled As Garbage, What Does That Make Me?&#8217;<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">October 31, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p>Upon moving to Boston, Irizarry-Delgado did not miss a beat, immediately immersing herself in campus life at SPH. Her first semester, she enrolled in a career prep course, became a student ambassador, took a part-time job as a student content creator in the Office of Marketing and Communications, authored a viewpoint on harmful rhetoric about Puerto Rico (her homeland) for the School&#8217;s newsletter, and founded a new student organization (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/latinocaucusbusph\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\">BU&#8217;s Latino Caucus for Public Health<\/a>). Later, in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/DNf1x5Ruysk\/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reel<\/a> for SPH\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/busph\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a> sharing advice with her peers, Irizarry-Delgado would point to her early involvement and networking efforts as key to landing her practicum at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center last summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For ten weeks, Irizarry-Delgado lived and worked in Houston alongside a cohort of other students in MD Anderson\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdanderson.org\/education-training\/research-training\/early-career-pathway-programs\/summer-research-programs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cancer Advanced Training and Learning for Young Scientists (CATALYST) program<\/a>. In addition to an hourly wage, the program provided round-trip airfare and accommodations in a hotel near the hospital\u2019s campus, she says. \u201cIt felt like summer camp sometimes. You\u2019re working during the day, and then in the evenings, you\u2019re at the pool, playing board games, or just hanging out together.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As a participant in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdanderson.org\/education-training\/research-training\/early-career-pathway-programs\/summer-research-programs.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cancer Prevention Research Training Program<\/a> under the umbrella of CATALYST, Irizarry-Delgado received mentorship from Mariana Chavez Mac Gregor, the chair ad interim of the Department of Health Services Research and a medical oncologist specializing in breast cancer. With the support of the doctor and seasoned researcher, Irizarry-Delgado spent her days investigating the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on diagnosis and treatment of an early form of breast cancer (ductal carcinoma in situ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Irizarry-Delgado joined a team of researchers using data from the National Cancer Database to explore patterns in patient cases of the cancer between 2019 and 2022 across a variety of characteristics, such as race, ethnicity, income, educational attainment, and insurance status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe hypothesized that the overall number of cases decreased dramatically in 2020,\u201d says Irizarry-Delgado. Which would make sense, she says, because many healthcare systems suspended preventative services like cancer screenings at the time, as COVID strained providers\u2019 time and resources.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-928x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Carla Irizarry-Delgado, dressed in a brown suit, stands in front of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.\" class=\"wp-image-257582\" width=\"506\" height=\"558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-928x1024.jpg 928w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-576x636.jpg 576w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-768x848.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-1392x1536.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-1856x2048.jpg 1856w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-755x833.jpg 755w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-906x1000.jpg 906w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-816x900.jpg 816w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-1920x2119.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/files\/2025\/09\/mda-photo-3-1200x1324.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption>Carla Irizarry-Delgado stands in front of The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Photo courtesy of Carla Irizarry-Delgado.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the summer, Irizarry-Delgado is grateful for the opportunity her practicum at MD Anderson gave her to contribute to advancing cancer prevention. She understands the importance of improving access to preventative screenings on a personal level: her mother\u2019s cancer was indetectable on routine mammogram and only caught thanks to a supplemental breast ultrasound. Early detection likely saved her mother\u2019s life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After completing her MPH, Irizarry-Delgado intends to pursue a PhD in cancer epidemiology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201c[CATALYST] is such a good thing to have on your r\u00e9sum\u00e9, but more than that, it was a great learning experience. I worked with an actual team of researchers, contributed to something meaningful, and I\u2019m even writing a manuscript for the project,\u201d she says. \u201cThe experience helped me realize how much I&#8217;ve learned at BUSPH, and I\u2019m so grateful for the education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;What Irizarry-Delgado is most grateful for though, is that her mother is finally cancer-free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI feel that focusing my career on cancer research and science is a good way to give back to the field that gave my&nbsp;mom&nbsp;her life back,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories is-style-card has-three sphnews-block-editorial-relatedstories\">\n\t\t<h3 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-title\">Related<\/h3>\n\t\t<ul class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/10\/Almira-Lewis-600x362-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Almira Lewis, wearing a long black top and a bright blue blouse, leans against a tree on campus. A lamp post in the background says &quot;Public Health is... HOPE.&quot;\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Students<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/student-researches-health-disparities-on-practicum-in-colombia\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Student Researches Health Disparities on Practicum in Colombia<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">October 27, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2024\/01\/MacKenzie-Hilton600x362.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"MacKenzie Hilton sits at a desk behind a laptop covered in BUSPH stickers, she has long dark hair and is wearing a navy blue long sleeve\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Practice<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2024\/student-advances-digital-health-equity-with-guidelines-for-inclusive-ai\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Student Advances Digital Health Equity with Guidelines for Inclusive AI<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">January 12, 2024<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"600\" height=\"362\" src=\"\/sph\/files\/2023\/10\/Nickita-Gupta2-600x362-1.png\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Nickita Gupta, wearing a mustard yellow blouse and blue jeans, stands at the crossroads of two streets in the South End\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-category\"><span>Activist Lab<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/sph\/news\/articles\/2023\/student-partners-with-local-neighborhood-in-activist-practicum\/\" class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-title-link\">Student Researches Local Neighborhood Safety for Activist Practicum<\/a><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-relatedstories-article-date\">October 20, 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For Carla Irizarry-Delgado, a second-year MPH student studying epidemiology and biostatistics, the path to a summer practicum at the country\u2019s top cancer center began with two lifelong loves: learning and her mother. 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