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###    Turning the Tables on COVID—with Help from SHURP  expand\_more  

> Gabriel Romero-Agosto’s summer research program at Harvard could have been canceled by COVID-19. Instead, the experience helped him become a PhD candidate who studies the virus.

## [**Read more about Gabriel's transformative experience with SHURP.**](https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/turning-tables-covid-help-shurp)

 ![Gabriel Romero: SHURP 2020 alum and Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD Student](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/2025-11/IMG_7958_0.jpg)

 

 

 



###    Bridging the Gap  expand\_more  

> Tiara Lacey crossed the chasm from undergraduate biology major to PhD research scientist thanks to a Harvard research program. Now she helps others do the same.

## [Learn more about Tiara's transformative research experience with SHURP here.](https://gsas.harvard.edu/news/bridging-gap)

 ![SHURP 2017 Scholars at Harvard Medical School](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/2025-11/SHURP%202017%20Final%20Dinner_0.jpg)

 

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

##  SHURP Alumni 

 



     ![SHURP 2017 students at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-11/Lacey%20at%20SHURP%202017%20End%20of%20Summer%20Leadership%20Alliance%20Symposium.jpg?itok=EnYPut4e) 

 



 

  

 

     ![SHURP 2017 students at Harvard Medical School](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/styles/hwp_1_1__480x480/public/2025-11/SHURP%202017%20Final%20Dinner.jpg?itok=0tiDMBgs) 

 



 

  

 

 

 

 

 

  ![SHURP 2020 alum and Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD Student Gabriel Romero](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/2025-11/IMG_7958.jpg)

 



 

  

 

  ![Gabriel Romero (SHURP 2020 alum and Harvard Biological and Biomedical Sciences PhD Student) with Aminah Coleman (SHURP 2025 Scholar)](/sites/g/files/omnuum8961/files/2025-11/IMG_0246.jpg)