Nayla Fair, an intern at the Hampton University Cancer Research Center, examines cancer cells through a microscope as part of the university’s project studying the genetics behind breast cancer diagnoses in African-American women.
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Hampton University studying cancer risks, testing for black women
Luisel Ricks-Santi keeps the medical family tree of one of the participants in her study taped to the door of her office in her lab at Hampton University.