Former "Friends" star Lisa Kudrow was a Biological Sciences researcher at Vassar College. Her work focused on the comparative likelihood of left-handed individuals developing cluster headaches. Her father was a well-known neurologist and Kudrow intended on becoming one herself before getting her break on "Friends".

Want to conduct research and create something innovative? 

Become a URA Scholar!
Undergraduate Research Awards provide up to $1,500 to undergraduate students to support their research or creative work with a UMBC faculty mentor on an original project. UMBC students of all years and disciplines are invited to apply, as long as they will remain enrolled at UMBC long enough to complete the proposed work. 

Apply by Feb. 16: https://ur.umbc.edu/ura/

Contact Dr. April Householder at aprilh@umbc.edu for more information.