Ashley Summers

Pharmacology Lab Scientist I
RNA Therapeutics Institute, UMass Chan Medical School
Ashley.Summers(at)umassmed.edu

Ashley Summers grew up in Massachusetts and received her BS in cellular and molecular biology from Westfield State College. Ashley has spent nearly fifteen years in health/veterinary care with ten years as a certified nursing assistant and advocate and four years as an animal care technician in animal medicine at UMass Chan Medical School. Ashley’s current role in the Khvorova Lab as a Pharmacology Lab Scientist is managing all in vivo and pharmacology research, including colony management, survival surgery, IACUC maintenance, study design, and animal welfare.