Welcome to my Honors & Scholars e-Portfolio! Here you will find relevant updates on my undergraduate career and education here at The Oho State University. If you wish to reach out to me, feel free to use my OSU name.# email address and I will promptly get back with you.
About Me
My name is Evan Catton and I am a fourth year student within the biological sciences scholars program. Prior to coming to Ohio State, I attended Saint Charles Preparatory school here in Columbus. I am currently a student in the college of engineering studying bio-medical engineering, while also following the pre-med track. I am interested in both the clinical and research side of medicine and I currently work in the BRT here at OSU under Dr. Don Benson and I volunteer and shadow at Grant Medical Center. My work here at the university focuses on immunotherapy as it pertains to a type of cancer known as multiple myeloma as well as biomedical engineering as it pertains to models of in vivo cancer study. I am also a student mentor for the Bio-Sci scholars group and the Coordinator of Development in a student organization here at OSU known as Camp Kesem. This organization specializes in aiding families, and more specifically the children, in which an parent or parents has been affected by cancer. If you wish to find out more about this wonderful organization, please reach out to me or visit campkesem.org! After I conclude my undergraduate studies here at OSU, I plan to go on to medical school and obtain an MD/PhD so that I may continue my passion for research as well as work hands-on in the clinical field face-to-face with patients.
Outside of OSU, I am sure you can find me out and about fundraising for things such as Pelotonia and the national MS society, cheering on the bucks on autumn Saturdays, or mentoring students from my high school Alma Mater. If you would like to reach out to me for any reason, please feel free! I am always willing to meet new faces and help in anyway I can.
Artifacts
As I near the end of my education here at The Ohio State University, I have quite a bit to reflect on. I have amassed so many life experiences, all of which I consider to be worthy of being labelled as “my artifact.” In light of all of these things, as well as my diverse experience here at OSU, I decided to blend aspects of many of my experiences into one cohesive display. Front and center, I included a picture that embodies all of the wonderful relationships I have built through the honors and scholars program here. This program has given me connections and friendships that I will cherish forever, something that words cannot truly come to express. Bordering this central connection are pictures of things that have truly formed and shaped both my educational experience as well as myself as a person while here at OSU. These pictures depict everything from my major and research experience, to organizations that I now am a leader of like Camp Kesem. Looking back on all of these times in my short experience here, I cannot express how happy I am that I chose OSU. I would not change my time here in any way, for any reason. I only hope I can pass on the wonderful aspects of my time as well as the things I have come to learn to the future students who will walk the same path as I.
If you would like to see the difference four years of college can make, this was my first post made to this page. Written shortly after coming to OSU:
My freshman year artifact is this picture of my high school football team taken before one of the biggest moments of my life. This picture was taken during my junior year at our home stadium right before we took the field against our rival, who had defeated us for the last 36 years in a row. I chose this picture because, on that night, I was shown how much hard work and determination can truly pay off. Our team was the underdog every time we took the field against our rival, but that night we proved everyone wrong as we left the field victorious by a score of 36-0. All of our effort that was put in over the many long months of training and practicing had come to full fruition. That game taught me the true value of a good work ethic, something which I still hold paramount today. This picture serves as a memento to remind me that, while intellect and talent are important, they mean nothing if you are not willing to put the time in to develop them. As my coach would always say, “If you make a point everyday to out-work the man opposing you, there is nothing that can stop you.”
Career
Here is a copy of my up-to-date CV: