Francis Khuong is 4th year MD/PhD student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center who, having completed his clinical rotations, is now beginning his PhD research in earnest on Leishmania with the Karamysheva Lab. Before medical school, he obtained his B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Texas at Dallas and worked at the University of Texas Southwestern as a research technician in the Wetzel Lab. In his free time, Francis likes to play video games, take naps with his cat (Nori), and go hiking/eating around the world.