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Chancellor.s Club Fellow: So Hyun (Sophie) Chung
Biomedical Engineering Graduate Student Researcher Sophie Chung has been designated as Chancellor's Club Fund for Excellence Fellow for the academic year 2008-2009. As one of the oldest and largest support groups at the University of California, Irvine, the Chancellor's Club was founded in 1972 and celebrates over 35 years of service to UC Irvine. Members include community leaders, alumni and parents of students. Funds raised though the Club are used to fund the prestigious Chancellor's Fund for Excellence Fellowships. These fellowships are awarded to the brightest and the best graduate students at UCI who also show great promise as future leaders. Nominations of scholars are made by UCI Deans in their respective schools. Sophie's research at BLI involves breast cancer detection and treatment monitoring using a non-invasive optical imaging technology.