- As a kid in Coral Springs, Florida, young Gary Lewis Cantor loved chess, golf, soccer and other sports. But he also discovered a youthful passion for medical dramas on television. He stared in wonder and admiration, hoping to one day follow in their footsteps. However, as his teenage years flourished, the medical dreams became medical research goals.
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November 25, 2017
Gary Cantor started the path toward his career at the young age of just 13. He knew as just a child that the medical industry was his goal, but that pursuit became increasingly defined at 13 years old when a YouTube video by researcher Dr. Aubrey DeGrey sparked his interests in the medical research field. Since then, Floridian Cantor has been driven toward this end goal. He achieved a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Florida in 2012, including a four-month internship in cancer research, before moving to Durham, N.C. and beginning his graduate studies. Today, he is in his fourth year as a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina in the genetics and molecular biology department, and still holding strong to the medical research goals of his teenage youth.
Gary Cantor’s path to Durham’s UNC
Gary Cantor started the path toward his career at the young age of just 13. He knew as just a child that the medical industry was his goal, but that pursuit became increasingly defined at 13 years old when a YouTube video by researcher Dr. Aubrey DeGrey sparked his interests in the medical research field. Since then, Floridian Cantor has been driven toward this end goal. He achieved a Bachelor of Science in biology from the University of Florida in 2012, including a four-month internship in cancer research, before moving to Durham, N.C. and beginning his graduate studies. Today, he is in his fourth year as a PhD candidate at the University of North Carolina in the genetics and molecular biology department, and still holding strong to the medical research goals of his teenage youth.