Korie Grayson is a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University. After undergrad, Korie worked at a biomedical device company called CryoLife in Atlanta, GA manufacturing the HeRO Graft, the only fully subcutaneous graft clinically proven to maintain long-term access for hemodialysis patients with central venous stenosis.

Shortly after, Korie was accepted into the Biomedical Engineering Graduate Degree program at Cornell University and was awarded the prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship and the Alfred P. Sloan Diversity Fellowship.

She was awarded the Robert Mozia Graduate Distinguished Service Award by the Diversity Programs in Engineering (DPE) office for using her education, skills, and experience to make outstanding contributions in the Cornell community and beyond. Furthermore, she was named Graduate Student of the Year in 2017 for her significant contribution to DPE, the College of Engineering, and the lives of others by demonstrating initiative and positively contributing to the college’s climate toward diversity and inclusion.

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