Student Profile: David Lapham
David Lapham appreciates the challenge of the biochemistry major and feels it will give him an edge in medical school.
“Biochemistry integrates the best of the two fields, and puts them into a context that makes the subject you study relevant to every day life,” the Cadillac senior says.
“With biochemistry becoming more and more popular in the field of medical research, the techniques I have learned as an undergraduate will really help,” he says.
Lapham has also had the opportunity to pursue independent research under the guidance of Dr. Joe Beckmann.
“With biochemistry becoming more and more popular in the field of medical research, the techniques I have learned as an undergraduate will really help. ”
“Dr. Beckmann is always actively involved in pursuing areas of research that will allow any student who expresses an interest to be able to participate,” he says.
Drawn to Alma by the cadaver lab and the reputation of the pre-med program, he also was impressed with the friendliness of the campus.
That friendliness was especially beneficial to Lapham, as he met his future wife at Alma and the two will be married on campus in the spring of 2008.
He plays trumpet in the jazz ensemble and is involved in Alpha Phi Omega and Chi Epsilon Mu, the chemistry honorary. He also volunteers at the hospital as part of Gratiot Area Physicians and Students (GAPS), has shadowed doctors, played with the Alma Symphony Orchestra and works as a chemistry teaching assistant and a student admissions representative.
