Zion Harris

Zion Harris is a first-year Ph.D. student studying Computational and Integrative Biology at Rutgers University–Camden. She conducts research in the Piccoli Lab, where she develops mathematical and computational models to study HPV transmission, disease progression, vaccination, and cervical cancer disparities across New Jersey. Her work integrates epidemiological, cancer registry, and socioeconomic data to evaluate prevention strategies and structural barriers to care. Zion has also conducted maternal and postpartum health research at Penn State College of Medicine and presented her findings to the Pennsylvania Department of Health. She earned her M.S. in Computational and Integrative Biology from Rutgers–Camden with Thesis Distinction and a B.S. in Computer Science from Lincoln University. Zion also serves as an instructor in the Rutgers–Camden Mathematics Department and is a recipient of the Rutgers Presidential Doctoral Graduate Fellowship.