Stephanie Punt Silverwood Class of 2000

Stephanie Punt graduated from Silverwood in 2000 before attending Central Kitsap Junior High, Central Kitsap High School, and the UW.  Her favorite Silverwood memories include her senior trip to the Olympic Park Institute, “surrounded by old western hemlocks and western red cedars.”  Stephanie’s experience at OPI showed her “how important the interactions among various species in an environment are.” 

Stephanie is currently a senior at the University of Washington and a student research assistant in the radiology department at the UW Medical Center.  She will graduate in the spring of 2010 with a B.S. in biology (ecology, evolution, and conservation), a B.A. in biochemistry, and a minor in environmental resource management.  She is currently applying to medical schools and her current research endeavors include sarcoma research at the UW Medical Center for the past three years and most recently King Penguin research with the biology department. 

Stephanie published an article in the journal Nuclear Medicine Communications entitled “Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography in leiomyosarcoma:  imaging characteristics” which examines the viability of reliable, noninvasive means to predict tumor behavior in patients with a rare form of cancer, leiomyosarcoma.

Stephanie spends her free time “skiing (alpine and telemark), volunteering at Children’s Hospital and the Northwest Sarcoma Foundation, learning languages, traveling, and learning all that I can about everything that I can.”

Stephanie said, “Silverwood gave me the inspiration and foundation from which I have been able to pursue anything that I put my mind to.  The strong background Silverwood provided has made my education and personal pursuits more obtainable.”