A third-year medical student at the Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, which he continued during his gap year after graduation. He worked in the Center for Bionic Medicine and became involved in studies involving robotic lower-limb prosthetics with powered knee and ankle joints. At Feinberg, he was able to participate in a global health trip to rural and urban communities in India. Kasen is working on the Europe region of The Global SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance System-Policy Persistence and Transmission project.