Meet Lilah Mehta, the Connecticut high-school student who entered a Yale lab at 16 and is already a co-author of published research
- LILAH MEHTAWhen Lilah Mehta entered a biomedical research laboratory at Yale University as a 16-year-old high-school pupil, her main goal was to explore the biological questions that had interested her since her ninth-grade science classes.
- Two years later, the New Canaan resident and King School student in Stamford has reached an academic milestone rarely achieved before university: co-authoring a peer-reviewed neuroscience study with senior researchers at the Yale School of Medicine.
- Mehta’s academic journey and research work were featured in Moffly Media’s annual Teens to Watch 2026 profile
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- LILAH MEHTAWhen Lilah Mehta entered a biomedical research laboratory at Yale University as a 16-year-old high-school pupil, her main goal was to explore the biological questions that had interested her since her ninth-grade science classes.
- Two years later, the New Canaan resident and King School student in Stamford has reached an academic milestone rarely achieved before university: co-authoring a peer-reviewed neuroscience study with senior researchers at the Yale School of Medicine.
- Mehta’s academic journey and research work were featured in Moffly Media’s annual Teens to Watch 2026 profile
Sources: Times of India