Hailey Steele

Hailey Steele ’25, lecturer of laboratory biology at Wilson College, instructs the lab sections for the general biology and contemporary biology courses. She earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Wilson, with dual minors in chemistry and healthcare and medical humanities, in 2025. 

While at Wilson, Steele received the prestigious 2024-2025 Margaret Criswell Disert ’20 Honors Scholarship, awarded to a rising senior based on proposals for senior advanced study and research. Her senior research involved an in vitro study exposing human colon cells to synthetic dye Red 40 and its metabolite, which resulted in significant cell death after exposure. The study, which earned third place honors at the 100th Annual Pennsylvania Academy of Science Conference in 2025, explored the relationship of artificial dyes and inflammation in the human colon, aiming to determine their potential role in increasing cases of early-onset colorectal cancer. 

Outside the lab, Steele enjoys going for walks, playing pickleball, drinking coffee, and propagating plants.