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| | Nicolas Altemose
Duke University
Durham, NC
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Growing up in a small town, Altemose didn’t have a chance to do research in high school, but that changed when he got to Duke. More |
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| | Andria Ashmore
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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| A mandatory biology class at MIT turned Ashmore’s sights from physics and math to biology. Now she’s getting an M.D./Ph.D. studying stem cells. More |
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| | Nadia Herrera
University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
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| Juggling a part-time job at a shoe store, lab work, and classes was a struggle for Herrera. But then she learned about programs that would pay her to do research. More |
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| | Jessica Cabral Jimenez
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
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| An accident that shattered her hand couldn’t keep Jimenez out of the lab, where she had found a supportive atmosphere that rivaled her own large family. More |
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| | Sandra Jones
Spelman College
Atlanta, GA
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| With a father in the military, Jones was almost always on the move. But two things remained constant: her exceptional grades and her exacting father. More |
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| | Benyam Kinde
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA
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| Kinde learned early that he could figure out most everything with ingenuity and hard work, thanks his parents, a math teacher and a large-animal veterinarian. More |
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| | Espoir Kyubwa
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
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| A childhood refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kyubwa is seeking an M.D./Ph.D. so he can help improve conditions in his native country. More |
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| | Chinweike Okegbe
Columbia University
New York, NY
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| His parents wanted Nigera-born Okegbe to become a doctor or engineer, but a quirk of his scholarship brought him into the lab. He has been there ever since. More |
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| | Gloria Tavera
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
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| Tavera wrote an editorial on neglected diseases published in a major medical journal and studied dengue fever in Mexico through a Fulbright scholarship. More |
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Howard Hughes
