“Medical research helps the world gain a better understanding of diseases and potential ways to treat them, which is just as important as administering the treatments.” “After this enlightening opportunity, I realized that becoming a physician is not the only way to help those struggling with health issues,” she said. It was during an internship at the Doheny Eye Institute that her future career path became clear: she wanted to serve patients not only as a physician, but also as a research scientist. To better understand how cancer and other diseases affect the human body, she pursued courses in electron microscopy and histology as an undergraduate student at East Los Angeles College, before transferring to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, where she majored in biology and minored in chemistry. Gabriela Lopez was originally inspired to pursue medicine by her cousin, who passed away from a brainstem tumor when he was only four years old. “Scholarship support is critical to increasing access for the diverse students that will become the next generation of stem cell leaders.” The Dean’s Fellowship Gabriela Lopez Gabriela Lopez (Photo courtesy of Gabriela Lopez) “We are so pleased to be able to offer scholarships for our master’s students, thanks to the vision and generosity of our donors and the Dean’s office,” said Francesca Mariani, faculty director of the master’s program. This year’s Dean’s Fellowship was awarded to Gabriela Lopez in recognition of her efforts to give back to her community to promote diversity and help the disadvantaged, while the three Cardinal and Dhablania-Kim Scholarships recognized Tianli “Sheldon” Ding, Navneet Kumar and Manuel Santana for their academic excellence. Supported by the generosity of an anonymous donor who established the Cardinal Scholarship, Atul Dhablania and In Cha Kim, and the Office of the Dean of the Keck School of Medicine of USC, these scholarships recognize need as well as academic achievement and community engagement. USC's stem cell research center (Photo by Ben Gibbs)įor the second consecutive year, USC’s master’s program in stem cell biology and regenerative medicine has been able to offer scholarships to its talented students.
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