Senior Spotlight
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Sid Chandra
When I was a freshman in high school, my grandfather was diagnosed with frontotemporal dementia....
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Ben Boros
Unlike many other students, I entered UAB as a blank slate with the goal of pursuing whatever I thought I would enjoy....
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Rahul Gaini
My favorite classes in high school were, by far, biology and psychology. Specifically, I loved learning about the brain....
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Samantha Thompson
My senior year of high school I struggled between choosing to pursue a career in graphic design or my newer interest, neuroscience....
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Cooper Bailey
I never thought I would end up majoring in Neuroscience. There, I said it. I came from a very small high school (go Conquerors!)....
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Anisha Das
As both of my parents are health care professionals, my interest in science started at a very young age....
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Sullivan Hanback
Ever since elementary school, I have had a profound interest in science. Knowing this and growing up in Alabama....
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Courtney Walker
Like most of my cohort, I graduated high school with a very clear future goal: become a physician. When I was choosing a major....
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Nick Boyle
With both of my parents as alumni and my interest in science, UAB was a very attractive school to me from the start....