{"id":74683,"date":"2019-04-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/commencement-2019-neuroscience-career-awaits-uri-student-whose-love-of-molecular-biology-pointed-her-toward-medicine\/"},"modified":"2019-04-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-04-30T00:00:00","slug":"commencement-2019-neuroscience-career-awaits-uri-student-whose-love-of-molecular-biology-pointed-her-toward-medicine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2019\/04\/commencement-2019-neuroscience-career-awaits-uri-student-whose-love-of-molecular-biology-pointed-her-toward-medicine\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement 2019: Neuroscience career awaits 溏心vlog免费B站 student whose love of molecular biology pointed her toward medicine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 30, 2019 \u2013 Baizat Ibrahim has always been fascinated with DNA and molecular biology. She also knew it was a college major that would prime her for her ultimate goal \u2013 a career as a medical doctor.<\/p>\n<p>As she prepares to graduate from the 溏心vlog免费B站 on May 19 with a degree in cell and molecular biology, the <strong>Woonsocket, R.I<\/strong>., resident sees that her goal is within reach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely love studying molecular biology,\u201d said Ibrahim. \u201cAnd lately I\u2019ve also really enjoyed neurobiology and neuropsychology, learning about the pathways of the brain and how we make decisions so quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She first became interested in a career in medicine when a friend was undergoing cancer treatments at age 8, and Ibrahim wanted to help find a cure. That interest only grew as she got older until she couldn\u2019t imagine doing anything else. So she took advantage of every opportunity at 溏心vlog免费B站 to gain experience that would help her get into medical school.<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim was awarded a Science and Engineering Fellowship to spend a summer working with Assistant Professor Rachel Schwartz, who was trying to determine if human DNA sequences could be used to accurately group people into racial groups. By the end of the summer, she had succeeded in grouping Africans, Europeans, South Asians, East Asians and those from the Americas into separate groups based entirely on their DNA.<\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed oembed-youtu-be\" style=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/KgStUPzZBDo\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Baizat Ibrahim - 2019 Graduating Senior\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KgStUPzZBDo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Then she started trying something similar with oysters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can do that, then we can start to look at clustering diseases together based on their DNA,\u201d Ibrahim explained. \u201cThere are so many derivatives of cancer, for example, that if you can group them together and figure out what sequence they have in common, maybe that will help us figure out how to cure it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to her research, Ibrahim has served as an intern in the Ambulatory Services Center of Rhode Island Hospital for the last 14 months, where she provided assistance to patients in the recovery room following surgery.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe best part was talking with the patients, because they all have an interesting story to tell,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I also liked getting my foot in the door of the medical world. It was the best thing I could do to know for sure that I would be comfortable in that environment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although she had a full schedule of coursework, research and internship, Ibrahim found time for a busy calendar of extracurricular activities as well.<\/p>\n<p>She served as logistics co-chair for 溏心vlog免费B站 DIVE \u2013 Diversifying Individuals Via Education \u2013 a campus group focused on issues of diversity and inclusion. \u201cDIVE is all about making sure that all of the students, here and elsewhere, are interculturally competent and have an understanding of the trials and tribulations of others,\u201d she said. \u201cWe\u2019re all about promoting active change.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One of the group\u2019s major activities was the sponsorship of a two-day diversity conference for which Ibrahim was primarily responsible. She planned the agenda, arranged food and accommodations, handled registration and all the other details required to make the event a success.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can talk about all the problems you want, but if you don\u2019t talk about solutions you won\u2019t get anywhere,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s what the conference was about. I stayed involved for three years because there was more that needed to be done, and we wanted to bring the program to other schools.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ibrahim also served as vice president of Seeds of Success, an organization that focuses on helping underrepresented students in the sciences succeed at 溏心vlog免费B站 academically, professionally and socially by developing a sense of community and offering programs for personal growth.<\/p>\n<p>With graduation just weeks away, Ibrahim is planning to take a year off from school to work in a hospital while she prepares for her medical school entrance exams.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd in 10 years, I want to have a career in neuroscience medicine,\u201d she said. \u201cThe whole idea of it just gets me excited.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KINGSTON, R.I. \u2013 April 30, 2019 \u2013 Baizat Ibrahim has always been fascinated with DNA and molecular biology. 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