FAIRFAX, Va., May 12 -- George Mason University issued the following news release:
Zarin Musarrat Niladree remembers her pediatrician the way we remember someone who made us feel safe when we were scared. She was young, she was sick often, and he was kind.
"I want to be like him when I grow up," she thought then. Four years at George Mason University's College of Engineering and Computing gave her the scientific training to move toward that path.
Niladree graduates in May with a degree in bioengineering, pre-health concentration, and is on her way to medical school. The path ran through three research labs and one clarifying question she kept returning to: Who actually needs this, and does it work for them?
The answer felt most urgent i...