Biomedical Science Personal Statement Examples

As a biomedical magnet student at Wheaton High School, I have had opportunities to learn about research and the field of biomedical science, and when NIH held an interest meeting at my school describing the NIH SIP offered, I was immediately drawn to it.
For the past few months, I’ve been working with a University of Maryland Ph.D student, who is currently studying Multiple Sclerosis, to develop, tailor and create a presentation covering Progressive SupraNuclear Palsy (PSP). Neuroscience and the intricacy of the brain itself infatuates me, but PSP became a focus for me when the doctors my grandfather who had been diagnosed with parkinson's, had been misdiagnosed and had in fact the rare, more rapidly developing PSP five years ago. I watched
Over the past summer, I was fortunate enough to travel with nine other students to Asuncion, Paraguay- It was my first international trip without my family, and it opened my eyes to the extreme poverty and corruption people my age face everyday. For three weeks we worked alongside Paraguayans to rebuild homes, community centers and classrooms. Throughout the days of painting and hammering, we’d converse, and even with my timid Spanish, I was quickly able to understand, even from eight year olds, that sickness had taken many of their loved ones and continued to destroy communities. Viruses and infectious diseases are just as demolishing as a flood or a natural disaster, and the lack of access to information and cures has lead to too many deaths. HIV/AIDS, Yellow Fever, Leprosy and cancers are just a few of the killers sweeping the country. The study of epidemiology and working to aid and find effective cures for people not just in the US but globally is a something I feel not only eager to do, but compelled to and I think the summer internship program would start allowing me to.
Although I am a highschool student, who may have less real world experience than some of my older counterparts, my passion for learning and