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University of Pennsylvania fourth-year Om Gandhi, from Barrington, Illinois, has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford in England.
The Rhodes, established in 1902, is highly competitive and one of the most prestigious scholarships in the world. The scholarship funds tuition and a living stipend for two or three years of graduate study at Oxford, and may allow funding in some instances for four years.
According to the Rhodes Trust, about 100 Rhodes Scholars will be selected worldwide this year, chosen from more than 70 countries around the world. Gandhi is among the 32 American Rhodes Scholars chosen to represent the United States. According to the Rhodes Trust, this year nearly 3,000 American students began the application process; 865 were endorsed by 243 different colleges and universities; and 238 applicants reached the final stage of the competition.
Gandhi is pursuing a master’s degree in bioengineering in the School of Engineering and Applied Science, and concurrently majoring in neuroscience and health and societies with a public health concentration in the College of Arts and Sciences. He also is pursing minors in chemistry and health care management. Gandhi conducts research on developing new cancer therapies and diagnostic approaches at Penn’s Center for Cellular Immunotherapies, Penn Medicine’s Neurosurgery/Radiology departments, and the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Center for Childhood Cancer Research. He has co-authored more than 10 peer-reviewed manuscripts, presented at multiple national conferences, and received several research grants and awards. Interested in improving cancer care delivery, he spearheaded a national non-profit and volunteers with local clinics to provide health care services to uninsured patients with chronic diseases.
On campus, Gandhi is the director of Locust Bioventures, president of the Wharton Undergraduate Healthcare Club, where he oversaw the nation’s largest undergraduate healthcare conference, vice president of the Penn Undergraduate Biotech Society, and editor-in-chief of the Penn Healthcare Review. He is a teaching assistant for organic chemistry and tissue engineering courses, and a statistics tutor at the Weingarten Center. Interested in spreading cultural awareness, Gandhi has organized Holi and Diwali celebrations as president of Penn’s Hindu-Jain Organization and is part of Penn’s Oracle Senior Asian Honors Society. At Oxford, Gandhi plans to pursue a DPhil in pediatrics with a focus in oncology, with a goal of attending medical school and practicing medicine as a physician-scientist.
Gandhi applied for the Rhodes Scholarship with assistance from Penn’s Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.
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Penn Medicine has treated more than 10,000 cancer patients at three proton therapy centers across the region, including the largest and busiest center in the world—while also leading the way in research to expand the healing potential of these positive particles.
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The University celebrated graduating students on Monday during the 268th Commencement.
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