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An aspiring physician-scientist investigates health through the eye

An MD/PhD student discusses what drew her to combining computational biology with ophthalmology and cardiovascular medicine, and her work inspiring high school girls in science and engineering.

Maryam Zekavat, MD/PhD student and Broad researcher

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