My
desire to study medicine has been driven by the desire to find cures to
challenging diseases. Through my knowledge of the medical field, I realized
that combating diseases requires not only an understanding of biology, but also
the application of applied sciences and innovative ideas in the diagnosis and
treatment. This is essentially the undertaking of engineers. Specifically,
biomedical engineering is required, for example, to design the gene delivery
system utilized to replace the mutated DNA in cells with properly functioning
alleles in order to cure hereditary conditions like muscular dystrophy. The
research and biomedical advancements in this program are especially
groundbreaking. Educational and research opportunities at Mason provide
valuable experiences that I can cherish even when I return to my home country,
India. This program does not force me to limit myself intellectually nor
academically, and the educational experience will give me an advantage in gaining
admission into top schools later on. I plan to take on the ardent and noble
task of joining a community of biomedical engineering leaders in changing the
field of global health for the good of the human health.
The
final goal of this research project is to produce a scholarly review on the
measurement of thickness of fascial layer and to evaluate the distribution of
hyaluronan.
I
intend to share the report with George Mason Review to have my work
peer-reviewed as well. To ensure that the research project has the greatest
impact, I plan to share my findings through a multitude of professional
conferences, such as the Mason Undergraduate Research Symposium and other
conferences. Additionally, I plan to report my findings to the Biomedical
Engineering Society to receive feedback from peers, and also inspire students
to pursue similar projects for global health.
Finally I intend to share my findings with people in India. I would like
to continue my research at my aunts hospital and at a research facility at
Hyderabad ( a city in India) as there would be more volunteers to test the
study than in developed countries.
I
really would like to collaborate further with like minded researchers around the
world in ultimately achieving a ground breaking cure and make this available
for the mass population at a low cost. I am sure there are many others who are
working on similar research and after initial acceptance by my peers and GMU I
intend to reach out to bio-engineers across the globe and set out on a path of
research through grants/funds from government, private institutions and create
something commercial for the general population afflicted with this problem
I
usually take a detailed history of the subjects, who are divided into 2 groups - volunteers
experiencing symptoms of neck pain consistently (active subjects) and
volunteers who are pain-free. Each participant is provided with consent form to
obtain their permission to participate in this study prior to their
involvement. After collecting the data at regular intervals, I analyze it with
the help of matlab. I did not discover anything new while
working on the research as results that I obtained were closed to the results
that were required.
