Biochemistry Personal Statement

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Leadership is a chain reaction. As a leader, you must know your people personally. To know your people, you must establish trust with your people. For your people to trust you, you must lead with humility. As a rising Junior at Virginia Tech, and a member of the Corps of Cadets VPI Citizen-Leader Track, I have learned and developed this idea as a leader. Humility is at the forefront of every good leader’s philosophy. Humility is a selfless mindset, putting one’s people in front of themselves. The best leaders I have witnessed are those that hold themselves to the same or higher standard that they hold their people to, and face challenges together with their people. In addition, a humble leader, in the words of Col Athens, retired US Marine Corps Officer, understands that “humility is a daily decision and a lifetime commitment” for the good of the mission and the people. As a Fireteam leader in the Corps, a position similar to a first line manager in charge of two to three subordinates, I strive to earn …show more content…

As a biochemistry major, I have explored multiple career options, from medicine to research to data analysis in the sciences. In my introduction systems biology course, I completed a final project on the impact of Systems Biology on gene therapy research with two other students. This project gave me an insight into the emerging new technology that is gene therapy, and the positive impact it could have on people suffering from a variety of genetic conditions. With a systems biology approach, researchers can now model and predict the effects the genetic change of gene therapy treatment would have on a specific condition before risking the treatment on a patient. This project sparked my interest in data analysis and modeling, and I intend to explore this field more to find out what sort of impact I can make through computational

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