Biomedical Engineering Personal Statement

I have always been the STEM kind of guy. Growing up, I excelled in math and science, both becoming a vital part of my educational pursuits. Math came naturally to me, it was easy to learn and apply concepts. In all the things I desire to pursue in my life math is a vital part of all of things as it is in most things in life. In regards to science I am attracted to biology in particular as it feels so broad. The study of genetics, cell signaling, and life has intrigued long since. I want to delve deeper in the preview shown to me in my books, and dig deeper toward something bigger. Using the internet, I am already advancing my knowledge by doing online courses on biology. These interests I hold dearly, shape what I long to do in the future. Comprising my professional interests are both computer science education and game development. For the past few years, I have been taking courses

Applying nanotechnology to medical treatments always fascinated me. I see the possibilities of the technology for the future. For me, part of the interest is related to my father, whose eyes are degrading due to macular degeneration. Nanomedicine provides the possibilities for people with similar or worse cases for my father to be treated. In addition to nanomedicine I often look into stem cell research. My interest stems from reading about Henrietta Lacks and learning that by using her cells doctors were able to create a vaccine for cervical cancer. The autobiography opened my eyes to see how cancer could be treated by further developing stem cell research. Going on my own I looked into epigenetics and learned about factors that could change the expression of genes. As time passes stem cell research will grow vigorously which I am interested to be a part of. The biomedical field is changing the medical industry as we know it and I want to ride that wave while it lasts, and to do that I need