b'MS Focus Activities From Science to WritingHelping individuals inspires Bhavya Suri to keep moving.By Kimani HendricksWhile aspiring to become a fashion companylanding additional roles in departments and marketing director, Bhavya Suri alwaysconducting analyses within other scientic gravitated toward science. Concerned aboutareas.Inthisposition,Bhavyaacquired potential cultural hurdles in the design industry,knowledge in science and writing, where the Bhavya\'s parents encouraged her to considerresults of her newfound talent appeared in a healthcare career, thus echoing her initialclinical research publications. whispers. "I can recall a school project that IThe world of healthcaredid, which involved creating a 3D cell model.Bhavya credits her inquisitive nature and I spent about eight hours overnight working onassociateswithhelpingherdiscernstudy it as a 12-year-old while most kids probablyplausibility while navigating the ever-changing came up with something in a shorter timeframe.world of healthcare. "Early on, I learned that Science intrigued me constantly, and thoughthere are databases that can skew the research this is different from where I thought I wouldto complement whatever they are trying to end up, I\'m very happy that this is how itprove versus reality, where medicine is so happened," she said. Despite beginning her undergraduate studiesvast and so different and no one human body in biology with a psychology minor at Floridais the same as anybody, even twins.State, Bhavya\'s path remained ambiguousWhile her research process had primarily until her transfer to Florida Atlantic University,been exciting, in time, Bhavya would excavate where, under the wing of an instructor, shealarming clinical trial discrepancies which found the guidance she needed. "In my junioraltered her perspective. She said, "I came to year at FAU, I was lucky enough that a professorNorth America as an immigrant at eight, so I agreed to let me start working in their cliniclearned the culture, the language, and every-and laboratory, which enabled me to venturething. However, study bias was something I had further into different types of healthcare,"not heard of before. I was astounded by these she said. prejudices regarding specific populations From surveying disease contraction inbecause of their inaccessibility to these respiratory droplets to completing clinicalresources versus others. research alongside cardiologists at Holy CrossBhavya\'s background in conducting clinical Hospital by graduation, Bhavya\'s future inresearch has been a beacon for two loved ones the medical eld looked promising. With theliving with illnesses. "My mom is currently supportofacolleague,shebranchedout,part of a survey-type trial, and another close msfocusmagazine.org 40'