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Meet Maniraj,
He is an Interdisciplinary Studies major and an URA Scholar. He also received the La Noue Scholarship to attend the 2016 Association of Interdisciplinary Studies (AIS) conference in University of Ottawa, where he presented his interdisciplinary research; a board game that teaches cardiovascular health. His future interests includes medical anthropology and social entrepreneurship, his final goal is to become a physician.
Maniraj's research will explore the leading cause of death worldwide, cardiovascular disease. Understanding the sociocultural construction of this non-communicable disease would advance our knowledge of how to improve care to vulnerable populations. Focused on a specific district in India, the purpose this study is to identify cultural beliefs and attitudes towards cardiovascular health among adolescents. His project was an organic transformation of his extracurricular project in educational health games.
Read more about his research here…
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Interested in graduate school and/or a summer research experience in beautiful coastal Southern California?
Come to an information session with the UC Irvine Graduate Dean
Dr. Frances Leslie and Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Dr. Thomas
Parham who will talk about UC Irvine graduate programs as well as our
summer research programs.
DATE: Monday, December 5th from 12-1pm in Commons 329
Founded in 1965, the University of California, Irvine
combines the strengths of a major research university with the bounty
of an incomparable Southern California location. UC Irvine is ranked in
the top 10 public schools by US News and World Reports. Over 5,000
graduate students come to UC Irvine from around the world with unique
perspectives and backgrounds, but together they comprise the core of our
top-rated research enterprise and an unparalleled campus culture.
With a commitment to cutting edge research, teaching, learning and
creativity, UC Irvine is a driving force for innovation and discovery.
Three Nobel Prize winning researchers — two in chemistry and one in
physics — have helped solidify UC Irvine as a center for quality
education that fosters the passionate and enthusiastic expansion of
knowledge. Our robust graduate programs create the brainpower needed to
make an impact on our local, national and global communities.
SURF: The 2016 Summer Research Program application for UC Irvine is available here.
UC Irvine’s Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF) program
offers undergraduate and master’s diversity students an opportunity to
work closely with faculty mentors on research projects and provides an
intense course of graduate preparation workshops. The program, which is
designed for students who plan to pursue a Ph.D. or M.F.A. degree and
enter academic careers, provides the tools needed to facilitate
application, admission, and enrollment to graduate school. The SURF
program is open to virtually all academic fields at UC Irvine. Qualified
students with interest in pursuing their graduate program at UC Irvine
are especially encouraged to apply.