Grammar Gazette- Issue 2, 2017

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GRAMMAR WOMAN, ISABELLA LIN: INSPIRING GRAMMAR GIRLS TO EXPLORE AND PURSUE THEIR DREAMS AND ASPIRATIONS

In the four years since nineteen-year-old Isabella Lin (2013) graduated from Brisbane Girls Grammar School, she has amassed a list of achievements that are nothing short of extraordinary. Isabella recently graduated from the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley), completing a four-year Degree in Genetics, Genomics and Development in three years and — as the student with the highest grade point average in an undergraduate degree with a genetics major — the recipient of the UC Berkeley Edward M. Blount Award. Isabella also graduated with Dean’s Honours, Highest Distinction; Summa Cum Laude (Honours); and was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa Society — the oldest academic honour society in the USA. She was also a recipient of the Berkeley Undergraduate Scholarship for Academic Merit and the Alumni Leadership Award, which recognises leadership and community service and is the most prestigious non- academic award at UC Berkeley. A desire to serve her community in a meaningful way motivates Isabella who said that she is working towards a career in paediatric oncology clinical research. ‘Medical science is a truly fascinating field, and one which will allow me to positively contribute to society, ultimately, I hope, in a way that saves lives’, Isabella said. Isabella has applied to medical schools in the US to complete post-graduate studies to combine a Doctor of Medicine and PhD. Between now and when her studies recommence in August 2018, she will be working in cancer immunology research at the renowned Raulet Laboratory

Isabella Lin (2013) graduating earlier this year from University of California, Berkeley

(UC Berkeley campus) and conducting a clinical project in paediatric oncology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Research Institute. Isabella said she was looking forward to returning to Brisbane once her studies are complete. ‘I love the warm people and glorious weather, and with the opportunity to work in one of Brisbane’s world-class medical research facilities, I look forward to again calling Queensland home.’

Isabella sharing her story with Grammar girls interested in studying and working in medical science

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