Shree Bose

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Shree Bose
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Bose in 2011 (Google Science Fair winner)
Born (1994-03-27) March 27, 1994 (age 27)
Santa Rosa, California, U.S.
Alma materHarvard College (B.A. 2016)
Duke University
Awards2011  Google Science Fair Grand Prize
Scientific career
FieldsCancer research
Websiteshreebose.com

Shree Bose (born March 27, 1994) is an American scientist, inventor, and speaker. She is known as the grand prize winner of the inaugural Google Science Fair in 2011. She is currently an MSTP student at Duke University School of Medicine and graduated from Harvard College in May 2016. In 2014, she cofounded Piper, a STEM education company creating engineering kits for children.

Career[]

Google Science Fair[]

Obama congratulates Google Science Fair winners , Shree Bose, and

In 2011, Shree Bose, then 17 years old and living in Fort Worth, Texas, won the grand prize and $50,000 for her research on the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by women with ovarian cancer, tackling the problem of cancer cells growing resistant to cisplatin over time. Bose has cited her grandfather's passing from lung cancer as one of the drivers of her research.[1] She conducted the research for her science fair project under the mentorship of Dr. Alakananda Basu at the University of North Texas Health Science Center.[2]

Bose gave a talk alongside Lauren Hodge and Naomi Shah—the two other winners of the 2011 Google Science Fair—about their projects and paths in science at TEDxWomen 2011.[3]

Piper[]

In 2014, she co-founded Piper, a STEM education company creates computer engineering kits that teach children about engineering through the game of Minecraft. The company was created in part with funding from Kickstarter.[4] At the end of her undergraduate studies, she left the company to pursue medicine.[5]

Other Work[]

On March 21, 2014, Bose spoke on a panel, moderated by Bill Clinton, at a Clinton Global Initiative University conference held at Arizona State University, along with Jimmy Wales, John McCain, and Saudi Arabian women's rights activist Manal al-Sharif. The topic of discussion was "the age of participation" and the ability of an increasingly large number of citizens to "express their own opinions, pursue their own educations, and launch their own enterprises."[6]

In 2018, she was featured by Microsoft on their advertising campaign for Windows 10.[7]

Education[]

Bose attended high school at Fort Worth Country Day School, graduating in 2012. She attended Harvard College in Cambridge, Massachusetts where she was featured as one of the 15 Most Interesting Seniors by the Harvard Crimson.[8][9] She completed her B.A. in Molecular and Cellular Biology in May 2016, and is, since 2018, studying for an MD and Ph.D. at Duke University School of Medicine.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Matson, John. "Teenage Cancer Researcher Wins Top Prize at Google Science Fair". Scientific American. Archived from the original on 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  2. ^ "What do you mean, "girls didn't 'do' science"?". National Women's Law Center. 2012-06-12. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  3. ^ Shah, Lauren Hodge, Shree Bose + Naomi, "Award-winning teenage science in action", www.ted.com, archived from the original on 2019-10-15, retrieved 2019-11-20
  4. ^ Nast, Condé. "Top 10 College Women 2015: Shree Bose". Glamour. Archived from the original on 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
  5. ^ a b "Rising Star". today.duke.edu. Archived from the original on 2018-11-11. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  6. ^ "Clinton Global Initiative University | 2014 Agenda". 2014-03-23. Archived from the original on 2014-03-23. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
  7. ^ "With Windows 10, medical student Shree takes her work to the next level", YouTube, retrieved 2019-11-20
  8. ^ Goldstein, Joshua A.; December 10, Crimson Staff Writer; 2015. "Shree Bose | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson". www.thecrimson.com. Archived from the original on 2018-04-22. Retrieved 2019-11-20.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ "SHREE BOSE (MCB, '16) AMONG HARVARD'S 15 MOST INTERESTING SENIORS". Harvard University - Department of Molecular & Cellular Biology. 2015-12-11. Archived from the original on 2019-11-12. Retrieved 2019-11-20.
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