A Brock University graduate student is one step closer to attending his dream Ivy League school.<\/p>\n
Harish Aggarwal (BSc \u201915), an MSc student, said his education from Brock prepared him well for the rigours of Harvard University, where he\u00a0attended the intensive Summer Session for Public Health Studies program.<\/p>\n
The competitive, seven-week program introduces students to the core areas of public health, and is an important step in Aggarwal\u2019s path to earning a Masters degree from Harvard.<\/p>\n
Aggarwal, of Niagara Falls, is one of only 60 people worldwide to earn a spot in the program.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s divided into two half-summer terms, earning 15 credits within the seven weeks. All of the work I completed goes towards earning a Masters of Public Health at Harvard, which I plan to return to in September 2017,\u201d Aggarwal said.<\/p>\n
In the weeks prior to beginning this new chapter in his academic career, he sought advice from then-President Jack Lightstone.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe told me that there is nowhere that my Brock education would not prepare me for, and when I got there, he was exactly right,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven though I was intimidated by the fact that most of my peers were medical doctors with much more experience, my time at Brock was just as challenging, and it prepared me exceptionally well.\u201d<\/p>\n
Aggarwal also credits his co-curricular involvement for steering him towards the path to public health, having been involved in the Interprofessional Education for Quality Improvement Program (I-EQUIP), Med Plus, the Brock-Niagara Centre for Health and Well-being, as well as sitting on the Niagara Falls Community Outreach Board of Directors during his undergrad.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019ve always had an interest in public health. After my experience in I-EQUIP, I really started to focus on this area, starting with my Master\u2019s research at Brock. Right now I\u2019m exploring how self-efficacy relates to obesity in children,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
In anticipation of the start of his last year in his program, Aggarwal is looking forward to bringing his experience at Harvard into the classroom.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe program has not only made me a better researcher through my studies in biostatistics and epidemiology, but is also shaping me to be a better teaching assistant for my students,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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