Sayeh Kohani Named Stanford's Rhodes Scholar
"Stanford senior Sayeh K. Kohani, who is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering with honors, and a minor in public policy, has been selected as a 2022 Rhodes Scholar.
The Rhodes Scholarships are the oldest international fellowship awards in the world. Each year, 32 students from the United States are awarded Rhodes Scholarships, which provide all expenses for two or three years of graduate study – and in some instances, four years – at the University of Oxford in England.
Kohani, an aspiring physician-scientist who grew up in San Diego, is one of 22 women selected as 2022 Rhodes Scholars in the United States, the most ever chosen in a year.
“I’m thrilled and humbled to be going to Oxford,” she said. “It certainly hasn’t sunk in yet, but I am so grateful for the guidance of my professors, my advisors – Liqun Luo, a professor of biology, and Stephen Skirboll, an associate professor of neurosurgery – and Stanford’s Overseas Resource Center.
As a Rhodes Scholar, Kohani hopes to study neuroscience and social policy by pursuing two degrees: a Master of Science in Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, and a Master of Science in Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation."