Senior Aaron Laviana, of Notre Dame University, has been selected the 2006 Southington Rotary William S. Thomson Scholar and will be honored at the annual William S. Thomson Golf Scramble Dinner Aqua Turf Club on Wednesday, July 12. The Thomson scholarships are for post-secondary (graduate or undergraduate) students who as seniors, were recipients of Southington Rotary Club scholarships.
Aaron Alan Laviana, a 2003 Southington High School graduate, will receive a $3,000 scholarship. Aaron is a senior at the University of Notre Dame double majoring in biology and economics with a 3.77 grade point average. He plans to attend medical school with the aspiration of becoming a doctor specializing in oncology. Aaron has interned at the UConn Health Center conducting colon cancer research as part of their graduate school fellowship program. He has had previous research experience at Yale University conducting skin cancer research.
“Part of the reason being a doctor appeals to me also deals with the field’s dualistic nature of combining intellectualism and humanism. Studying genomes to explain the fundamental principles of cancer is one thing: being able to apply this and deal with the delicate side of helping an individual is quite another. In a sense, being a doctor is exploring the artistic side of science, and my experiences of working in clinics have only reinforced this point. Through interacting with numerous cancer patients, some grasping for their last breaths of air and others indistinguishable from your average healthy teenager, I have learned the need to care for all aspects of a patient’s health. By attending medical school I hope to further learn how to meet the concerns of the patients and treat them according to their individual needs.”
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