Artifacts

 

One of the most prominent accomplishments of my high school career was a science article I wrote during my junior and senior year correlating air travel with the spread of infectious disease entitled, A Novel and Practical Proposal to Alleviate a Long-standing Problem: The Spread of Infectious Disease During Commercial Air Travel. During the time of its writing, I encountered multiple obstacles that strengthened me as a person, making me more resilient, confident, and sociable — I had to increase my knowledge within the fields of aviation and epidemiology, learn how to conduct an unbiased KAP survey, talk and persuade people holding notable positions within the scientific community that the problem was real and significant, and write an article on par with research papers seen on noteworthy science journals. The project strengthened my interest in Preventive Medicine, and I hope to receive an IRB and continue writing it throughout my college career.

About Me

Nojan Bajestani is an undergraduate Biology major who hopes to combine his major with a minor in Chemistry. In the future, Nojan aspires to enter medical school and eventually “bring peace to people,” as his dad would say, through being a doctor. He is a recent Upper Arlington High School graduate and is also a very conceptual learner. Although his particular classes helped him learn more about his interests, extracurriculars helped shape his passions, especially for community service. He was highly involved in clubs throughout high school and held leadership positions in many of them — Biology Olympiad and Medical Club, Arlington Ridgeview Mutual, his friend’s start-up company, and Student Government. Similarly, Nojan loved volunteering for his community through his local hospital Riverside Methodist, Key Club, The Ohio Hispanic Coalition, Optimist League, and Partners in Health. Outside of school, he loves to play basketball, fish, and meet new people. If you’re looking for a new friend or just a study partner, feel free to reach him!