🔬 Aspiring Physician-Scientist Kenedi Lynch on Balancing Her Multiple Scholarly Pursuits
In this episode of "On Par," meet the LSU student who's in a league of her own: scholar student and undergraduate researcher, Kenedi Lynch. Kenedi is a senior in the Ogden Honors College. She is a 2023 Goldwater Scholar and Astronaut Scholar, as well as a Stamps Scholar. She's the president of LSU's Research Ambassadors and the President of Alpha Epsilon Delta, the pre-medical honor society on campus. Find out how she balances it all and what she still hopes to accomplish as a future physician-scientist.To see a transcript of the episode and pictures of Kenedi's time at LSU visit www.lsu.edu/president/on-par/2024/01-31-lynch.php
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