{"id":53580,"date":"2015-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-09-25T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/09\/25\/student-spotlight-meet-eyerusalem-mengistu-lemma\/"},"modified":"2022-08-29T15:04:36","modified_gmt":"2022-08-29T20:04:36","slug":"student-spotlight-meet-eyerusalem-mengistu-lemma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unmc.edu\/newsroom\/2015\/09\/25\/student-spotlight-meet-eyerusalem-mengistu-lemma\/","title":{"rendered":"Student spotlight: Meet Eyerusalem Mengistu Lemma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"panel body-content\"><div class=\"panel__container\"><p>Education is one of the four pillars of UNMC&#8217;s mission, and our students are the lifeblood of that aspect of campus life. In UNMC Today&#8217;s Student Spotlight, we get to know some of these students, who will become tomorrow&#8217;s health care professionals. Today we meet:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Name:<\/b> Eyerusalem Mengistu Lemma\n<li><b>Hometown:<\/b> Woodbury, Minn.\n<li><b>Program\/Year:<\/b> Cancer Research Graduate Program, first year<\/ul>\n<p><b>What sparked your interest in your chosen career path?<\/b><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve been interested in science since I was a kid. I did science Olympiad for years in middle school and high school. AP biology really focused my passion in biology, and cancer has always been fascinating to me. My dad had his Ph.D., so he was an inspiration for me to continue on to graduate school. <\/p>\n<p><b>List three songs on your playlist.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> &#8220;Street Fight,&#8221; by Smallpools\n<li> &#8220;Like Beyonce,&#8221; by Lola Blanc\n<li> &#8220;Elastic Heart,&#8221; by Sia <\/ul>\n<p><b>Name your favorite study spot.<\/b><br \/>\nMy desk at my apartment, I have a great view of downtown Omaha to distract myself. <\/p>\n<p><b>Your favorite study snack is:<\/b><br \/>\nPopcorn<\/p>\n<p><b>Your favorite app is:<\/b><br \/>\nEvernote. I use it to keep track of notes, recipes, lab, everything. I highly recommend it.<\/p>\n<p><b>Three things people may not know about you.<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I can read more than 1,000 words per minute. I like to read as much as I can when I get a chance.\n<li>I really love art. I paint, photograph and love working with digital media (Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, etc.). 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