{"84921":{"#nid":"84921","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Student Wins Prestigious Goldwater Scholarship","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech junior Monique Gupta, 20, doesn\u0027t want much out of life, only to get a Ph.D., an M.D. and improve the efficiency of gene transfer techniques and the health care system.  Scheduled to receive her bachelor\u0027s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) from Tech next year, she has a bit of work to do before she reaches those goals. But winning the prestigious Goldwater scholarship has put her one step closer.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022She\u0027s really the best I\u0027ve seen in several years,\u0022 said Paul Griffin, undergraduate coordinator for ISyE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGupta came to Tech from Macon, GA three years ago. At the time, she said, she didn\u0027t really know what she wanted to do, only that she wanted to study engineering. After being at Tech for a while, it all came together when she decided to major in ISyE.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022ISyE gives me an engineering background, which helps with research analysis and technical writing,\u0022 Gupta said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EHealthcare system efficiency is also one of the major areas of concentration in ISyE, said Griffin.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGupta has been working on gene therapy techniques with Joseph LeDoux, professor in biomedical engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EGene therapy is a novel approach to treating diseases, and most of it is still in the experimental phase, said Gupta. But the idea is that scientists would first identify a gene in a patient that is causing a certain disease.  \u0022A new gene would be created in a lab, and doctors would use it to replace the gene that is causing the problem. One way to deliver the new gene to the patient is by using a retrovirus to carry the gene into the affected area of the patient,\u0022 explained Gupta.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0022Diseases that can be helped by gene transfer include rheumatic arthritis and juvenile arthritis,\u0022 she said.\n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EBefore winning the Goldwater, Gupta won Tech\u0027s four-year President\u0027s Scholarship, which is given to incoming freshmen who demonstrate leadership in their community and academic excellence. By paying up to $7,500 toward next year\u0027s tuition, fees and room and board, the scholarship should help her save money for graduate and medical school. \n\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EThis year the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation awarded 300 scholarships out of a field of 1,093 applicants from the U.S. and Puerto Rico. The Foundation is a federally endowed agency established in 1986. The Scholarship Program, honoring former Arizona Senator Barry M. Goldwater, was designed to foster and encourage outstanding students to pursue careers in the fields of mathematics, the natural sciences, and engineering.\n\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"Georgia Tech junior Monique Gupta, 20, doesn\u0027t want much out of life, only to get a Ph.D., an M.D. and improve the efficiency of gene transfer techniques and the health care system.  Scheduled to receive her bachelor\u0027s degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISyE) from Tech next year, she has a bit of work to do before she reaches those goals. But winning the prestigious Goldwater scholarship has put her one step closer.","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":"","uid":"27304","created_gmt":"2003-04-04 01:00:00","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:02:10","author":"Matthew Nagel","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2003-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2003-04-04T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"84931":{"id":"84931","type":"image","title":"Monique Gupta","body":null,"created":"1449178102","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:28:22","changed":"1475894706","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:45:06"}},"media_ids":["84931"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.act.org\/goldwater\/","title":"Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships"}],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EGeorgia Tech Media Relations\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ELaura Diamond\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:laura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Elaura.diamond@comm.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-894-6016\u003Cbr \/\u003EJason Maderer\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:maderer@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emaderer@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-660-2926\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["david.terraso@comm.gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}