Biological sciences major Noelle Kendall ’19 combines her interest in medicine with public policy as a Highland Capital Management Tower Scholar at SMU. “Medicine/science and public policy seem to be two very different fields, and they are, but each one heavily affects the other,” she says. “I think it is important that these two worlds find a connection so that they can better understand each other. This understanding would lead to more comprehensive science policy and a scientific community that understands and works with its government for safe, efficient progress.”
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Studying public policy and medicine goes hand in hand
With medical school in her future, SMU senior Noelle Kendall ’19 says her experience as a Tower Scholar opened her eyes to the need for the scientific and public policy communities to work together for “safe, efficient progress.”