ucsf – Amgen Scholars

David Isaac Berrios

Pittsburg, California

“Moving forward, I am confident that obtaining a graduate education will empower me to improve the quality of life for others.”

Maxwell B. Wang

Rockford, IL

“I wish to become a scientist that is able to take techniques firmly grounded in decades of research in engineering and physics and apply them towards understanding complex biological systems.”

Bayardo Garay

San Francisco, CA

“I would ultimately like to end up running my own lab at a leading research university close to a hospital where I can see patients.”