“I always thought I’d go into medicine, but honestly, I mostly didn’t think about it,” says Research Scientist Sharad Goel. Born and raised in Madison, WI, Goel grew up with three older sisters, two of whom eventually became doctors. His parents naturally thought he would follow in their footsteps.
However, Goel took a different direction and chose to major in something he felt wasn’t really his strength: math. “I was always interested in science, but not math,” says Goel.
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