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Karpurapu Named 2021 Goldwater Scho

Anish Karpurapu was among the 410 students awarded Goldwater Scholarships on March 26 for the 2021-2022 academic year. Karpurapu is a Duke undergraduate student working in Ravi Karra’s lab in the Duke Cardiovascular Research Center (CVRC) to identify and model growth niches in the heart that underlie heart regeneration. In the future, he plans to pursue an MD/PhD and direct his own research program focused on drug discovery through stem cell biology.