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Woodruff, Honors Program student, named one of 40 Marshall Scholars

By Kim Cretors
kcretors@uga.edu

It’s been nearly 40 years since a UGA student has been selected as a Marshall Scholar, which makes it all the more noteworthy

Josh Woodruff

that Josh Woodruff, a senior in the Honors Program at UGA, has been named one of only 40 Marshall Scholarship recipients in the United States this year. In 1965, Joseph Harris was selected from UGA; he went on to become a chaired professor of English and folklore at Harvard.
Woodruff is the son of Drs. John and Ina Woodruff of Thomasville. He is a double major in biochemistry/molecular biology and cellular biology with a 3.96 GPA. Through his Marshall Scholarship, Woodruff plans to earn a master of science in immunology of infectious disease at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
Woodruff will return to the United States in 2005 and plans to pursue an M.D./Ph.D. in immunology and microbial pathogenesis at the Emory School of Medicine, where he’s been accepted into the Medical Scientist Training Program. His acceptance into the program includes a full scholarship to medical school.
Upon completion of his doctoral work, Woodruff plans to become a biomedical researcher while working as a professor at a university or as a scientist for the U.S. government.
He hopes to eventually establish a not-for-profit organization devoted to the development of vaccines for infectious diseases that affect the world’s poorest nations.

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