Rashan Inducted Into Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society
Edrees (Eddie) Rashan has been selected for the 2021 cohort of the Edward A. Bouchet Graduate Honor Society. Rashan is a graduate research assistant in the Department of Biochemistry and doctoral candidate in the Integrated Program in Biochemistry (IPiB).
The Bouchet Society commemorates Edward Alexander Bouchet, the first self-identified African American to earn a doctorate degree from an American university. Scholars are chosen for five qualities that exemplify the spirit of Dr. Bouchet: scholarship, leadership, character, service, and advocacy for students who have been traditionally under-represented in academia.
“Eddie is a remarkable scientist and a model lab citizen,” said David Pagliarini, Rashan’s primary mentor, and Professor and BJC Investigator at Washington University. “Through his diligence and passion for science, he is constructing a beautiful thesis on atypical lipid metabolism; through his advocacy, he is helping establish a more diverse and equitable scientific community from which we will all benefit.”