Noah Ansari has been diagnosed with a rare blood disease called Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. Author: Laura Borchers Updated: 2:29 PM EST February 4, 2021
A family in Powell is calling on people throughout central Ohio to help a 5-month-old boy overcome a life-threatening disease. I m going to do everything I can to save him, Jessica Ansar said.
Noah Ansari has been diagnosed with a rare blood disease. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome, or WAS, involves issues with Noah s platelets and his mother is hopeful his condition can be cured with a bone marrow transplant.
Through the Ansari family s encouragement for people locally to be tested to be the match for Noah, about 9,000 tests have been administered.
Clubs and organizations:
Honors/scholarships/awards:
Forney P. George Scholarship for Humanistic Medicine, John Montgomery Scholarship & International Student Grant, Dean’s List and Sigma Alpha Pi.
Favorite book:
Favorite movie:
The best thing about my Dickinson experience:
I’ve met a bunch of great friends and faculty members here who always encourage me. I also feel great contributing to the Dickinson community by representing students through Student Senate and by introducing the college’s history and achievements to prospective students and parents during tours.
On choosing a major:
Ever since high school, I’ve been fascinated by the seemingly infinite processes of moving from a single cell to an ecosystem and the delicate processes at each stage that make the life pyramid functional. So I chose a biochemistry and neuroscience double major to understand what life is and how life functions from a molecular to evolutionary perspective. And I can apply such know