Editing Rhodes Scholarship (section)

=== Medical innovation ===

==== Genetics ====
In 2014, [[Iranian peoples|Iranian]] Rhodes Scholar  [[Pardis Sabeti]] used genome sequencing and computational genetics to identify the source of the Ebola outbreak in West Africa.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/ebola-outbreak-strains-sequenced-36944|title=Ebola Outbreak Strains Sequenced|website=The Scientist Magazine®|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> She is also the front-person for [[Indie rock|indie-rock]] band [[Thousand Days (band)|Thousand Days]].

Another Rhodes Scholar working in [[genome]] research is the mathematician and geneticist [[Eric Lander]]. His ideas in human genetics, particularly mapping and sequencing, led to the creation of [[The Cancer Genome Atlas]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/asoh-ahe071018.php|title=ASHG honors Eric S. Lander with William Allan Award|website=EurekAlert!|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>

==== Disease and epidemiology ====
[[Salim Yusuf]], an [[India|Indian]] scholar, conducted significant research into heart health and its relationship to developing economies. He observed that shifts in the developing world, particularly dietary changes and increased urbanization, lead to higher incidences of heart attacks and strokes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.anzishaprize.org/mentors-judges/yusuf-randera-rees/|title=Celebrating Africa's Youngest Entrepreneurs {{!}} Yusuf Randera-Rees|website=www.anzishaprize.org|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>

In [[Zimbabwe]], [[A. Tariro Makadzange]] has researched perinatally infected children with [[HIV]] and HIV-positive adults with [[cryptococcal disease]]. Since graduating from Oxford, she has set up a new infectious disease laboratory at the [[University of Zimbabwe]] in [[Harare]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.ragoninstitute.org/makadzange-opens-new-lab-in-zimbabwe/|title=Makadzange Opens New Lab in Zimbabwe|date=2014-06-24|work=Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>

Sir [[Alimuddin Zumla]], a British-Zambian, infectious diseases scholar declined an offer to take up the scholarship.<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=May 2011|title=Editorial introduction|journal=Current Opinion in Pulmonary Medicine|volume=17|issue=3|pages=vii–viii|doi=10.1097/MCP.0b013e32834619c2|issn=1070-5287|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal|last=Kirby|first=Tony|date=April 2013|title=Alimuddin Zumla: infectious diseases guru and survivor|journal=The Lancet Infectious Diseases|volume=13|issue=4|pages=301|doi=10.1016/S1473-3099(13)70045-8|pmid=23531387}}</ref> Decades later, Zumla was recognized by [[Clarivate|Clarivate Analytics]], [[Web of Science]] as one of the world's top 1% most cited researchers.<ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2018-11-30|title=Professor Sir Ali Zumla cited in global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/news/2018/nov/professor-sir-ali-zumla-cited-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Division of Infection and Immunity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2019-11-29|title=Professor Sir Ali Zumla cited in 2019 global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/infection-immunity/news/2019/nov/professor-sir-ali-zumla-cited-2019-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=Division of Infection and Immunity}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=UCL|date=2020-11-20|title=UCL academics recognised in annual global list of influential researchers|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2020/nov/ucl-academics-recognised-annual-global-list-influential-researchers|access-date=2020-12-22|website=UCL News}}</ref>

==== Surgery ====
After studying at Oxford, surgeon and author [[Atul Gawande]] became an advisor to [[Bill Clinton]] and the [[U.S Department of Health and Human Services]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2008-01-01|title=Gawande, Atul 1965- (Atul A. Gawande)|url=https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3057000057.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181124055108/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G2-3057000057.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2018-11-24}}</ref> In recent years he has devised an innovative checklist for a successful surgery.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best|title=The Coach in the Operating Room|magazine=The New Yorker|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122226184|title=Atul Gawande's 'Checklist' For Surgery Success|work=NPR.org|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref> Other surgical innovations brought about by Rhodes Scholars include the [[GliaSite]] technique, a device that lowers the risks associated with radiation therapy in brain tumours. 

A number of Rhodes scholars have gone on to careers in [[neurosurgery]]. One of the most influential neurosurgeons of all time, [[Wilder Penfield]], was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] Rhodes Scholar in 1915. Neurosurgeon Sir [[Hugh Cairns (surgeon)|Hugh Cairns]] was a Rhodes Scholar for South Australia in 1917, whose treatment of [[Lawrence of arabia|Lawrence of Arabia]] led to research that informed the introduction of motorcycle helmets. Neurosurgeon [[Griffith R. Harsh|Griffith Harsh]] was a Rhodes Scholar and created the GliaSite device.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.stanford.edu/news/2001/november14/gliasite.html|title=New device delivers safe thou not targeted brain tumor treatment straight to the source: 11/01|website=news.stanford.edu|access-date=2018-11-23}}</ref>