UH Hilo alumnus Kit Neikirk wins prestigious 2024 Marshall Scholarship, will pursue degrees in public health and advanced biomedical imaging
The Marshall Scholarship is widely considered one of the most prestigious scholarships for U.S. citizens.
A University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo graduate has received a 2024 Marshall Scholarship, one of the most prestigious scholarships for U.S. citizens to study abroad.
Kit Neikirk, from Pāhoa, Hawaiʻi, graduated from UH Hilo in spring 2023 with degrees in chemistry (biosciences track), biology (cell, molecular, and biomedical track), and sociology. He was also awarded certificates in STEM honors (chemistry) and global engagement.
The Marshall Scholarship is a postgraduate scholarship to study at any university in the United Kingdom. It is widely considered one of the most prestigious scholarships for U.S. citizens, and along with the Fulbright Scholarship, it is the only broadly available scholarship available to Americans to study at any university in the United Kingdom. Up to fifty scholars are selected each year.
Neikirk served as editor-in-chief of UH Hilo’s academic journal and worked in student government, supporting fellow students through the COVID pandemic.
He continues to publish several manuscripts based on his research in the Hinton Lab at Vanderbilt University, where he has focused his research on how mitochondria structure changes across aging and pathology across murine and human tissue types.
As a Marshall Scholar, he will pursue a master’s in public health at the University of Edinburgh as well as a master’s in advanced biomedical imaging at University College London.
–Marshall Scholarship website.
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