Meet the 2019 class of STAT Wunderkinds

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After spending the past few months combing through more than 200 nominations, STAT just announced its newest class of Wunderkinds, who are early-career doctors and researchers blazing new trails in their endeavor to answer some of the biggest questions in science and medicine. This year’s stellar class includes a scientist hoping to eliminate Chagas disease in her native Colombia, another scientist who is developing the next wave of CRISPR editing technology, and a researcher whose upbringing in Kashmir and medical school training in Bangladesh have led him on a quest to make health care more equitable. Read more about the 2019 Wunderkinds here.