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Grant Rigney

Election Year: 2019

Election Constituency: United States of America

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: Tennessee & Oriel 2019

Grant Rigney

Biography

Grant H. Rigney, Normandy, is a senior at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville where he is studying Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering. Grant is the editor-in-chief of Pursuit, UT's journal of undergraduate research, and has conducted research at Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital on disparate immunotherapy response patterns in patients with melanoma. He volunteers regularly at a local homeless clinic and elementary school. Grant's career aspirations involve providing leadership and policy advocacy in support of "safety net" hospitals as a practitioner, researcher, and administrative leader. He is a licensed private pilot, a Certified Nurse's Assistant, triathlete, and internationally recognized bluegrass musician on the fiddle and mandolin. He will pursue masters degrees in Global Health Science and Epidemiology and Evidence-Based Social Intervention and Policy Evaluation.