Arushi Khurana, M.B.B.S. (HEMA ’21), receives an award, Mayo Clinic Rochester

Arushi Khurana, M.B.B.S. (HEMA ’21), Division of Hematology at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, received a Robert A. Winn Diversity in Clinical Trials Career Development Award. The two-year program aims to train, develop and mentor diverse and community-oriented researchers and physicians to help increase the diversity of patients enrolled in clinical trials, and ultimately to enhance the development of therapeutics for all populations. The Robert A. Winn Career Development Award Program was created in 2020 with a pledge by the Bristol Myers Squibb Foundation as part of its commitment to health equity, inclusion and diversity. Dr. Khurana’s research focuses on improving outcomes in lymphoma patients, specifically those underrepresented in clinical trials and who are more vulnerable to the side effects of treatment. Dr. Khurana is an assistant professor of medicine in the Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science.