UAEMers Sandeep Kishore and Rajesh Panjabi Profiled in Lives, a Scientific American Publication

UAEMers Sandeep Kishore and Rajesh Panjabi Profiled in Lives, a Scientific American Publication, alongside President Jimmy Carter and six others "tied together by clarity of purpose, by strength and determination, by humility and by an obvious joy in their interactions with others less fortunate than themselves."

"Kishore contacted the student group Universities Allied for Essential Medicines, which strives to make critical drugs available to poor countries. He and the UAEM petitioned the WHO to add statins to the essential medicines list (EML).

"Kishore and his colleagues argued that statins were universally effective for lowering cholesterol and CVD risk, were cost effective, and that there was a reliable generic supply. In April 2007, before he had even completed his second year of medical school, Kishore learned that the WHO approved the petition and added statins to the EML."