Anurag Ojha was born in Biratnagar, Nepal but moved to West Hartford, CT when he was eight. A graduate of Conard High School, Anurag’s interests are science and soccer and he plans to major in biomedical engineering. Throughout his high school career he participated in JumpStart, Junior Doctor’s Academy, the High School Research Apprentice Program, and the Pre-College Enrichment Program, all offered by UConn’s Health Career Opportunity Programs (HCOP). During the High School Research Apprentice Program, Anurag conducted research on the role of the Nectin-Afadin complex in the early parietal endoderm cells in mice in the James Mulrooney Laboratory at Central Connecticut State University.

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