Ryan Briscoe

High School Graduation Year: 2018
Year First Awarded the Carson Scholarship: 2014
Sponsored by: Carson Scholars Fund

Ryan pursues a major in Biochemistry with two minors in Business Management and Nutrition at Case Western Reserve University. Ryan began his journey by founding the X-STEM club at his high school, and by being an advocate for the benefits of STEM-related careers and the need for having hands-on learning opportunities in the early academic years. The program is still active today, increasing with new volunteers and students every year.

Today, Ryan volunteers at the University Hospital where he assists by comforting patients and families while supporting the hospital staff with paperwork and patient requests. He also volunteers as an intern at the Cleveland Clinic. He assists his mentor with cardiovascular disease research by preparing lab materials and conducting small procedures under his guidance. Additionally, Ryan has co-founded a non-profit organization called Arts-n-STEM4Hearts. This organization reaches out to healthcare institutions in the community to provide art therapy through distributing art supplies and holding workshops for patients in hospitals and elders in nursing homes.