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The Spiritual Climate
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BROW N | On Campus
In the Grip of Grace
FORMER GYMNAST KINAMON ’17 PURSUES MEDICINE
By Catherine Elvy, Staff Writer
Given her personal battle with
MRSA, Kinamon used her time at
Brown to explore ways to reduce staph
infections, especially among athletes.
In addition to serving as a student
who credits God for helping her to
overcome the darkest chapters in her
ordeal with methicillin-resistant
staphylococcus aureus, also known as
flesh-eating bacteria.
researcher, Kinamon also produced a
video she hopes will prevent cases of
the pernicious infection that endan-
gered her left leg.
“God stood with me through the
“If people can see God at work in your life, it’s a tremendously
humbling experience. I always point it back to God.”
tember, the gymnast took MCAT
exams in anticipation of entering
medical school in fall 2019.
“I just really hope I can integrate
faith and medicine,” said Kinamon,
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Brown University alumna is
using the physical struggles
that nearly derailed her gymnastic
endeavors and threatened her life as
a springboard into a medical career.
Tori Kinamon ’17, who under-
went major surgeries and extensive
hospitalizations as a frosh, is research-
ing the type of staph infection that
nearly claimed her left leg.
During her gap year, Kinamon is
spreading awareness about the infec-
tion risks among collegiate athletes,
while also working as a medical scribe
in Durham, North Carolina. In Sep-
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