Rostam Zafari is a junior at Emory University majoring in social entrepreneurship and creative writing. Passionate about education (both of his parents are professors), the 20 year old may not be old enough to order a beer at a Braves game. However, he’s old enough to serve as an Entrepreneur-in-Residence at The New School, the […]
Rostam Zafari has more zest for life than any other 19-year-old (or adult for that matter) we’ve ever met. Aside from the fact that Zafari is only halfway into his sophomore year at Emory, he has also helped kickstart two separate startups, one of which was REDS, a fast medical screen test for Ebola. After […]
Emory University freshmen Brian Goldstone and Rostam Zafari are on a mission to help save lives with an extra credit assignment from their biology lecturer, Rachelle Spell. They were challenged to examine how doctors currently test for Ebola—and improve it. After collaborating with Emory advisors and other students, the duo developed Rapid Ebola Detection Strips […]
REDS: Rapid Ebola Detection Strips was founded by Emory students Rostam Zafari and Brian Goldstone. With the dramatic increase in cases of Ebola, the team saw it necessary to find a quick way to detect this horrible disease. Considering the fact that the majority of people that contract Ebola are within a days commute to the nearest hospital, […]