istry , ▁and ▁neu ros cience , ▁bal ancing ▁western ▁thought ▁with ▁Buddh ist ▁the ology . ▁ ▁She ▁edited ▁the ▁instruction al ▁hand books , ▁A ▁Hand book ▁of ▁Science ▁and ▁The ▁Str ucture ▁of ▁Science . ▁E T SI ▁plans ▁to ▁have ▁" a ▁compreh ensive ▁science ▁curr icul um " ▁within ▁the ▁real m ▁of ▁mon astic ▁education ▁in ▁place ▁at ▁the ▁major ▁academic ▁mon astic ▁institutions ▁by ▁ 2 0 1 3 . ▁ ▁Ram ▁bel ieves ▁that ▁international ▁experience ▁abroad ▁is ▁a ▁critical ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁college ▁experience ▁for ▁all ▁students , ▁but ▁most ▁particularly ▁science ▁students . ▁Ram ▁pione ered ▁the ▁first ▁science ▁summer ▁study ▁abroad ▁program ▁at ▁Em ory , ▁Chem istry ▁Studies ▁in ▁Italy , ▁and ▁rep licated ▁the ▁model ▁with ▁Neu ros cience ▁in ▁France , ▁Environment al ▁Science ▁and ▁Bi ology ▁in ▁Australia , ▁and ▁Global ▁Health ▁in ▁South ▁Africa . ▁Her ▁study ▁abroad ▁program ▁won ▁the ▁Best ▁Pract ices ▁in ▁International ▁Education ▁Award ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁ ▁Ram ▁is ▁not ▁afraid ▁of ▁controvers y . ▁She ▁brought ▁science ▁and ▁religion ▁in ▁close ▁proxim ity ▁through ▁the ▁Em ory - T ib et ▁Science ▁In iti ative . ▁She ▁introduced ▁problem - based ▁learning ▁ped ag ogy ▁to ▁under grad uate ▁science , ▁couple d ▁with ▁web - based ▁technology ▁for ▁peer ▁learning ▁on ▁a ▁large ▁scale . ▁These ▁innov ations ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁Open ▁Social ▁Learning ▁framework , ▁created ▁in ▁collaboration ▁with ▁Ash win ▁Ram ▁and ▁Chris ▁Sp