founder of Health Heralds. i started it as Donate Essentials during the COVID-19 pandemic, when PPE supplies dwindled. we donated masks and cards to frontline workers; today, our work includes health literacy through our podcast and blog, with volunteers from 30+ countries.
Raaga Karumanchi.
[currently]
studying neuroscience @ Columbia.
computational genomics research @ Columbia University Irving Medical Center. using ML on large-scale datasets at the Center for Computational and Translational Neuroimmunology to identify biomarkers of genetic resilience in neurodegenerative diseases.
health equity research @ UCSF Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. studying who can access digital health tools and how health systems can make them work for more people. published in The Journal of Clinical Hypertension.
taekwondo black belt.
[previously]
All of Us Research Program scholar @ NIH. as the only high school student in my cohort, i presented research on cardiovascular health and sleep in postmenopausal women. it placed 1st in the Research Scholar Program and received the People's Choice Award. the project was featured in The Mercury News.
research @ UCSF Weill Institutes of Neuroscience. studied brain vascular malformations and stroke recovery, including how gene therapy might protect blood vessels in the brain.
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