Amudha Panneerselvam
Amudha Panneerselvam is doing her Bachelor’s of science degree course in biology from Massachusetts Insitutute of Technology. She has won several awards (National Society for Collegiate scholars, Rensselaer Medal, Bausch and Lomb Award, Women in Engineering award are a few of them). She has also done research in genetics at the Koch Institute for Cancer Research at MIT and at Hybrigene Laboratory (University of Rhode Island). She has also taught a course on Introduction to Biotechnology at Cranston High School West. She is the president of MIT Resonance, a capella group.
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Chiai Uraguchi is a candidate for a Master of Public Administration at the Cornell Institute for Public Affairs. She acquired a Master’s degree in Environment, Development and Policy from the University of Sussex and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environment and Information from the Musashi Institute of Technology in Japan. She has worked in the Philippines on several projects, including one that explored the ‘Role of scavenging in urban livelihoods in the Philippines’ and a ‘Case study of livelihoods in the INAYAWAN dump site in Cebu and a strategy for the poor.’ She was also the project manager for a project aimed at ‘Income Generation for Disadvantaged Women’.
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Fatima A Hussain is a candidate for a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering at the Massachusetts Insitutute of Technology. She has worked as an undergraduate research laboratory intern at Pre-UROP (Material Science and Engineering), MIT, as a laboratory intern at the National Cancer Insitute, Ft. Detrick and at the CVS Pharmacy as a pharmacy service associate. She has also worked on a Potable Water System Project in Santa Ana, Ecuador, led by the MIT Public Service Center through which she gained experience in international development work and public health.
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Geetha Loganathan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Dental Surgery from the Saveetha Dental College and Hospital under the Dr.M.G.R. Medical University in Chennai, and a Master of Public Health from the SRM School of Public Health, SRM University, Chennai. She has been awarded several Certificates of Achievements including one from the Queensland University of Technology, Australia, for her outstanding performance in the ‘Introduction to clinical classification ICD-9-CM and Advanced clinical classification ICD-9-CM’ course conducted by them. She has worked as a clinical coding specialist at the Changi General Hospitals, Singapore, and has tutored in the Department of Pedodontia at the Saveetha Dental College and Hospitals, Chennai, prior to which she was an assistant dental surgeon at the Jagir Dental Center, Chennai.
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John Lee currently attends Cornell University majoring in Biology & Society with a concentration in Global Health. In his time at Cornell, he has been active in numerous global health initiatives. He is currently working on a malaria intervention project in Humjibre, Ghana, with a student organization called Cover Africa. His primary interest is to explore and repair areas in need of improvement in healthcare delivery and feasibility in existing or new paths.
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John Minot was raised in Austin, Texas, to Northern parents as a cultural transplant to the South. He attended Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences, graduating in 2006 with a double major in Government and Asian Studies. He spent the next three years at the Bethesda, MD consulting firm Pacific Bridge, which mostly assists medical firms with regulatory requirements for doing business in Asia. After leaving the firm in April 2009, he spent three months in Chennai, India, as an intern at the IKP Centre for Technologies in Public Health, researching primary healthcare financing systems worldwide. He is now enrolled in the Goldman School of Public Policy of the University of California at Berkeley, and expects to graduate as a Master in Public Policy in May 2011.
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Kavya Vaghul is a passionate high school senior at the International Community School in Kirkland, Washington, currently pursuing her interests in the field of Medicine and Public Health. While she is thoroughly intrigued by natural sciences, her dedication for learning has nurtured her zeal for the arts and culture as well, showing immense enthusiasm in successfully participating and promoting various activities both locally and internationally. Applying her strong leadership capabilities, she has fostered and shepherded several projects within her school and in her community. With the aspirations of a career in the medical sector, Kavya hopes to diversify her knowledge by volunteering and traveling around the world in different health organizations, as it has given her the inspiration to undertake meaningful work.
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Manu Manamel has a degree in medicine from the Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram, and a Masters in Medical Science and Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. He was amongst the top 20 students admitted into the Indian Institute of Managament, Ahmedabad, and nominated for several prestigious scholarship programs. Manu served at JO-AN’s Medical Centre, a 20-bedded pediatric hospital, and was also an Assistant Surgeon in a primary health centre in Rayamangalam in rural Kerala. Manu has held several positions of responsibility and performed duties as WHO’s monitor for the National Pulse Polio Immunization Programme in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala and as an Executive Member of the House Surgeons’ Council at the Govt Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram.
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Neil Parikh is currently pursuing the joint MD/MBA program at the Keck School at the University of Southern California and the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. He is majoring in healthcare management. He has an undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California, where he majored in biology and journalism. His range of experience in the area of health access includes research in India investigating barriers preventing patients’ access to HIV medication and work for a non-profit organization that is developing methods to overcome cultural barriers. His areas of interest are healthcare access and healthcare systems in emerging markets.
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Nicholas De Vito is an undergraduate student at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY, studying Biology & Society with minors in Global Health, Science and Technology Studies, Nutrition and Law & Society. After finishing his undergraduate education Nicholas hopes to pursue a Master’s in Public Health with a focus on health and nutrition policy. His work with ICTPH centered around mental health in developing countries with a special focus on India.
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