21Jul

Ruchit Patel

July 21, 2022 ally 15

Ruchit Patel

2019 Graduate, The Johns Hopkins University
M.D. Candidate at Harvard Medical School

Ruchit Patel is a third-year medical student at Harvard Medical School. He completed his Bachelor’s in Neuroscience at Johns Hopkins University in 2019. His work has crossed translational and clinical research domains, as he led projects evaluating nanotherapeutics for pediatric brain injury and strategies to enhance recovery following critical illness. He has presented at national and international meetings to push the conversation on critical care rehabilitation. Ruchit further was the curator of TEDxJHU, where he built close ties with communities in Baltimore City while creating a platform that elevated stories and empowered individuals. The intersection of clinical care, academic research, and medical communications continues to motivate him to think about health care interventions that are both impactful and equitable.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

21Jul

Lewis Hall

July 21, 2022 ally 16

Lewis Hall

Final Year Medical School Student

Lewis is a Final Year medical student in the UK, with aspirations of becoming a hepatopancreaticobiliary (HPB) and transplant surgeon. Alongside his medical degree Lewis has research interests in pancreatic cancer and other pancreatic diseases, presenting work nationally and internationally, and publishing in surgical journals. Before starting his journey through medical school and delving into the world of research, Lewis attended the Congress of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists. Lewis's talk will explore his journey after the Congress to where he is today.

Heman Bekele

Heman BekeleTIME’s 2024 Kid of the YearWinner of the 2023…

Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

21Jul

Deepika Kurup

July 21, 2022 ally 32

Deepika Kurup

Grand Prize Winner, 2012 Discovery Education 3M Top Young Scientist Challenge
CEO, Catalyst for World Water

Deepika Kurup, a current student at Harvard University, has been passionate about solving the global water crisis since she was in middle school. Deepika won the grand prize in the Discovery Education 3M Young Scientist Challenge. She was also named one of Forbes’ “30 Under 30”, was the National Geographic Explorer Award Winner in the Google Science Fair, and presented at the White House Science Fair twice. Currently, she is CEO of Catalyst for World Water, a social enterprise aimed at bringing the water purification technology she has developed to those affected by the global water crisis. Deepika has presented at national and international conferences, TEDx events, TEDWomen, and the United Nations.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

Leanne Fan Winner of the 2022 3M Young Scientist ChallengeLeanne…

Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

21Jul

Eric Chen

July 21, 2022 ally 27

Eric Chen

First Place, 2014 Intel Science Talent Search
Grand Prize Winner, 2013 Google Science Fair
Grand Prize Winner, 2013 Siemens Competition in Math, Science & Technology

At 17-years-old, Eric Chen won all three major science prizes – Intel, Google, and Siemens – for his research on new drugs designed to fight dangerous strains of the influenza virus. The emergence of new highly lethal influenza viruses such as H5N1 and H7N9 poses a grave threat to the world. Eric’s project aimed to discover novel influenza endonuclease inhibitors as leads for a new type of anti-flu medicine, effective against all influenza viruses including pandemic strains. By combining computer modeling and biological studies, he identified a number of novel, potent endonuclease inhibitors. He also performed comprehensive structural analysis, laying the groundwork for further design and optimization of the anti-flu drug candidates.

Eric is currently studying at Harvard University.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

Leanne Fan Winner of the 2022 3M Young Scientist ChallengeLeanne…

Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

21Jul

Brittany Wenger

July 21, 2022 ally 32

Brittany Wenger

Grand Prize Winner, 2012 Google Science Fair

As a high-school senior Brittany Wenger was well on her way to making the diagnosis of breast cancer less painful and more accurate. Brittany began studying neural networks when she was in the seventh grade. She won the grand prize in the 2012 Google Science Fair for her project, “Global Neural Network Cloud Service for Breast Cancer.” The resulting Cloud4Cancer service aggregates data from biopsies done with the fine-needle aspiration process, instead of the traditional and more painful surgical option. The goal of Wenger’s network is to ensure that fine-needle aspiration biopsies are as accurate as traditional biopsies, which would allow more women to be diagnosed and treated early.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

20Jul

Shree Bose

July 20, 2022 ally 35

Shree Bose

Grand Prize Winner, 2011 Google Science Fair
Co-Founder, Piper

As an 18-year-old Shree Bose triumphed over 10,000 other competitors to become the grand prize winner of the first-ever Google Science Fair in 2011. For her winning research, Shree looked at the chemotherapy drug, cisplatin, that is commonly taken by women with ovarian cancer. The problem is that the cancer cells tend to grow resistant to cisplatin over time and Shree discovered a way to counteract that thus opening new avenues for research.

Shree is a graduate of Harvard University and is now enrolled in the M.D./ Ph.D. program at Duke University.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

20Jul

Utkarsh Tandon

July 20, 2022 ally 37

Utkarsh Tandon

2017 Young Innovators to Watch Award, Consumer Electronics Show
2016 International BioGENEius Challenge Winner

Utkarsh Tandon is an aspiring computational biologist and machine learning researcher at Stanford University. After volunteering at a local Parkinson’s institute during the summer following 9th grade, Mr. Tandon founded OneRing, a medical device company that has created an intelligent monitoring ring to better track Parkinson’s motor symptoms. Throughout high school, he spent countless hours learning and applying state-of-the-art algorithms to model some of the most complex diseases. His work on identifying blood pressure signatures in retinal images of early-onset diabetic retinopathy patients won him the 2016 International BioGENEius Challenge.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

20Jul

Anvita Gupta

July 20, 2022 ally 24

Anvita Gupta

2019 Johnson & Johnson Champions of Science Award Winner
2015 International BioGENEius Challenge Grand Prize Winner

Anvita Gupta is a scientist and entrepreneur who uses artificial intelligence (AI) to tackle problems in biotechnology and find treatments for life-threatening diseases like cancer. Ms. Gupta graduated from Stanford University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in computer science. In 2015, Ms. Gupta presented her research on AI for drug discovery to President Obama at the White House, where she was invited to join the president’s precision medicine initiative. Her research has been recognized by the Regeneron Science Talent Search, Siemens, and the International BioGENEius Challenge. She is passionate about inspiring women in STEM and in 2014 founded LITAS for Girls, an international nonprofit that was recognized globally in the Nature Innovating Science awards.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

20Jul

Sajeev Kohli

July 20, 2022 ally 28

Sajeev Kohli

2018 Grand Prize in Global Healthcare at the International BioGENEius Challenge

Sajeev Kohli is a senior at Harvard University from Waterloo, Ontario. He has been involved with university laboratory research since he was 13 years old and has won regional, national, and international awards for his work focusing on the implementation of a new nanoparticle- based drug carrier development pipeline for cancer treatment. He was invited to Parliament Hill in Ottawa by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council to showcase his research in person to the Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, and the Minister of Science, Kirsty Duncan.

Heman Bekele

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Leanne Fan

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Carl June, M.D.

Carl June, M.D. The Richard W. Vague Professor in Immunotherapy,…

Nicholas Schiff, M.D.

Nicholas Schiff, M.D. Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience in the…

20Jul

Erin Smith

July 20, 2022 ally 34

Erin Smith

2019 Forbes 30 Under 30
2018 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Winner

Erin Smith learned early on to channel her endless curiosity into research. Her past projects have ranged from developing a clean oil-sand extraction method to investigating neuronal remodeling at the Weizmann Institute to determining visual attention strategies via eye tracking at Harvard Medical School. Most recently, she developed FacePrint, a tool to detect and monitor Parkinson’s disease using video technology and early-stage facial expression indicators. Ms. Smith is currently a freshman at Stanford University and was a Thiel Fellow before starting college. Her goal in life is to build the future of neurological and mental healthcare.

Ruchit Patel

Lewis Hall

Deepika Kurup

Eric Chen

Brittany Wenger

Shree Bose

Utkarsh Tandon

Anvita Gupta

Sajeev Kohli

Erin Smith

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