About
Passionate about creating a healthier society through investing in and operating with the…
Experience
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Education
-
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Activities and Societies: Class Co-President, HealthX, Medical Student Government, Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association, Wood House Council, Korean Graduate Student Association at Penn
• Twenty-First Century Endowed Scholarship (full-tuition)
• Class Co-President (Years 1 and 2)
• Guggenheim Family Neurosurgery Research Scholarship
• MCAT: 100% percentile
• NIH MRSP Research Fellowship: 2019-2020 (year-out) -
Activities and Societies: Jail Tutorial Project, KSEA, Advocates for Baltimore Community Health, Medical Ethics Discussion Panel, Tau Beta Pi
Volunteer Experience
-
Founder / President
JHU Medical Ethics Discussion Panel
- 1 year 3 months
Education
• Led and organized student-run, peer-based discussion meetings to foster an open environment where students could talk about sensitive medical ethics cases, current medical issues, and changing healthcare policies. Johns Hopkins University.
-
Treasurer / Free Clinic Volunteer
University City Hospitality Coalition
- 1 year 1 month
Health
• Made an annual budget for UCHC operations for submission to the student government.
• Led the student-run free healthcare clinic at the St. Agatha – St. James Church.
• Volunteered as a medical student at the clinic by taking histories, measuring vitals, and presenting the findings to the physician on duty.
University of Pennsylvania. -
Clinic Volunteer / Health Advocate / Co-President
Advocates for Baltimore Community Health
- 1 year 9 months
Health
• Volunteered at local low-cost or free health clinics (People's Community Health Center and Shepherd's Clinic) in Baltimore.
• Organized and led health advocacy events in the community by regularly creating and displaying health-awareness (diabetes awareness, smoking cessation, winter preparation, etc.) posters at a local farmer's market.
• Served as the group’s representative to and as the Financial Officer of the Center for Social Concern’s Health Consortium to promote collaboration…• Volunteered at local low-cost or free health clinics (People's Community Health Center and Shepherd's Clinic) in Baltimore.
• Organized and led health advocacy events in the community by regularly creating and displaying health-awareness (diabetes awareness, smoking cessation, winter preparation, etc.) posters at a local farmer's market.
• Served as the group’s representative to and as the Financial Officer of the Center for Social Concern’s Health Consortium to promote collaboration among JHU student groups that work with the Baltimore community in areas of health and health advocacy. -
Jail GED Tutor / Male Juvenile Group Leader
Hopkins Jail Tutorial Project
- 1 year 6 months
Education
• Taught GED to inmates of the Addicts Changing Together: Substance Abuse Program (ACT/SAP) at the Baltimore City Detention Center (BCDC).
• Established a tutoring branch to help male teens at the Dover Street Academy in BCDC with high school coursework and ACT/SAT preparations.
Honors & Awards
-
NIH MRSP Fellowship Award
-
-
Guggenheim Neurosurgery Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania
-
ALD Graduate Fellowship Award
Alpha Lambda Delta Honor Society
Selected to receive this competitive merit-based award in the highest amount category to use towards my medical education.
-
Twenty-First Century Gamble Endowed Scholar
University of Pennsylvania
Full-tuition merit scholarship towards pursuing medical education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
-
Walter Lewis Croll Scholarship
University of Pennsylvania
Scholarship towards pursuing medical education at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
-
Joseph L. Katz Award
-
Award presented to chemical and biomolecular engineering seniors for academic
excellence in the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Senior Lab course. -
Bloomberg Scholar
-
Competitive need-based scholarship to support studies at JHU.
-
Elenora Streb Muly Award
-
Award to support summer research at Institute for NanoBiotechnology (INBT) at JHU. Study focused on developing a multi-shear microfluidic chip to observe the effects of shear stress on endothelial cells (ECs), EC progenitors, and iPSC-ECs.
-
British Petroleum INSPIRE Scholar
-
The BP INSPIRE (Inviting New Students to Participate in the Reach for Excellence) scholars program will give students access to scholarship money, professional mentors, leadership training and other benefits associated with the Joe C. and Carole Kerr McClendon Honors College,
-
Chevron Philips Mentor Scholar
-
Scholarship given to selected mentors to provide necessary academic and networking aid to chemical engineering underclassmen at OU School of Chemical, Biological and Materials Engineering deparment.
-
National Merit Finalist
National Merit Scholarship Corporation
-
1st place 3-min scientific oral presentation award
NIH, NIDCD
-
NIH IRTA Fellowship Award
-
Languages
-
English
Native or bilingual proficiency
-
Korean
Native or bilingual proficiency
Organizations
-
Korean Scientists and Engineers Association
-
Other similar profiles
Explore collaborative articles
We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.
Explore More