Lauren Kim
Harvard College Undergraduate Student
Chicago,IL
Summary
Passionate, driven student and exceptional health-equity advocate with a superior work ethic and experience in collaborative science, global health, and artistic environments. Demonstrated success in translating ideas to tangible projects and initiatives, with an ultimate goal of impacting healthcare accessibility and reducing stigmas in resource-poor settings.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Summer Intern, Harvard Global Health Inst. Fellow
University Of Global Health Equity
Kigali, Rwanda
05.2022 - Current
- Working with a Rwandan health-sciences university founded by Partners in Health, specifically to expand its Center for Gender Equity.
- Conducting research to build out a Master's Program for women seeking career opportunities in surgery, healthcare, or medicine.
- Working on co-authoring a viewpoint article about how gender influences healthcare inequalities in aging.
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
01.2021 - Current
- Organic Chemistry I (Chem20): Lab TF (Spring 2021); Head Lab TF (Spring 2022)
- Principles of Organic Chemistry (ChemS17): Section TF (Summer 2021)
- Organic Chemistry II (Chem30): Peer Study Leader (Fall 2021)
- Quantitative Physiology (EngSci53): Course Assistant (Fall 2021 & 2022)
- Organic Chemistry of Life (Chem27): Peer Study Leader (Spring 2022)
- Mechanics & Statistical Physics (PhySci12a): Course Assistant (Spring 2022)
President, Board of Directors
Harvard VISION
Cambridge, MA
09.2020 - Current
- Leading the annual Global Health and Leadership Conference seeking to educate high school students about complex intersectional factors underlying global health beyond the realm of biomedicine – from socioeconomic disparities to climate change, criminal justice, and immigration.
Co-Executive Director
Harvard Raise Uganda Now
Bugiri, Uganda
08.2020 - Current
- Providing a home, family, and education to >75 orphans and vulnerable children across Uganda in cooperation with the Bill Cook Foundation.
- Managing cooperative operations in three branches: headquarters and implementation in Uganda, education reform in S. Korea, and strategic planning at Harvard.
Co-Founder, Director of Operations
Project Cascade
Bugiri, Uganda
08.2020 - Current
- Heading a sanitation reform project aiming to propel an organic teaching cascade by connecting Ugandan volunteer health workers and NGOs with rural communities, particularly those living far from established health centers.
- Aiming to fill community-identified gaps in the Ugandan healthcare system through establishing a self-sufficient, replicable, and scalable model.
- Summer 2022: Funded by Harvard to conduct on-the-ground baselining research with Village Health Teams at 5 health centers in rural Uganda.
Volunteer Piano Instructor
Through The Staff
Chicago, IL
05.2020 - Current
- Striving to remove inequities in access to music education.
- Part of an organization providing free online music lessons from conservatory-level students to young musicians across the country who can't afford them.
Chapter President, Education Director
PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement
Cambridge, MA
12.2019 - Current
- Authored and published Let's Talk Periods, a menstrual health guidebook stimulating conversation surrounding period poverty and reproductive health.
- Distributing free paperbacks and e-books to Boston-area middle schools and Village Health Teams in rural Uganda (in conjunction with Project Cascade).
- Working alongside a clinical psychologist at McLean Hospital to use this guidebook for a formal research study about menstrual health education.
Art, Music, Drama Therapist
Bringing Art To Life
Chicago, IL
01.2016 - Current
- Broad arts therapist for dementia patients, specifically those with later stage Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases.
- Expanded work at BATL to my high school in 2016, and have continued to volunteer at the Chicago Methodist Senior Services center since.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Wyss Inst. For Biologically Inspired Engineering
Boston, MA
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Conducted research in the cancer vaccine subgroup of the William Shih Lab, focusing on how to use DNA origami as a drug delivery vehicle for cancer vaccines and treatments. Specifically worked on conjugating aPDL1 siRNA sequences to origami structures.
Business Consulting Associate
Harvard Consulting On Business And The Environment
Cambridge, MA
09.2020 - 01.2022
- Part of case team leadership at a Harvard student strategy consulting group focusing on Technology, Life Sciences, and Sustainability.
- Worked with companies boasting a combined market cap of over $4 trillion, including Fortune 200 pharmaceutical companies.
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer
Northwestern University, Department Of Chemistry
Evanston, IL
05.2021 - 09.2021
- Conducted research in the Teri Odom Group on varying precursor ions and ligands in gold nanostar synthesis, for the purpose of increasing their targeting ability as anti-cancer drug delivery vehicles.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Boston, MA
11.2019 - 09.2021
- Conducted research in the Mohammad Rashidian Lab on maximizing the precision of cancer immunotherapy through assessing tumor-specific CD8+ T-cell dynamics.
- Summer 2020 remote project, Harvard PRISE Fellow: Worked on developing mechanisms targeting and activating tumor-specific T-cells while keeping others, for the purpose of identifying immunogenic neoantigens for personalized NSCLC vaccinations.
- Winter-Spring 2021 remote project: co-authored a review article on using radiolabeled nanobody constructs for the imaging of various diseases, including metastatic cancers.
- Published in Biomolecules, first author.
Summer Intern, Harvard Global Health Inst. Fellow
WeCancer
São Paulo, Brazil
05.2021 - 08.2021
- Worked with a Brazilian healthcare startup that is developing and refining a mobile platform to improve outpatient oncological care.
- Was specifically involved in operations and strategic thinking to increase patient engagement and build out an online "Câncerpedia".
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Chemistry, Bioengineering
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA 08.2019 - Current
Master of Arts - Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard Graduate School of Arts And Sciences
Cambridge, MA 01.2022 - Current
High School Diploma -
Northside College Preparatory High School
Chicago, IL 09.2015 - 06.2019
Skills
Foreign Languages: English, Korean, Spanish
Timeline
Summer Intern, Harvard Global Health Inst. Fellow
University Of Global Health Equity
05.2022 - Current
Master of Arts - Chemistry & Chemical Biology
Harvard Graduate School of Arts And Sciences
01.2022 - Current
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Summer
Northwestern University, Department Of Chemistry
05.2021 - 09.2021
Summer Intern, Harvard Global Health Inst. Fellow
WeCancer
05.2021 - 08.2021
Undergraduate Teaching Fellow
Harvard University
01.2021 - Current
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Wyss Inst. For Biologically Inspired Engineering
01.2021 - 05.2022
President, Board of Directors
Harvard VISION
09.2020 - Current
Business Consulting Associate
Harvard Consulting On Business And The Environment
09.2020 - 01.2022
Co-Executive Director
Harvard Raise Uganda Now
08.2020 - Current
Co-Founder, Director of Operations
Project Cascade
08.2020 - Current
Volunteer Piano Instructor
Through The Staff
05.2020 - Current
Chapter President, Education Director
PERIOD: The Menstrual Movement
12.2019 - Current
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
11.2019 - 09.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Chemistry, Bioengineering
Harvard University
08.2019 - Current
Art, Music, Drama Therapist
Bringing Art To Life
01.2016 - Current
High School Diploma -
Northside College Preparatory High School
09.2015 - 06.2019
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