Minji Kwon

• Radiology (60 h)
• Orthopedics (50 h)
• Rehabilitation (40 h)
• Internal Medicine (40 h)
• Anesthesiology (50 h)
• Trauma (40 h)
• Pediatrics / Plastic Surgery / Cardiothoracic Surgery (40+ h)
• Locations: SSM Health (St. Louis) & clinics in Korea

Team Captain — SLU Equestrian Team (IHSA) — Jan 2023 – Present

• Led 20+ member team; competed at Kansas State IHSA (5th & 6th place); expanded to Silver Fox Stables; filed $5K budget; coordinated with SLU Athletics & Campus Rec for compliance and visibility; organized fundraising with CITY SC.

Co-Founder — Foundation for Hospital Art @ SLU — Jan 2025 – Present

• Lead therapeutic mural campaigns in hospitals/nursing homes; manage collaborations and national liaison duties.

President — Community Council — Sep 2024 – May 2025

• Elected by 400+ residents; coordinate hall-wide events and wellness programming.

Senior Advisor — International Student Federation (ISF) — Jan 2023 – May 2025

• Founded International Peer Mentoring Program; organized 20+ multicultural events; represented 90+ nationalities; secured $2,050 grant for international Thanksgiving dinner.

Committee Member — SGA International Affairs — Sep 2024 – Present

• Organized Thanksgiving dinner for 130+ students; raised $2,050 in funding.

Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) — Research Fellow

• Jun 2025 – Present | New York, NY
• Under Dr. Seyedmehdi Payabvash; conducting advanced neuroimaging and stroke outcomes research, using 3D Slicer to segment intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH), intraventricular hemorrhage (IVH), perihematomal edema (PHE), and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) on CT scans.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) — Research Fellow

• Apr 2025 – Present | New York, NY
• Under Dr. Edward C. Dee; conducting clinical outcomes research with the Social Equity Action Lab, focusing on palliative care access and treatment disparities among racially and ethnically diverse cancer populations.
• Co-author: Stage IV colon cancer palliative disparities (Hispanic subgroups) — Supportive Care in Cancer, publication pending
• Co-author: SBRT disparities in bone metastases (prostate/breast/lung) — submission pending
• Co-author: Stage IV gastric cancer palliative disparities (Hispanic subgroups) — submission pending
• Co-author: Leveraging Health Policy Solutions to Address Obesity in Rural America — submission pending Journal of General Internal Medicine
• First author: NHIS 2000–2018 study on psychological distress × nativity and affordability-related delays — manuscript in progress

Washington University School of Medicine, Siteman Cancer Center — Research Fellow

• Jul 2023 – Present | St. Louis, MO
• Dr. Hyun Kim: Managed artifact data for CT-guided online adaptive radiotherapy; co-author of “Minimizing bowel gas artifact in CT-guided online adaptive radiotherapy with prolonged supine positioning” (Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys); first-author poster at ASTRO 2024 (Washington, D.C.); first-author gastric cancer disparities manuscript published in Surgical Oncology Insight.
• Dr. Dan Hong: Co-author on early-onset rectal cancer NCDB analysis (TNT treatment trends); leading IRB-approved retrospective study on pelvic radiation dose–toxicity associations, analyzing DVH metrics and predictors of GI/GU/neuropathic/sexual dysfunction, early vs. late onset toxicity.
• Dr. James Wu: Co-author on Brain/CNS cancer epidemiology in South Asia (1990–2021).

Saint Louis University School of Medicine — Undergraduate Researcher

• Sep 2022 – Present | St. Louis, MO
• Neurodegenerative Disease (Dr. Ahn): Literature review on insomnia, depression, and Alzheimer’s risk; contributed to NIH R21 proposal; presented at SLU Health Care Ethics Conference.
• Nurr1 Ligand Discovery (Dr. Ian de Vera): Identifying Nurr1 ligands for Alzheimer’s via Schrödinger Maestro docking, NMR, TR-FRET, and 5XFAD models; first-author posters (2025 SLU Undergraduate Biology Research Symposium & IDBI Symposium); drafted Goldwater proposal.