Miscellaneous

Honors, Academic Services, Volunteering and Other

Honors

[April 2024]: Honorable Mention, Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) — U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF).
[Spring 2022]: President’s Buckeye Accelerator Grant, co-recipient for EmPower Health/Zuki — from The Ohio State University, additional investment from JumpStart Inc. (Cleveland, OH), and Northeast Ohio Medical University (NEOMED). [Amount: $50,000+]
[July 2021]: Undergraduate Research Scholarship — The Ohio State University, College of Engineering. [Amount: $2,000]
[September 2020]: Safe and Healthy Campus Innovation Challenge — The Ohio State University, College of Nursing.

[2023-Present]: Co-Founder, Treasurer, OpenBMI: OpenBMI is a graduate-student-led organization that hosts biomedical informatics-related workshops to educate, inspire, and engage with underrepresented groups in the Atlanta community — events focus on topics like bias in Artificial Intelligence (AI), biomedical informatics (BMI).
[2018-2020]: Co-Founder, LaunchpadOSU: a startup weekend where 200+ students have developed and pitched new ideas for startup businesses.
[2020]: Volunteer, Can’t Stop Columbus: During onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, helped organize the program Curbside Concerts where people can send their loved ones live 20-minute music performances while social-distancing. [In the news: NBC, Greater Columbus Arts Council]