Each year, approximately 20 undergraduate students in Yale College are selected for the Global Health Studies Program. Global Health Scholars are selected in the fall of their sophomore year, although in exceptional cases juniors may also be accepted.
Read bios for alumni of the Global Health Scholars program.
Current Global Health Scholars:
Adoma Addo
Adoma Addo is a sophomore in Berkeley College studying Environmental …
Jessica Ainooson
Jessica Ainooson (ES '20) is History of Science, Medicine, and …
Krista Naomi Arellano
Krista Naomi Arellano (MY’21) …
Mehdi Baqri
Mehdi Baqri (SY’21) is …
Aishwarya Bhattacharya
Aishwarya Bhattacharya (PC '21) …
Vanessa Blas
Vanessa Blas (TD '22) is an Anthropology major concentrating in …
Tim Bradley
Tim Bradley (GH '21) …
Sam Brakarsh
Sam Brakarsh (MY '21) …
Megan Briggs
Megan Briggs (TD '22) hails from Scottville in rural Michigan, …
Frida Calderon
Frida Calderon (Benjamin Franklin '20) is an Anthropology major from …
Grace Chen
Grace Chen (BK’21) is …
Enrique Chuidian
Enrique Chuidian (DC'22) is a Chemical Engineering major. He is …
Eleanor Cook
Eleanor Cook (PC’21) …
Debbie Dada
Debbie Dada (PC’21) …
Heidi Dong
Heidi Dong (MC '20) is a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental …
Mila Dorji
Mila Dorji (SM ’20) is a Neuroscience major. He is …
Yara El-Khatib
Yara El-Khatib (MY’21) is …
Ayah Elmansy
Ayah Elmansy (BF’21) is …
Gladys Fang
Gladys Fang (BF’ 20) is a Biomedical Engineering major. Lived …
Vanessa Gutierrez-Maya
Vanessa Gutierrez-Maya (BR ’20) is a Global Affairs major originally …
Christina Hijiya
Christina Hijiya (DC '22) is a pre-med Molecular, Cellular, and …
Kamila Janmohamed
Kamila Janmohamed (MC '22) is an Economics major from Dar …
Yunji Jong
Yunji Jong (MC'22) is a prospective double major in Computer …
Lauren Kim
Lauren Kim (SM ’20) is a Environmental Studies major, concentrating …
Nithya Krishnamurthy
Nithya Krishnamurthy (BK ’22) is from San Diego, California planning …
Marlika Marceau
Marlika Marceau (GH’21) is …
Tanvi Mehta
Tanvi Mehta (BK '21) …
Mary Miller
Mary Miller (TC ‘20) is an Ethnicity, Race, and Migration …
Helen Mooney
Helen Mooney (Branford College Class of 2022) is majoring in …
Deena Mousa
Deena Mousa (JE ’20) is an Ethics, Politics, and Economics …
Veena Muraleetharan
Veena Muraleetharan (PC ‘20) is an Anthropology major from Norman, …
Charlie Musoff
Charlie Musoff (DC '20) is a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental …
Fiona O’Brien
Fiona O’Brien (PC’22) is an Environmental Engineering student from Chicago, …
Ngozi Okoli
Ngozi Okoli (BK '22) is a proud Nigerian-American majoring in …
Christian Olivier
Christian Olivier is a Global Affairs/History of Science, Medicine, and …
Yousof Omeish
Yousof Omeish (BR '22) comes to Yale from Northern Virginia, …
Jason Own
Jason Own (TC’22) is a Psychology major from California. Both …
Drew Prinster
Drew Prinster (ES’21) is …
Rami Rajjoub
Rami Rajjoub is from Columbus, OH but considers Syria to …
Miranda Rector
Miranda Rector (ES '20) is an Anthropology major pursuing a …
Ryan Ritraj
Ryan Ritraj (DC ’20) is a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental …
Emma Rutan
Emma Rutan (SM’21) is …
Natalie Schoen
Natalie Schoen (’20) is a pre-med HSHM major in Saybrook …
Marcus Shallow
Marcus Shallow (’22) is a Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology …
Akila Shanmugham
Akila Shanmugham (BK’20) is from Downers Grove, Illinois and is …
Safia Speer
From a small town in New Jersey, Safia Speer is …
Sita Strother
Sita Strother (MC ‘20) is majoring in anthropology with a …
Eva Syth
Eva Syth (TD ’22) is a Statistics & Data Science …
Sasha Thomas
Sasha Thomas (ES ’22) is a Global Affairs major from …
Charlie Tran
Charlie Tran (PC '22) is from Honolulu, Hawaii, and is …
Samuel Turner
Samuel Ralph Turner (TC '22) is an Economics major from …
Enrique Vazquez
Enrique Vazquez (GH ‘22) is a Political Science and Molecular, …
Lucas Walz
Lucas Walz is a Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology major in …
Ruiyan Wang
Ruiyan Wang (TD’21) is …
Maya Wilcox
Maya Wilcox (MC '22) is a Molecular, Cellular and Developmental …
Tavi Wolfwood
Tavi Wolfwood (MY’21) is …