Scholar Profile

Hedy Tung

Biotechnology

Biography

Hedy Tung is a senior at Yale University pursuing a B.S. in Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology. She is deeply enriched by the intersection of business structures and healthcare. She is a graduate of Stuyvesant High School, is a Jack Kent Cooke Scholar, National Merit Scholarship Finalist, and AP Scholar with Distinction. She is a recipient of the President’s Volunteer Service Award Gold Medal, Scholastic Art and Writing Award Gold Medal, National Spanish Exam Silver Medal, and 2019 International Genetically Engineered Machine Competition Bronze Medal. She was founder of Shoebox Healthcare, co-founder of Art of Healing, and interned at Mt. Sinai Hospital Genetics Department and United Nations Academic Impact. She hopes to one day be able to meld together her passions in combining finance and biology.

High school:  Stuyvesant High School

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