CV
(Last updated September 29, 2024)
Table of contents
Basics
| Name | Rachit Kumar |
| Position | MD-PhD Student |
| School email | rachit (dot) kumar (at) pennmedicine (dot) upenn (dot) edu |
| Personal email | rkumar (dot) biz (at) gmail (dot) com |
| Website | https://rachitk.github.io/ |
| Github | https://github.com/rachitk |
Education
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2022.08 - Present Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
University of Pennsylvania
Genomics and Computational Biology
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2020.08 - Present Doctor of Medicine (M.D.)
University of Pennsylvania
Perelman School of Medicine
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2016.08 - 2020.05 Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
Georgia Institute of Technology
Biomedical Engineering
Leadership
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2024.07 - Present Chair/President
Biomedical Graduate Student Association, University of Pennsylvania
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2023.07 - 2024.07 Vice Chair for BGS Student Affairs
Biomedical Graduate Student Association, University of Pennsylvania
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2020.09 - 2021.08 Founding Member
Students for Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity, Perelman School of Medicine
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2020.09 - 2021.08 Class Chair
Medical Student Government, Perelman School of Medicine
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2020.08 - 2022.12 Course Representative
Student Curriculum Committee, Perelman School of Medicine
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2020.08 - Present Standing Member
Diversity Committee, American Physician Scientists Association
Awards
- 2023.07
T32: Computational Genomics Training Program Grant
University of Pennsylvania
Appointed to the Penn Computational Genomics T32 (HG000046)
- 2020.08
T32: Penn Medical Scientist Training Program Grant
University of Pennsylvania
Appointed to the Penn MSTP T32 (GM007170)
- 2020.05
Biomedical Engineering Outstanding Academic Service Award
Georgia Institute of Technology
Awarded for service as an undergraduate teaching assistant
- 2018, 2019
STEM-HEAR Research Grant
Alexander Graham Bell Association and Hearst Foundations
Awarded to support research into hearing loss