Kritika Singh

Kritika Singh, from McLean, Virginia, is pursuing an MD at Stanford School of Medicine. She graduated summa cum laude from Northeastern University, majoring in bioengineering and minoring in chemistry. Leveraging her experience in academia, industry, and government, she aspires to enhance the toolkit of modern medicine to reduce health disparities and improve global healthcare. Kritika completed her doctor of philosophy at the University of Oxford and the National Cancer Institute focusing on the use of ultrasound as a therapeutic modality that can be widely adapted in both high- and low-resource settings. She founded a nonprofit organization, Malaria Free World, which engages in peer-to-peer education, and has worked to empower others by founding the Northeastern University Global Health Initiative. She has also explored the healthcare business as co-founder of a stealth biotechnology company spun out from Massachusetts General Hospital. Kritika is a recipient of the Goldwater Scholarship, Truman Scholarship, and Rhodes Scholarship.