This episode features a great discussion with Sarvani Kuruganti. Sarvani completed her undergrad at Emory University, and initially, a pre-med student who even went as far as taking the MCAT, switched gears to pursue her passion in public health, specifically social epidemiology. She then took a gap year during which she worked as a teaching assistant and conducted research at Rutgers University. After her gap year, Sarvani completed a very unique and rigorous Master of Public Health degree from New York University’s accelerated program. As a former pre-med and an MPH degree holder, she is highly qualified and very experienced within the world of pre-health and currently working in public health.

I believe many people will benefit from our discussion of her experiences as a pre-med at Emory, her time conducting research at Emory, as well as her other extracurriculars, and her decision to take a gap year followed by her pursuit of a masters degree in public health. We also discuss her time traveling during the NYU MPH program, as it was a global public health program that took her to countries like Argentina and Spain.