SBI Alumni Speaker Series: Julia Zhao

​Julia Zhao graduated from Columbia University in 2023 with a major in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Computer Science. She studied at Oxford as a Rhodes Scholar and is now pursuing a PhD in the joint Health Sciences and Technology program at MIT and Harvard Medical School. During her undergraduate years, she conducted research spanning immunology, cancer biology, and computational genomics, and explored internships in pharma, startups, and healthcare consulting.