MEET THE UCLA TEAM

JENNIFER THOMPSON | President

Year: Senior
Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
​Minor: Biomedical Research
Interests: Cardiac regeneration and development research, running, writing, and reading
​Fun Fact: I played soccer for 12 years and ran track and field for 4.

SARAH LEE | President

Year: Senior
Major: Psychobiology
Interests: Emergency medicine, leadership, writing, traveling, and watching movies
​Fun Fact: I earned a black belt degree in tae-kwon-do when I was eleven years old.

RYAN MESSICK | Editor-in-Chief
Year: Senior
Major: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Minor: Global Health
Interests: Healthcare operations, vault ribonucleoprotein particles, sailing, and traveling 
​Fun Fact: I've been one dive away from my SCUBA license for the past 10 years.

VIVIAN NGUYEN | Editor-in-Chief

Year: Junior
Major: Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Interests: Pediatrics, violin, and judo
​Fun Fact: I have visited sixteen U.S. national parks.

HIRSH BHATT | Finance Director

Year: Senior 
Major: Psychobiology
Interests: Bioinformatics research, grant writing, singing, acting, and biking 
​Fun Fact: I performed the heimlich maneuver while I was a nanny over the summer. 

MICHELLE TRAN | Media Director 

Year: Senior
Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Minor: Biomedical Research
Interests: Neuromuscular degenerative disease, dogs, weightlifting, and listening to podcasts
​Fun Fact: I am obsessed with bread-making videos.

LAILA KHORASANI | Secretary 

Year: Junior
Major: Neuroscience
Minor: Public Affairs
Interests: Politics, healthcare policy, reading, and ukulele
​Fun Fact: My dream job would be neurosurgeon turned supreme court justice. 
And of course, none of this would have been possible
​without our CEO and founder, Dr. Andrew Lee!
Andrew Lee, MD | Executive Chairman and Founder
After graduating from UC Berkeley, Dr. Andrew Lee worked in stem cell research at UCSF and saw what cutting-edge science and medicine could offer patients. Eventually, he decided to focus his attention on patient care and clinical research, and enrolled in the UCSF School of Medicine in 2010. However, after entering clinical practice, he began to see the enormous gap between what science and medicine could offer and what actually would reach patients, witnessing firsthand the human cost of poor health literacy.
​He graduated from UCSF in 2014, and he is currently working at the UC Davis Medial Center.