Health Careers Advising

Huyen Nguyen

Class of 2028, Public Health and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Pre-Health Path Pre-med, with interest in MD-PhD/physician-scientist pathways
Fun Fact I used to be able to identify every country in the world, along with many major cities, even when looking at a blank map!

Biography

  • Connect for Health Advocate at Hasbro Children’s Hospital and Rhode Island Hospital
  • Data Analyst and Project Manager at CareFree Clinic
  • Clinical Assistant and Scribe at Sunshine Pediatrics
  • Volunteer at Miriam Hospital Transport Center and Emergency Department
  • Undergraduate Teaching Assistant for CHEM 0330 and BIOL 0200
  • Co-Founder and Co-President of Brown Environmental Health Club

Research

  1. HHMI Summer Fellow, Mendoza Group, University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering — interferon cytokine protein engineering and immune signaling. 
  2. Undergraduate Research Assistant, Zeng Lab, Brown University School of Engineering — electrochemistry and cadmium-ion detection/removal for environmental kidney health.
  3. Undergraduate Research Assistant, Rubenstein Group, Brown University Department of Chemistry — computational chemistry and covalent kinase inhibitor modeling.
  4. Undergraduate Researcher, Brown Pandemic Center Clean Indoor Air Initiative — indoor air quality policy, ventilation, filtration, and environmental health. 
  5. Data Analyst and Project Manager, CareFree Clinic — clinical outcomes research for Spanish-speaking immigrants without health insurance. 
  6. Undergraduate Researcher, Community Noise Lab, Brown School of Public Health — environmental justice research on air, noise, visual, and soil pollution.