Bayan Galal is a first-year medical student at the University of Pennsylvania. She was previously a 2023 Marshall Scholar, where she pursued a Master’s in Population Health Sciences at the University of Cambridge. Prior to that, she graduated from Yale College with a double major in Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology and Global Affairs and a minor in Global Health Studies. At Yale, she served as Yale College Council President, and was the first Muslim and first Arab Student Body President elected in Ivy League history. She has interned for the International Rescue Committee, the Council on Foreign Relations, and Save the Children; she has also volunteered as a Patient Care Coordinator at the HAVEN Free Clinic and as an EMT in the midst of the pandemic. Finally, she has extensive research experience, serving as a research assistant with the Cambridge Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Yale School of Public Health, Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs, and Yale School of Medicine. She has published on a range of topics including vaccine hesitancy in the Middle East and Africa, COVID-19 vaccine uptake, and healthcare access based on insurance status. Bayan ultimately hopes to pursue a career at the intersection of medicine and global health.
