Chinmay Bakshi is pursuing an MD at Harvard Medical School. Chinmay graduated summa cum laude from the University of Cincinnati with majors in Neurobiology and Liberal Arts (Medicine, Health, & Society Track), and was a member of the University Honors and Connections Dual Admissions BS/MD programs. Both on and off campus, he was actively involved in leading numerous organizations that fit his interests in leadership, service, entrepreneurship, and public health.  

He is passionate about advancing healthcare innovation and has conducted research through the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Brigham & Women’s Hospital, and the National Institutes of Health. His work has been published in Molecular & Cellular Biology, the FASEB Journal, and the Journal of Biological Chemistry. Chinmay is a Goldwater, Provost, and Cincinnatus Scholar. At graduation, he was awarded the University of Cincinnati’s highest undergraduate honor, the Presidential Leadership Medal of Excellence.