Akshaya Annapragada
Akshaya Annapragada
I am an MD/PhD student at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. My research interests include cancer genomics, public health modeling, and machine learning approaches to precision medicine.
I am co-founder and director of The Community Health Literacy Project. I received an NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein Predoctoral Fellowship and am featured on the 2025 Forbes 30 Under 30 List. I hold an AB magna cum laude with highest honors in Applied Mathematics and an SM in Bioengineering from Harvard University. I was previously the managing editor of the Harvard Political Review.
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I'm passionate about harnessing the power of big data and machine learning to improve medical diagnostics, population health and patient outcomes.