USC Alum Anu Ramachandran: Part II. On Creating her own Undergraduate Experience.

Episode summary introduction: Anu Ramachandran chose the University of Southern California (USC), among other things, for its location, access to culture and their generous scholarship. But Anu’s big takeaways occurred during summers, far away from campus, in the middle of the Amazon and a village in Tanzania. Anu shares her amazing undergraduate experience with us in this episode. In particular, we discuss the following with her: Summer Experiences The Marshall Scholarship Topics discussed in this episode: 2nd Summer Pursuit - HIV Education in Tanzania [] 3rd Summer Pursuit - Epilepsy Research at Stanford University [] The Amazing Marshall Scholarship Experience [] Advice to Aspiring USC Students [] Our Guest: Anu Ramachandran graduated with Bachelor’s degree in Neuroscience and Philosophy from University of Southern California. Anu then received her MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. Anu is currently a Resident Physician at the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco. Memorable Quote: “Medicine as a tool for social justice.” Episode Transcript: Please visit Episode’s Transcript. Calls-to-action: To Ask the Guest a question, or to comment on this episode, email [email protected]. Subscribe or Follow our podcasts at any of these locations:, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, RadioPublic, Breaker, Anchor. To Make a List of Colleges to Explore Visit almamatters.io and signup. For Transcripts of all our podcasts, visit almamatters.io/podcasts.