Shanthi Bhaskar

Involvement/Accolades:

  • Student Government Board, Executive Board Member (2024-2026)
  • Pittsburgh Policy Initiative, Operations Director (2025-2026), Finance Director (2024-2025)
  • Civic Collective at Pitt, Executive Director (2025-2026)
  • Hesselbein Global Academy Fellow (Summer 2024)
  • Published Author, “Leading through Growth, Not Perfection”, Leader to Leader Journal (2026)
  • ACC Leadership Symposium Delegate (Spring 2024)
  • Stroke Rehabilitation Research, Sensorimotor Learning Lab (2025-2026)
  • Pediatric Ewing Sarcoma Research, UPMC Children’s Hospital (2023-2026)
  • Alex’s Lemonade Stand POST Fellow, Diskin Lab, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (2024)
  • Co-Presenter, Campus Compact26, Policy Research Student Think Tank Model (2026)
  • Student Civic Engagement Council Member, Office of PittServes (2023-2025)
  • Study Lab, Peer Tutor (2024-2026)
  • Tamilnadu Foundation, Young Professionals Committee Member (2022-2026)
  • Trauma and Emergency League, Education Committee Member (2024-2026)
  • Outside the Classroom Curriculum (OCC) Ambassador (2024-2026)

Future Plans:

“I plan to take a gap year to deepen my understanding of civic engagement in the healthcare field before pursuing medical school.”