Address

243 Charles Street, Boston, MA 02114

Francesca Kim

Medical Student

Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology Program

Francesca is a medical student in the Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Program. She completed her master’s degree in Computer Science and bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Computation at Stanford University, where she focused on developing minimally invasive interfaces for optogenetics. In Dr. Elizabeth Rossin’s lab, Francesca is combining machine learning with imaging and genomic data to study the genetic basis of retinal and choroidal disorders.

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Education

  1. 2023 - Present

    MD, Health Sciences & Technology Program

    Harvard, MIT
  2. 2022 - 2023

    MS in Computer Science

    Stanford University
  3. 2018 - 2022

    BS in Biomedical Computation

    Stanford University

Awards

  • 2022
    David M. Kennedy Thesis Prize
    Stanford University
  • 2022
    Frederick Emmons Terman Engineering Scholastic Award
    Stanford University
  • 2021
    Goldwater Scholar
    The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
  • 2021
    Strauss Scholar
    Donald A. Strauss Foundation