Maya Butani '26

Pronouns
she/her
Position
Whitman College
Role
MOL/ GHP/ EGB
Bio/Description

Hometown: Moorestown, NJ

Health Professional Area of Interest: Medicine

Relevant prehealth experience: Outside research (Rowan Biomedical Engineering, Harvard Wyss Institute), CBE research at Princeton, Health & Care Service Focus Cohort, public health IIP in South Africa, Alimtas Bioventures, Princeton Biotech Group

What topics are you excited to talk about? 

  • How to find research experience

  • Contacting professors

  • Balancing extracurriculars with classes

  • Thinking about MD/PhD

  • Considering pathways in biotech or bioengineering

  • Health accessibility

Summer 2024 planned activities: Researching tunable scaffolds for T cell therapy at the Wyss Institute  

Last book you read for fun: The White Album by Joan Didion

Favorite food: Chocolate chip cookies

Favorite way to relieve stress: Going on runs or being outside!