Simar Singh Bajaj

Simar Singh Bajaj is a rising junior at Harvard University, studying the History of Science and Global Health & Health Policy. He served as a policy intern in the Office of Minority Health in the Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services, was chair of the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics Health Policy Program, and directs policy for the American Lung Cancer Screening Initiative—through which he has drafted resolutions passed by the U.S. Senate. Given his passion for education and health literacy, Simar hosts That Medic Podcast and leads the World Pre-Health Conference, developing programming for over 800 students from 40 countries around the world. As a researcher at Massachusetts General Hospital and Stanford University School of Medicine, Simar has also had his work published in journals like The Lancet, The New England Journal of Medicine, Nature, and the British Medical Journal, spanning topics as diverse as cardiothoracic surgery education, obesity pharmacotherapy, and oncological disparities. In addition to being a TEDx speaker and John Harvard Scholar, Simar is the recipient of the Veritas Award, the National Student Leadership Foundation scholarship, and the President’s Gold Volunteer Service Award.