Meet the Team

The Team

Learn a little about ViTAL's key members

EXECUTIVE BOARD

executive director

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Executive Director drives the growth of ViTAL through initiating new projects and ideas, maintaining relationships with related organizations, and being a ViTAL point person.

Christopher Han

Executive Director

Major: Behavioral Neuroscience

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operations

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Director of Operations is responsible for overseeing the efforts of the operations team members and ensuring that all club programming is run and planned smoothly.

Heenal Marfatia

Director of Operations

Major: Behavioral Neuroscience

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The Design & Engagement Leads works on designing ViTAL’s club event promotions and manages our social media and newsletter.

Megha Varghese

Design and Engagement Lead

Major: Health Sciences

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The Outreach Co-Leads work to network with potential speakers to bring in for our speaker series. In addition, they also work to create the event formatting and questions for our speakers.

Peiying Li

Outreach Co-Lead

Major: Data Science

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The Outreach Co-Leads work to network with potential speakers to bring in for our speaker series. In addition, they also work to create the event formatting and questions for our speakers.

Thy Nguyen

Outreach Co-Lead

Major: Pharmacy

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ventures team

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The Co-Directors of VVC drive ViTAL’s inaugural student-led pro-bono consulting services for pre-seed to series A ventures. We lead the client sourcing endeavors, and remove any frictions during the projects, with a view to fostering experiential learning and collaboratively driving healthcare forward.

Linh Dang

Co-Director of Ventures

Major: Finance & Accounting Management

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The Co-Directors of VVC drive ViTAL’s inaugural student-led pro-bono consulting services for pre-seed to series A ventures. We lead the client sourcing endeavors, and remove any frictions during the projects, with a view to fostering experiential learning and collaboratively driving healthcare forward.

Nirban Singh Bhatia

Co-Director of Ventures

Major: Health Sciences & Business Analytics

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special events team

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The Director of Special Events drives the vision of the Husky Health Innovation Challenge from inception to execution, striving for opportunities to grow, expand, and improve the competition. In addition, they work to provide opportunities for ViTAL to engage both internally and with the Boston community.

Elisa Danthinne

Director of Special Events

Major: Industrial Engineering

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The Content & Marketing Lead spearheads both marketing as well as initiates and coordinates volunteer efforts with community partners.

Aditya Raj

Content & Marketing Lead

Major: Health Sciences

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The Community Engagement Lead heads communications with case competition participants, engagement within the club, and scouts for opportunities in the greater Boston community to network professionally (for opportunities like conferences).

Giancarlo Nero

Community Engagement Lead

Major: Health Sciences

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The External Communications Lead manages vital partnerships with sponsors, judges, and other case competition collaborators to bring the Husky Health Innovation Challenge to fruition.

Megha Gupta

External Communications Lead

Major: Behavioral Neuroscience

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Advisors

Dr. Kevin J. Scanlon, PhD

Professor of Practice, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation, Northeastern University

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Laurie Bishop

Program Manager, Health Science Entrepreneurs (HSE) of Northeastern University

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Philippe Sommer

Entrepreneur-in-Residence, Health Science Entrepreneurs (HSE) of Northeastern University

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