Ynhi Thai Thomas

2010 Catherine J. Randall Premier Award Recipient

Former Member of the Randall Premier Award Board of Directors

Location

Birmingham, AL, USA

Current Position

Medical Student

Degrees at UA

Major: Chemical Engineering

Minor: Chemistry

Involvement at UA

The XXXI Honor Society

Journal of Science and Health at the University of Alabama (Editor-In-Chief)

Engineers Without Borders (Founding Member and Southeast Asia Project Leader)

Society of Women Engineers

University Honors Program

Chemical and Biological Engineering Honors Program

Other Prestigious Awards

Rhodes Scholar Finalist

Grand Challenges Exploration Grant given by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

William Orr Dingwall Scholar

USA Today All-Academic Team

Barry M. Goldwater Scholar

Ernest F. Hollings Scholar

Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society

Degrees After UA

M.Sc., Medical Anthropology, University of Oxford, 2012

MD/MPH, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Expected 2017

Past Job Connections

Former Regional Coordinator at Impact America Former Coro Fellows in Public Affairs