Pratyusha Yalamanchi is a fourth year MD-MBA student and 21st Century Full Tuition Merit Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School. She has a background in translational research, and in medical school, she has worked at the Penn Center for Community Health Workers to support high-risk patients in the transition from inpatient discharge to outpatient care and to reduce 30-day readmission rates. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2013 with an A.B. in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Visual and Environment Studies (Studio Art).Pratyusha Yalamanchi is a fourth year MD-MBA student and 21st Century Full Tuition Merit Scholar at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine and the Wharton School. She has a background in translational research, and in medical school, she has worked at the Penn Center for Community Health Workers to support high-risk patients in the transition from inpatient discharge to outpatient care and to reduce 30-day readmission rates. She graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College in 2013 with an A.B. in Human Evolutionary Biology and minor in Visual and Environment Studies (Studio Art).