
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).