
Jashanpreet Chahal, South Asian Committee Member
Jashan is a first-year medical student at the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University at Buffalo. Originally from the village of Fateh Nangal, India, she immigrated to the United States in 2018, earning her Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Biology from SUNY Stony Brook and her Master of Medical Sciences from Boston University, where her thesis research at Massachusetts General Hospital focused on alternative therapies and vaccines for Shigellosis.
Her research interests center on multidrug-resistant infections, with her current work exploring bacteriophage therapy as a promising intervention. Clinically, she has worked as both a Dialysis Patient Care Technician and Ophthalmic Technician, and has held teaching and mentoring roles throughout her training.
Jashan is an active member of APAMSA, currently serving as Community Outreach and Engagement Co-chair and House of Delegates Representative, and contributes to two student-run clinics. She is passionate about developing outreach programs that address social determinants of health within the Asian and South Asian diaspora, and hopes to bridge basic science research with equitable care for underserved communities worldwide. In her free time she enjoys long walks, yoga and cooking new vegetarian recepies.