MEET OUR
TEAM.
Students vs. Pandemics at LA is an interdisciplinary group of UCLA undergraduate and graduate students aiming to make a positive impact on health and overall wellness during times of crisis. Our three primary goals are to improve transparency and communication, build community at UCLA, and identify needs and innovate solutions.
MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
Chantal Barksdale
President, Co-Founder
Winnie Liu
Internal Chair
Apsara Chopra
Recruitment Chair
Evan Patel
Financial Chair
Lauren Kim
Publicity Chair
MEET OUR
TEAM.
Students vs. Pandemics at LA is an interdisciplinary group of UCLA undergraduate and graduate students aiming to make a positive impact on health and overall wellness during times of crisis. Our three primary goals are to improve transparency and communication, build community at UCLA, and identify needs and innovate solutions.
MEET OUR LEADERSHIP TEAM.
Chantal Barksdale
President, Co-Founder
Winnie Liu
Internal Chair
Apsara Chopra
Recruitment Chair
Evan Patel
Financial Chair
Lauren Kim
Publicity Chair
MEET US!
Created to tackle COVID-19, Students Vs Pandemics has shared health education material, resources for students, and opportunities to serve our greater community, hosted mentoring programs, written policy memos for state legislators, organized donation drives, and launched other initiatives.
SvP is a catalyst network solving time-sensitive humanitarian crises by empowering rising leaders and promoting interdisciplinary collaboration. We are a group of grad and undergrad students overcoming traditional academic silos to address complex, real world challenges that require intersectoral, interdisciplinary innovation.
Founded at Harvard University, SvP gained over 100 members within a week of its launch and now engages over 650 students as we build a movement at universities across the nation and the world! We are officially international with a chapter in Canada!
SvP is also incubated by the Harvard Innovation Lab's Venture Program!