2023 winner
Diya Sreedhar
United States
Diya believes in medical education democracy. She brainstorms solutions to support patients struggling to access medical services due to their socioeconomic circumstances. For her Rise project, she created HALO—a gender and race-inclusive AI app that guides users through the diagnosis and prognosis of central nervous system cancer. Diya is a two-time Congressional App Challenge winner and a national award winner at International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). As president of her cancer club at school, she advocates for public policy and donor registration to reduce the cancer burden for all. Diya plans to impact her local and global communities by bridging disciplines and contributing to the correction of social inequalities through innovation, research and advocacy.