Biography
Paul M. Lewis is a Medical Student at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons pursuing a dual M.D., M.S. degree. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard College where he concentrated in Neurobiology with a secondary in Global Health and Health Policy. He has experience in diverse areas of global and public health having served as the Director of a program for underprivileged Native American youth, the President of a peer education group to promote holistic wellness, and the Community Education Chair of a drug and alcohol education group. Paul is the Founder of Harvard College VISION Global Health Society and the Global Health and Leadership Conference. He was a recipient of the Finley Fellowship from Harvard to spend a postgraduate year in Japan to learn about end-of-life care. While there, he helped found the International Young Researchers' Conference. Afterwards, he worked as a TMS Therapy Clinician at Dignity Brain Health to treat patients with Major Depressive Disorder. At Columbia University, he is the founder of the Medicine and Research Summer Program, the International Young Researchers' Conference (IYRC) , and the ACComPLISHED CHW program. He is currently on a research year as a Dean’s Research Fellow and Rubin Scholar working with Dr. James Noble and Dr. Olajide Williams on the ACComPLISHED CHW program. He has been teaching and mentoring students for 8 years, some of whom are PTFs for the program.
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LinkedIn:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmatthewlewis
Columbia VP&S Student Research Day 2nd place
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/vp-s-students-honored-research-achievements-0
ACComPLISHED Community Health Program
www.neurology.columbia.edu/education/additional-educational-programs/adolescents-caring-community-promoting-literacy-insurance-stroke-health-education-emergencies-and-dementia-accomplished/leadership-team
Dr. James Noble:
https://www.neurology.columbia.edu/research/research-labs/james-m-noble-md-ms-cph-faan#:~:text=2023%2D24%20Adolescents,4th%20year%20student
American Medical Student Association Honorable Mention Building Trust:
https://buildingtrust.org/author/paullewis/
www.vagelos.columbia.edu/about-us/columbia-medicine-magazine/web-extras/fall-2022-e-news-about-and-alumni
Student Research Day 2022:
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-medical-students-recognized-research#:~:text=Medical%20student%20Paul%20Lewis
Columbia Global Health IYRC Conference:
https://www.pgh.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/2021-international-young-researchers-conference
Harvard Transcript Project winner:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/theres-more-to-harvard-than-grades-transcript-project-shows/
Harvard Flu Vaccines and Berry Breaks
https://www.thecrimson.com/image/2016/10/26/berry-study-break/
Harvard Livingstone Lab
https://livingstone.hms.harvard.edu/people/paul-lewis
https://www.linkedin.com/in/paulmatthewlewis
Columbia VP&S Student Research Day 2nd place
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/vp-s-students-honored-research-achievements-0
ACComPLISHED Community Health Program
www.neurology.columbia.edu/education/additional-educational-programs/adolescents-caring-community-promoting-literacy-insurance-stroke-health-education-emergencies-and-dementia-accomplished/leadership-team
Dr. James Noble:
https://www.neurology.columbia.edu/research/research-labs/james-m-noble-md-ms-cph-faan#:~:text=2023%2D24%20Adolescents,4th%20year%20student
American Medical Student Association Honorable Mention Building Trust:
https://buildingtrust.org/author/paullewis/
www.vagelos.columbia.edu/about-us/columbia-medicine-magazine/web-extras/fall-2022-e-news-about-and-alumni
Student Research Day 2022:
https://www.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/columbia-medical-students-recognized-research#:~:text=Medical%20student%20Paul%20Lewis
Columbia Global Health IYRC Conference:
https://www.pgh.cuimc.columbia.edu/news/2021-international-young-researchers-conference
Harvard Transcript Project winner:
https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2018/04/theres-more-to-harvard-than-grades-transcript-project-shows/
Harvard Flu Vaccines and Berry Breaks
https://www.thecrimson.com/image/2016/10/26/berry-study-break/
Harvard Livingstone Lab
https://livingstone.hms.harvard.edu/people/paul-lewis