Biology · Research · Medicine

Aanya
Koti

Biology student and researcher exploring how careful evidence becomes better health decisions—from molecular imaging and health literacy to ecological data.

Mary Baldwin University Virginia, USA
Professional portrait of Aanya Koti
B.S. Biology
Biochemistry concentration

01 / About

Following the evidence—across disciplines and into patient care.

I entered college early through Mary Baldwin University’s Program for the Exceptionally Gifted. Since then, my work has brought data and medicine into the same room: analyzing research literature, building reproducible workflows in R and Python, and studying how cellular mechanisms become visible disease pathways.

Clinical shadowing and hospital service showed me how evidence changes meaning when it reaches a patient. That connection—between rigorous analysis and humane care—is the direction I want my work to follow.

02 / Selected research

Questions grounded in data.

Selected work spanning public health, ecology, and molecular imaging.

01

First-author publication · Health literacy

Energy drink safety and adolescent health literacy

A bibliometric analysis of Web of Science literature, mapping publication, citation, and journal patterns across the field’s most influential sources.

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494
records analyzed
100
top-cited sources
11,072
citations mapped

Avian macroecology

Tracing biological change over time

Cleaning and structuring long-term avian datasets to examine whether bird body size is shifting under environmental and temporal pressure.

  • R
  • Python
  • Data analysis

Stanford University

Molecular Imaging Mini-Fellowship

Advanced study of cellular and preclinical imaging modalities, disease pathways, and the translation of molecular mechanisms into visible evidence.

  • Imaging
  • Cell biology
  • Therapeutics

03 / Experience

Research, clinic, and service.

2026

Mary Baldwin University

Undergraduate Researcher, Avian Macroecology

Designing analytical workflows with a faculty mentor and interpreting morphological change within an ecological framework.

2026

Rockville Internal Medicine Group / Privia Health

Physician Shadowing, Internal Medicine & Pulmonology

Observed diagnostic evaluation, outpatient management, and physician–patient communication across complex respiratory conditions.

2025–26

Pre-Health Shadowing / HEAL

Virtual Clinical Shadowing

Completed more than 50 hours examining how laboratory evidence and diagnostic reasoning translate into patient care.

2025–26

Community service

Hospital, public health & peer education

Serving with Augusta Health and the American Red Cross, and providing certified SAT mathematics tutoring through Schoolhouse.world.

04 / Education

Mary Baldwin University

Bachelor of Science in Biology
Biochemistry concentration

Admitted early through the Program for the Exceptionally Gifted, with academic interests spanning biological research, data analysis, and medicine.

Research preparation

CITI Program certifications

  • Biomedical Research
  • Responsible Conduct of Research
  • Researchers & Conflicts of Interest
  • Working with Mice and Rats in Research Settings

Private resource

Study Portal

A protected workspace for books, chapter review, and study progress.

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05 / Contact

Let’s connect.

I’m glad to connect with researchers, clinicians, and students working in health literacy, molecular imaging, or ecological data analysis.