William Zhu

Medicine, Health, and Society Student at Vanderbilt University | Problem Solver | Communicator

Birmingham, Alabama, United States

About

I am a current student at Vanderbilt University pursuing a Medicine Health and Society major and a Data Science Minor. In the past, I have spent a summer at a local hospital volunteering with future doctors and preparing dummies for them to operate on, which sparked my interest in pursuing a career related to the health industry. I am looking to gain more knowledge and explore this field!

Experience

  • Youphoria (Part-time · 1 yr 9 mos)
    • Chief Operations Officer
      Feb 2025 - Sep 2025 · 8 mos

      After moving to Operations Department, I am in charge of running meetings for chiefs, optimize strategies for each department, developing strategies to grow userbase, and assisting with campus outreach.

    • Chief People Officer
      Apr 2024 - Feb 2025 · 11 mos

      After being promoted from Vice President of People Department, I became in charge of hiring and training new members of the people department to run internships and help with improving company efficiency and satisfaction from current employees. Additionally, I interview people looking to move up to positions and help assign new employees to different departments. I am completely in charge of running each internship from start to finish, as well as interview with other department leaders to ensure satisfaction and efficiency within the company.

    • Vice President of the People Department
      Feb 2024 - Apr 2024 · 3 mos

      After the initial stage, I was promoted to be the Vice President of the People Department, where I would teach the concepts to the next group of interns at Youphoria as well as prepare the material needed to teach and retain talent. I also seek out and recruit new talent for future internships. In addition to this, my role is to also ensure members of the other departments are on track and I help other members set monthly goals for themselves.

  • Summer Intern at HCA Healthcare
    Jun 2025 - Aug 2025 · 3 mos

    Supported cross-functional projects at the intersection of finance and technology, contributing to process improvements and data-driven reporting. Completed training on hospital operations, U.S. insurance systems, and corporate finance tools, and collaborated with IT and financial teams on initiatives that enhanced reporting efficiency and organizational reliability.

  • Consultant - Climate Innovation Accelerator at the Wond'ry
    Feb 2025 - May 2025 · 4 mos

    Designed a solution for the company PowerTechs, a company using AI to help train workers to work in the clean energy field.

  • Undergraduate Student Researcher at Vanderbilt University
    Dec 2023 - Aug 2024 · 9 mos

    Research Assistant in Social Cognition Lab by Dr. Jonathan Lane. I worked with 2 PhD students on their research, specifically for recruiting new children for the studies. I am trained to run the study Senses, which is a study designed to understand how children perceive others with sensory disabilities. I also perform video analysis of the studies and utilized SPSS for data input and statistical analysis. For my project, I worked on data coding the results from the Senses study. I also worked on recruiting for two other studies, which is Time-Sensitivity of Knowledge and Decoding Behavior 2.

  • Consulting Intern at diiVe
    Jun 2024 - Jul 2024 · 2 mos

    Spent over 2 weeks trained by ex-BCG and ex-EY consultants in consulting tactics. After this, I worked in a 6-person consulting team in a marketing entry project for BioAge, a South African fertilizer company as the research lead. My research was mainly in the areas of evaluating the California/Nevada fertilizer market, competitor analysis, researching agricultural regulatory agencies, and exploring future customer bases that BioAge can reach out to. Our work led to BioAge saving 6 months worth of research and a plan for market entry that BioAge is currently implementing.