Helen Lindsay

Helen is a 2018 from the College of Engineering. After graduation she lived in Beirut, Lebanon working with the BU PHERS program (now part of the Center on Forced Displacement) as well as with Engineering for Change on Health technology research. She then worked for Boston Scientific in Quincy, MA as a Quality Engineer, before deciding to pursue her passion for public health (thanks to inspiration/support from KHC professors!). She received her MPH in Global Health from the University of North Carolina. While there she served as a Humanitarian Health Intern, president of the Student Global Health Committee and was involved in research with a local nonprofit and with UNC faculty. Helen is now a Research Fellow at the Boston University Center on Forced Displacement.

Program of Study:

• Major: Mechanical Engineering

BU Involvement: 

• Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
• Kilachand Ambassador
• BU Veg Society
• Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program
• Research in the Zaman Lab

Honors and Awards:

BU:

• Clare Boothe Luce Award
• Rice 360 Design Competition Finalist

UNC:

• Gillings Student Government Student Research Showcase 2nd Place
• North Carolina One Health Intellectual Exchange Group Student Film Festival Winner