justin yang

Justin is a graduate of The University of British British Columbia with an academic background in both English literature and literary criticism, focusing on fiction of the long eighteenth century, as well as biology, focusing on cell biology and genetics. His graduating essay, entitled "The novel and the horological revolution: Defoe, Sterne, and the register of Huygensian chronometry," focused on the concomitant developments of modern reckonings of time and the novel as a distinct genre in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries.

Justin will be commencing his Master of Science in Public Health with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in September 2013. He is currently seeking a full-time field placement commencing in Summer 2014 in order to complete his studies, ideally in health consulting, hospital administration, and/or public health policymaking.

Justin is a well-rounded, self-motivated, and ambitious young professional with a proven record in strategic leadership, non-profit management, and program delivery & assessment. He is driven by opportunities to engage in continuous learning and to enact social good in his community. Professionally, he is drawn to roles in which he may apply his multidisciplinary educational background and diverse work experience to addressing real-world problems with integrative and innovative solutions.