Josephine Yu

I am a current junior studying biological sciences at UC Irvine. I am a pre-med student with lab experience and community-based and hospital volunteer work, looking to gain more experience in patient interaction and clinical operations through administrative and clinical opportunities.

Kaiser Permanente Volunteer Program, Irvine, CA

Volunteer - 16 hours

• Greet visitors and patients arriving at the hospital

• Aid patients by providing directions and guiding them to different departments

• Offer refreshments to visitors and activities and self-care items to patients

Undergraduate Researcher - 212 hours

• Aid in the maintenance of the longest ongoing experiments in metazoans

• Lead and guide new members on daily lab tasks

• Participation in multiple UROP projects under the guidance of team leads and grad students

• Awarded Best Poster Presentation in my category at UROP research symposium 2026

Intern - 210 hours

• Worked on multiple projects that helped study mitochondrial diseases in yeast

• Created and tested the procedure with an experienced scientist

• Analyzed data using flow cytometry (FlowJo)

• Presented progress and findings to PIs and other lab members every two weeks

Bachelors of Science, Biological Sciences

University of California, Irvine - Irvine, CA Sep. 2024 - Present

GPA: 3.554