Tamanna Talwar: CU Map the System Competition Winner
McNeill Scholar and Emerging Health Professionals Coordinator, Tamanna Talwar, participated in CU鈥檚 Map the System competition in which students take a systems-thinking approach to tackling social and/or environmental challenges. She was encouraged to enter the competition after taking Suffering and Care in Society with Dr. Don Grant. Tamanna titled her project 鈥楤ridging the Gap on Autism and Diagnosis鈥 and explored the disparities and barriers that 鈥渓ead to delayed access to evaluation, diagnosis and services鈥 for low-income children and/or children of color.
Tamanna won the competition and will represent CU 麻豆影院 at the Global Map the System contest this summer at the University of Oxford, UK! Tamanna chose a topic close to her heart and presented an organized and comprehensive project.
CU 麻豆影院鈥檚 Map the System contest was held in conjunction with the Conference of World Affairs. If you鈥檙e interested in viewing Tamanna鈥檚 presentation, she begins around the 1:12:00 timestamp.
In the fall Tamanna will enroll at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences on the Anschutz Medical Campus