Malaria Free World

Northeastern University bioengineering student is named Rhodes Scholar

Kritika Singh has been selected for a Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a doctorate in biomedical sciences at Oxford University. Singh, who studies bioengineering and chemistry at Northeastern, has dedicated herself to researching treatments and educating at-risk communities about diseases, such as malaria, that have cures but still kill hundreds of thousands of people each year.

• by Laura Castañón and Emily Arntsen   November 24, 2019

She wants to build a malaria-free world

In parallel with her research on the malaria epidemic, Kritika Singh, a Northeastern student who has been awarded the prestigious Truman Scholarship, directs Malaria Free World, a nonprofit she founded that engages in peer-to-peer education, fundraising, and political lobbying.

• by Khalida Sarwari   April 24, 2019

The only thing this student cares about more than solving deadly pandemics is getting other people to care

As a high school student, Kritika Singh founded a nonprofit to promote malaria research and education. Now, Singh, a bioengineering major at Northeastern, is organizing a two-day conference on the Boston campus to inspire more students to care about the health of people around the world.

• by Emily Arntsen   October 18, 2018