Medhansh Kashyap

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Home Institution
The University of Texas at Dallas
Archer Fellow Cohort
Fall 2025 Archer Fellow
D.C. Internship
U.S.
Biography

Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions / Office of U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (LA) Medhansh Kashyap is a junior Collegium V Honors student at The University of Texas at Dallas, majoring in neuroscience. He served as vice president of writing for the Model United Nations team, winning awards at conferences in Portland and Washington, D.C. Kashyap served as co-president of Comets HELP, a UT Southwestern program focused on delirium prevention among older adults, and worked as a certified nursing assistant at a senior living center. He also conducted cardiac research at a Baylor Scott & White Heart Hospital and studied DNA regulatory proteins and their link to cancer using biochemical techniques at the D’Arcy Lab. He volunteered as an emergency medical technician with University Emergency Medical Response and served as an Eagle Scout and assistant Scoutmaster with Boy Scouts of America. These experiences have shaped Kashyap’s goal of pursuing a medical career focused on advancing preventive care and equitable healthcare access.