Sahana Babu

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Home Institution
The University of Texas at San Antonio
Archer Fellow Cohort
Spring 2026 Archer Fellow
D.C. Internship
Office of U.S. Representative Julie Johnson (TX-32)
Biography

Sahana Babu is a junior at The University of Texas at San Antonio, majoring in neuroscience with a minor in civic engagement. Committed to community health, she worked as a scribe in an emergency department, volunteered at Elysian Hospice, and worked with the Corazon Clinic, a free clinic serving unhoused and uninsured patients. At the Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer's & Neurodegenerative Diseases at UT San Antonio, Babu conducted research on brain aging and the use of digital pathology in Alzheimer's disease. She participated in Nurturing Hope in Northern Ireland, an international program focused on dialogue and reconciliation. On campus, she served as a media officer for the American Medical Student Association at UT San Antonio and as chair of Business Affairs in the Student Government Association, where she advocated for access to menstrual hygiene products. Babu also led an alternative spring break trip addressing housing and food insecurity across Texas. After graduation, she plans to attend medical school.