Yufan Yang

Yufan is a medical student in the Feinberg Class of 2025. He grew up in Woodridge, IL and graduated from Northwestern University with a double-major in Biological Sciences and Psychology. As an undergraduate, Yufan’s interests included research projects in nanotechnology and philosophy, tutoring undergraduate physics, and helping plan a large research symposium. Prior to Feinberg, Yufan also spent two gap years in Boston, working first as a cancer biology researcher at Harvard Medical School and then as a clinical research coordinator and resource specialist at Boston Children’s Hospital. Yufan looks forward to taking part in varied and impactful community projects with Second Opinions. Outside of school, Yufan enjoys making acoustic covers, playing pickup basketball, and keeping up with the latest movies and TV shows. ​​