Tang Scholars 23-24

Kandace Fung grew up in Corona, California, in the Inland Empire, with her parents, sister, and grandparents. She grew up with integrative medicine, watching her grandma apply Pak Fah Yeow on her temples for headaches and eating mung bean porridge in the summer for its cooling effects.

Anika Nawar Ullah is a third-year medical student in the UCLA-Drew Medical Education Program, transdisciplinary artist (M.S Media Arts + Technology, MIT Media Lab), National Geographic Society documentary filmmaker, and cross-cultural researcher whose career has been situated at the nexus of culturally-rooted health advocacy, ecological justice, and participatory art-making in the U.S and internationally,

Yanhua Zhang is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist at Jiading District Mental Health Center in Shanghai. She graduated from Harbin Medical University majoring in psychiatry. Over the years, she has gained significant experience in mental health clinical practice and community-based mental health prevention and treatment. She is also skilled at delivering popular science lectures to different groups of people. 

Jing Li is an attending physician of traditional Chinese medicine from Pudong New Area, Shanghai. Jing Li graduated from Shanghai University of traditional Chinese medicine in with a master's degree in Chinese medicine. She has been engaged in clinical work of TCM for years. Jing Li has worked in the community as a general practitioner of TCM for years. 

Zheyi Fang is currently a doctoral candidate at Fudan University's School of Public Health, focusing on global health and health services management. In June 2023, she received a Master of Public Health degree from Fudan University. In June 2020, she earned a Bachelor of Medicine degree from Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, majoring in Preventive Medicine. 

Xiaoling Feng, currently a third-year graduate student, expresses sincere gratitude to the Cyrus Tang Foundation for providing the opportunity to study in the United States. Xiaoling Feng developed a deep interest in medicine during her formative years, as her family included medical professionals. During growing up, she was exposed to traditional Chinese medicine and personally witnessed the effectiveness of Chinese herbal treatments.