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Cal Undergraduate Public Health Coalition
Health Policy & Advocacy Committee
About Us
The Health Policy Herald is brought to you by the Cal UPHC
Health Policy & Advocacy Committee.
The Health Policy & Advocacy Committee (HPAC) is one of five undergraduate student committees operated under the Cal Undergraduate Public Health Coalition at UC Berkeley. HPAC began working on The Health Policy Herald as a project in Fall 2024, shortly after hosting a policy literacy workshop for the 2024 Presidential Elections.
Through The Health Policy Herald, members of HPAC strive to encourage the exploration of diverse public health topics, fostering engagement with policy and research through writing that makes nuanced topics digestible and interactive.
The 2025-2026 HPAC Team
Jessie Lin
Committee Chair, Editor-in-Chief
Majors: Public Health & Molecular Cell Biology
Andie Yi
Staff Writer - Spring
Major: Political Economy
Minor: Korean
Manasa Raj
Staff Writer -Spring
Majors: Molecular and Cell Biology
Sasha Bahdanava
Staff Writer
Major: Public Health
Sophia Winters
Staff Writer
Major: Undeclared
Minor: Mandarin Chinese
Abigail Manzano
Staff Writer
Majors: Molecular Cellular Biology & Public Health
Amanda Tam
Staff Writer
Major: Metabolic Biology
Michelle Chen
Staff Writer
Major: Public Health
Serene Han
Staff Writer - Fall
Majors: Neuroscience & Business
Staff Writer
Major: Public Health
Zoe Steele
Aliya Wicks
Staff Writer -Spring
Major: Integrative Biology
Minor: Data Science
Katherine Kim
Staff Writer
Major: Integrative Biology
Minor: Ethnic Studies
Puneet Kaur
Staff Writer -Fall
Majors: Media Studies & Business Admin
Staff Writer - Spring
Major: Integrative Biology & Economics
Shreya Sinha
The 2024-2025 HPAC Team
Bianca Chiu
Committee Chair, Editor
Majors: Public Health, Sociology
Holly Ur
Staff Writer
Major: Public Health
Jessie Lin
Staff Writer
Majors: Public Health, Psychology
Puneet Kaur
Staff Writer
Majors: Molecular & Cell Biology, Neuroscience
Saranya Anandakumar
Staff Writer
Major: Public Health
Shruti Agrawal
Marketing/PR
Majors: Public Health, Business Administration
Vincent Tang
Platform Developer
Majors: Public Health, Data Science