Author Archives: Yongjun Heo - University College Dublin

About Yongjun Heo - University College Dublin

Upon graduating in 2009 from Swarthmore with a double major in Biology and Public Policy, Yongjun worked at the Institute for Population and Development Studies in Hanoi, Vietnam as a Luce Scholar. After his second year at Swarthmore, he traveled to Venezuela to assist a physician at a medical clinic in the Pemon indigenous villages of Uriman. His experiences led to his founding Pemon Health Inc., a public health organization committed to improving the health of the Pemon people through a college internship program that focuses on preventive measures to combat the causes of adverse health conditions. Yongjun has been awarded grants from the Clinton Global Initiative, Wal-mart Foundation, Project Pericles Foundation, and Swarthmore College. At the 2008 Clinton Global Initiative meeting, he was awarded a Clinton Global Initiative University Outstanding Commitment Award by President Clinton. In his final year at Swarthmore, he served as the Student Body President. He was also a four-year sprinter for the Men’s Varsity Track and Field team. Yongjun concluded his MPH program in the summer of 2011 and received his degree in December. He lives in San Francisco and Indianapolis where he manages Midwest Design Lab, a web design and development company.