Sung Min (Steven) Cho

At the time of the QE Scholarship, Steven was an undergraduate student in the Bachelor of Health Sciences specializing in Child Health. He developed an interest in using evidence to implement health system policies that can improve youth health from his experience directly working with adolescents. Steven’s additional interests include population genomics, health economics and pediatric clinical research.

As an outbound Queen Elizabeth Scholar, Steven travelled to Trinidad and Tobago to intern at the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). Steven developed a repository of policy and legislation related to non-communicable and vector borne diseases for the EvIDeNCe portal. During this process, he planned for and participated in regional consultations to develop the selection criteria for harvesting pertinent documents. Moreover, he implemented a knowledge transfer plan with specific evidence-informed messages related to improving healthy diets. Through his internship, Steven hoped to gain an appreciation for collective response to strengthening and reorienting the health system to address public health challenges in the Caribbean region.