Jordan Tralins (she/her) is a first year Pathways medical student at Harvard Medical School. Before coming to Harvard, Jordan received her undergraduate degree in Human Biology, Health, and Society from Cornell University with minors in Health Equity and Human Development. As an undergraduate student, Jordan founded The COVID Campus Coalition, a grassroots organization that was created to combat COVID-19 misinformation by transforming findings from peer reviewed studies into engaging TikTok videos and Instagram infographics. Through the COVID Campus Coalition, Jordan partnered with the White House to reach young vaccine hesitant populations and collaborated with US Surgeon General Murthy to unite student leaders in a critical discussion surrounding COVID vaccines. She also worked for the American Lung Association as a TikTok Medical Communication Intern; through this role, she created lung health education TikTok videos for ALA’s national platform.
Since coming to Harvard, Jordan has partnered with CHC to found the Medical Communication Coalition, a student-led educational initiative that partners with global public health organizations to amplify data-driven public health recommendations on social media platforms like TikTok. Outside of her medical communication interest, Jordan serves as a community outreach chair of HMS’s Disabilities in Medicine and Dentistry Working Group. She is also a representative on her class’s Well-being committee.
Jordan is eager to embrace her passion for medical communication in her future role as a physician. Ultimately, she hopes to harness creativity and media to help improve the reach and accessibility of critical science-based public health information.
