Global Health Institute

Jordan Pai (H'27) is an undergraduate in Georgetown University's School of Health majoring in global health and minoring in science, technology, and international affairs. He is a recipient of the Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Scholarship. Upon graduation, Pai hopes to apply to medical school and pursue a career at the intersection of medicine and policy. His coursework in health promotion and his research experience with the Department of Global Health have trained him in qualitative analysis, deepening his interest in the lived experiences behind health statistics. Through this work, Pai has become focused on how community-level factors, social norms, and collective resilience can act as drivers of health outcomes. As an avid runner who has completed the Army Ten Miler, Pai is also personally interested in how the practice of running can foster both individual well-being and collective social cohesion. As a 2025-2026 recipient of the Maeve Kennedy McKean Global Health Award, Pai plans to travel to Iten, Kenya, to research how the internationally renowned running culture functions as a community-based health model. He will explore how this builds resilience and impacts health equity, particularly in the context of psychosocial stress and chronic disease.