Joshua Lotz won 2007 Harry S. Truman Prize

The Ohio State University is pleased to announce that Joshua Lotz, a junior in the Honors Collegium, has been named a 2007 Harry S. Truman Scholar. The Truman Scholarship is awarded to approximately 70 students each year, investing in undergraduates committed to careers in public service. The award provides $30,000 towards graduate school.

Joshua is pursuing both a B.S. in Biochemistry and an M.A. in Chinese through the Chinese Flagship Program. He is a co-founder of the Global Health Initiative, a campus student group which builds awareness and opportunities for students interested in global public health, and founder of the Do-Kham Foundation, an NGO that is working to improve medical education in Qinghai Province, China. Joshua also conducts research on medicines from plant sources in Dr. Kinghorn's lab in the College of Pharmacy. He will spend next year in China, studying the chemical makeup of two Tibetan poppy species through the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Joshua plans to pursue degrees in Medical Anthropology and Public Health before obtaining an MD. His ultimate goal is to positively affect health policy for rural and indigenous populations, both in the U.S. and China.