Initiative for U.S.-China Dialogue on Global Issues

Patrick Beyrer, from Long Island, New York, is a senior at the University of Pennsylvania majoring in East Asian languages and civilizations, and he is also on the pre-med track. Beyrer has been involved in radiology research, served as a Chinese language hospital volunteer, and interned at a China-focused investigative research firm. He has studied abroad in China twice through the U.S. Department of State's NSLI-Y and CLS programs and is also a two-time Foreign Language and Area Studies (FLAS) Fellow. His professional interests lie in health care exchange between the United States and China.