Calgary, Alberta → St Andrews, Scotland

Anavi Jain

Second-year medical student at the University of St Andrews, with an interest in health, patient care and community service.

Education

University of St AndrewsBachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) · 2025 – 2031
Western Canada High School, Calgary2022 – 2025 · International Baccalaureate program · Honour Society Lifetime Member
Queen Elizabeth High School, CalgaryJunior high, Grades 7 – 9 · 2019 – 2022
Gifted and Talented Education (GATE)Calgary Board of Education · Grades 4 – 12

School projects

Biology & Cancer ProjectIB research on the link between mutated genes and human lung cancer · 2023 – 2024
Shad Canada Design & EntrepreneurshipTeam project creating a brick from recycled plastic and sand for affordable housing · 2023
Truth and Reconciliation GardenLed the design team as an executive of the Digital Talent Club, inspired by Indigenous values · 2023
Greetings, Ink. (Junior Achievement)Vice President of Sales for a student company making eco-friendly greeting cards · 2022 – 2023
"What is Art For?" Enrichment ProjectJunior high research on architecture and its history in North America · 2021

Sports & activities

SportsSkiing, volleyball, golf, soccer, skating, swimming and badminton
Sports Medicine Senior Trainer50+ hours supporting school sports teams with injury care · 2022 – 2024
Indian classical dancePerformances with the Jain Society of Calgary, Gujarati Mandal of Calgary and Rajasthan Association of North America · since 2015
Computer scienceCoding and robotics with JavaScript, Python and C/C++ · 2021 – 2022

Skills

Leadership · Public speaking · Communication · Teamwork · First aid & CPR · Programming

Volunteering

Youth Volunteer Lead, Jain Society of CalgaryEvents, cultural performances and teaching Jain studies to youth · 2019 – 2022
Student Volunteer, Medi Plus Walk-In Clinic2024 · Health
Physiotherapy Assistant, Skyview Physiotherapy Clinic2024 · Health

Certifications & awards

Salesperson of the YearJunior Achievement Southern Alberta · 2023
Honour SocietyWestern Canada High School · Grades 10 and 11, Lifetime Member 2025
Standard First Aid & CPR/AEDCanadian Red Cross · 2024