Student Advisory Committee

Pratik Sharma is currently a senior at Williamsville East High School and serves as Vice President of Student Council, having previously served as Class President and Treasurer. He is a Program Leader of #Hidden716, a Bridges for Borders initiative dedicated to supporting immigrant-owned businesses throughout the Greater Buffalo area, and previously served as its Outreach Manager. He is also a senior leader in Challenge to Change, President of his school’s Math Club, where he founded a peer tutoring program, and a LINK Crew mentor for incoming freshmen.

Pratik is a published global health researcher at the University at Buffalo, where he analyzed healthcare system capacities across 54 African countries and co-authored a peer-reviewed publication in PLOS Global Public Health. He is also a bioinformatics intern at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center, where he uses single-cell RNA sequencing to investigate immune responses to cancer treatments. His research on Asian healthcare systems was accepted for poster presentation at the 2026 Global Conference on Public Health & Epidemiology. Pratik has earned two regional Science Olympiad gold medals in Anatomy & Physiology, a gold medal at the FBLA State Leadership Conference, and the George H. Ball Community Achievement Award. Lastly, he is captain of Williamsville East’s varsity tennis team, a NYSPHSAA State Championship qualifier, and a recipient of the NYSPHSAA Sportsmanship Award.