Keum Nana (금나나, born 19 August 1983) is the winner of

Miss Korea Miss Korea ( ko, 미스코리아) is a national beauty pageant in South Korea. Lee Seung-hyeon won the title on October 26, 2022. History The first Miss Korea competition took place in 1957 and was sponsored by the Korean newspaper Hankook I ...

2002. She participated in the Miss Universe pageant in 2003. She attended but dropped out of

Kyungpook National University Kyungpook National University (경북대학교, abbreviated as KNU or Kyungdae, 경대) is one of ten Flagship Korean National Universities representing Daegu Metropolitan City and Gyeongbuk Province in South Korea. It is located in the Dae ...

School of Medicine in pursuit of undergraduate studies at

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of high ...

. She graduated from

in 2008, where she majored in Biochemistry. She then earned her master's degree in nutritional science at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

while preparing her U.S. medical school applications. Nana Keum graduated from Harvard's TH Chan School of Public Health with a dual-doctorate in nutrition and epidemiology in 2015. She is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the TH Chan School of Public Health under the mentorship of

Edward Giovannucci Edward L. Giovannucci is a professor of nutrition and epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is also an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He is the editor-in-chief of the peer-reviewed journal '' Cancer Cau ...

. She has published numerous peer-reviewed research papers and specializes in meta-analyses. She is the author of "Everyone Can Do It" and "Study Diary of Nana" (both in Korean).

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1983 births Columbia University alumni Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health alumni Kyungpook National University alumni Living people Miss Korea winners Miss Universe 2003 contestants Na-na South Korean Buddhists {{SouthKorea-bio-stub