Sep 2026 — Present
New York, NY
Incoming Associate (Full-Time)
Boston Consulting Group
Healthcare Practice, NYC Office.
New York City · Harvard '26 · Neuroscience & Economics
Hana Rostami
Neuroscience · Strategy · Tech · Storytelling
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(About)
I work at the intersection of neuroscience, strategy, tech, and storytelling. Experience across the bench, bedside, and boardroom.
Education
Harvard University
A.B. Honors Neuroscience & Economics
GPA 3.88 · John Harvard Scholar
Graduated May 2026
Languages
Farsi & English (Native)
French (Professional)
German & Arabic (Beginner)
Lived in 4 countries
Technical
PythonRC/C++MATLABAlteryxCapital IQFactSetFinancial Modeling
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Résumé
Jun — Aug 2025
New York, NY
Summer Associate
Boston Consulting Group
Healthcare Practice, Medical Providers Sector. Received return offer.
- Spearheaded design of a custom digital tool automating space-need calculations for a large U.S. medical provider system.
- Architected physician staffing scenarios and synthesized financial datasets for C-suite strategic recommendations.
Jun — Aug 2024
Düsseldorf, Germany
M&A Transaction Services Analyst
PwC
Healthcare Coverage, Transaction Services.
- Supported two concurrent cross-border healthcare M&A transactions through financial analysis and market sizing.
- Orchestrated competitor analysis using Alteryx, Capital IQ, FactSet, and Merger Market.
Sep 2024 — May 2025
Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Researcher
Engert Laboratory, Harvard
Honors Thesis Track.
- Independently design and execute thesis-track neuroscience experiments on zebrafish anesthetic response.
- Engineered automated Python pipelines for behavioral and imaging data analysis.
May — Aug 2023
Dortmund & Poitiers
Research Intern
IfADo & Centre Hospitalier Laborit
Sequential placements across two European institutions.
- Investigated TMS, tDCS-EEG, and tACS protocols studying fear extinction, sleep, and cognitive enhancement.
Leadership & Activities
2023 — 2024
Associate — Harvard College Consulting Group
Promoted from Analyst (<10% acceptance). Led cases for a global newspaper, healthcare firm, and national non-profit.
2024 — 2025
Vice President — Brain Exercise Initiative, Harvard Chapter
Led volunteer corps delivering cognitive training to seniors with Alzheimer's and dementia.
2024 — May 2025
Teaching Fellow — Harvard Economics & Statistics Depts.
Econometrics, Statistics & Macroeconomics. Lead sections of 15–18 undergraduates.
2024 — 2025
Sponsorships Lead — Harvard College Iranian Association
Engaged donors to underwrite the annual Iranian Gala for 400+ attendees.
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Selected projects
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Writing
Academic
Senior Honors Thesis · Engert Laboratory, Harvard
Anesthetic neuroscience in zebrafish: behavioral, physiological & neural responses
Investigating zebrafish response to anesthetic compounds, integrating wet-lab neuroscience with custom Python-based computational analysis.
2024 — 2026
Download PDF→Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine · Elsevier
EEG-based classification of individuals with neuropsychiatric disorders using deep neural networks: A systematic review of current status and future directions
Systematic review of 82 studies applying deep neural networks for EEG-based classification of neuropsychiatric disorders, evaluating dataset characteristics, disorder types, and features for improving classification accuracy.
2023
View citation→Harvard Econ 970 · Economics
CEO Gender and Capital Structure
Examines the relationship between CEO gender and S&P 500 firms' current and solvency ratios using OLS, fixed effects panel regression, and difference-in-differences analysis across 2010–2023.
2025
Download PDF→Harvard Gov 1372 · Government
Deep States, Fake Science, and Rigged Elections: The Psycho-Political Determinants of Conspiracy Belief
Investigates the psychological and political factors driving conspiracy belief, examining how political identity, cognitive style, and institutional trust shape susceptibility to conspiratorial thinking.
2025
Download PDF→Harvard Chem 177 · Chemistry
A review on genetic and epigenetic editing for substance use disorders
Synthesizes emerging evidence on gene and epigenome editing as potential therapeutic strategies for substance use disorders, reviewing CRISPR-based approaches targeting addiction-related epigenetic modifications.
2025
Download PDF→Harvard Econ 1346 · Economics
Changes in Afghan Migration Patterns to Iran and the Political Economy of Smuggling Networks After the 2021 Taliban Takeover
Policy analysis examining how the 2021 Taliban takeover and subsequent Iranian immigration tightening affected Afghan migration volume, smuggling network pricing, and the safety of informal border crossings.
2025
Download PDF→Personal
The Harvard Crimson
News Executive (Masthead) & Senior Reporter, Title IX and Misconduct Beat · 2022–2025