Kaavya
Venkatesh

Medical Student at King's College London & Incoming MSc Public Health Student at LSHTM

Medical student, researcher and experienced online tutor helping applicants prepare for the UCAT and medical school interviews with clear, personalised strategies.

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Kaavya Venkatesh

About

About Me

I am a medical student at King's College London and an incoming MSc Public Health student at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, with interests in clinical medicine, medical education, research and health policy.

I also work as a private tutor, helping students with UCAT and medical school interview technique. I have worked with over 200 students to date.

Interests

Health Policy Mentoring Dermatology Paediatrics Allergy & Immunology Epidemiology Public Health Inflammatory Skin Disease

Tutoring

Support at Whatever Stage You’re At

One-to-one online UCAT and medical school interview tutoring, built around what is holding you back rather than a generic lesson plan.

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Starting from scratch

If you have no idea where to begin, we can build the core UCAT techniques or interview foundations step by step.

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Stuck at a plateau

If practice is no longer improving your score, we identify the precise habits, timing issues and question types limiting progress.

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Preparing at short notice

Focused, last-minute UCAT or interview tutoring prioritises the changes most likely to improve confidence and performance quickly.

200+ students supported 1:1 and group teaching experience Quesmed & MyEdSpace content experience
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Experience

Experience

Education

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King's College London

MBBS Medicine

September 2023 – September 2028

ICEP Chapter President & Senior National Student Leader BMA at GKT President KCL Symphony Orchestra St John Ambulance

Publications

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Spontaneous extensive pneumocephalus following frontal sinus defect

BMJ Case Reports · May 2025

Presentations

2026
Poster Presentation — Pulse Pressure and Cognitive Function
European Society of Hypertension, Gdańsk
Presented research exploring associations between pulse pressure and different domains of cognitive function.
2025
Poster Presentation — Ageing
German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, Halle (Saale)
ICEP poster competition. Presented alongside Amukelani Sambo.
2025
Oral Presentation — Mental Health Counsellors in Schools
GKT Projects Conference, King's College London
Selected as one of ten students for oral presentation.

Research

Jun 2026 – Present
Visiting Research Assistant
Department of Twin Research, Ageing and Genomic Epidemiology, King's College London
Research involving meta-analysis and genome-wide association studies, supervised by Dr Marina Cecelja.
Jun 2025 – Sep 2025
Research Fellow
King's College London
Received funding for the King's Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Systematic review on cognitive ageing and pulse pressure with Dr Marina Cecelja and Dr Ryan McNally.

Other Experience

Jun 2025 – Present
Senior National Student Leader
ICEP Global Foundation
Programme planning and logistics for the international collaboration programme.
Mar 2023 – Present
Private Tutor
Self-Employed
The UCAT and medical school interview tutoring. 150+ students to date. Contract work with Quesmed and MyEdSpace.
Sep 2024 – May 2025
Student Advisory Board Member
King's Careers & Employability
Focus groups and qualitative evidence gathering for service improvement.
Jun 2024 – Jul 2024
Student Wellbeing Team Leader
King's Summer Programmes
Managed 20+ Residential Assistants. Pastoral care for ~600 students. Assistant Designated Safeguarding Officer.

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