Tan grew up in Singapore, where he was discouraged from studying biology and faced academic difficulties in high school. He left Singapore and was accepted to the University of Toronto, where he discovered research and found his path to Harvard.

Tan grew up in Singapore, where he was discouraged from studying biology and faced academic difficulties in high school. He left Singapore and was accepted to the University of Toronto, where he discovered research and found his path to Harvard.

Dr Joel Tan shared how being rejected by local universities and discouraged from studying biology ultimately led him to seek opportunities abroad, culminating in a Harvard graduation.

Dr Joel Tan shared how being rejected by local universities and discouraged from studying biology ultimately led him to seek opportunities abroad, culminating in a Harvard graduation.