Evelyn Bodenschatz Dell Medical School
Evelyn is currently a third-year medical student at Dell Medical School at the University of Texas at Austin and is pursuing a Master of Science degree in Health Care Transformation from Dell Medical School and the McCombs School of Business. She plans to train in Family Medicine with a focus on health policy and health disparities. While in medical school, she has been a part of numerous student interest groups and has leadership roles on several of them including the school’s Health Equity Group (Making Equity Standard in Healthcare), Family Medicine Interest Group and Environmental Health Interest Group. She has served as a mentor to both other medical students and undergraduate students and is currently serving on the medical school's student body senate. She has a strong interest in health policy and has done extensive political advocacy work in and out of medical school. In her free time, Evelyn loves to cook and enjoy the outdoors.
Anne Coogan Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Anne is currently a fourth-year medical student at Vanderbilt University. She grew up in Nashville, Tennessee, and graduated from Georgia Tech with a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering.
During medical school, she developed a passion for geriatric populations and the concept of “aging well.” In pursuing this passion, she learned that aging well included quality end-of-life care (EOLC). As such, she has dedicated time in medical school to better understanding EOLC. This has included researching how to talk to patients about end-of-life care and providing her peers with educational opportunities about end-of-life care. She is applying into Neurology.
Jonathan Horng Medical College of Wisconsin
Jon is currently a fourth-year medical student at the Medical College of Wisconsin. He was born and raised in Fremont, California. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a bachelor’s degree in Public Health with a minor in Global Poverty and Practice. He has been inducted into the Gold Humanism Honor Society and will graduate with Honors in Research.
During medical school, he served as the chapter co-president of both Asian Pacific American Medical Student Association and American College of Physicians. His interests are in public health and clinical outcomes research. He is applying into the field of orthopaedic surgery.
Fiona Ng University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Fiona was born and raised in San Francisco, California. In 2013, she graduated from UC Davis with a B.S. in Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior (NPB). Growing up in San Francisco as a second-generation Chinese American and serving as a patient advocate at the Paul Hom Asian Clinic in Sacramento shaped her passion for addressing health disparities and advocating for health equity.
Fiona is a part of the UCSF PRIME-US program, a special track for medical students dedicated to serving underserved communities in the urban setting. She has also been a research intern with the UCSF Asian American Research Center on Health since 2018. She will be applying into Internal Medicine this upcoming cycle and hopes to serve immigrant communities and patients who are impacted by language barriers through direct patient care, clinical education, research and public health programming.
Hallen Pham University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Hallen was born and raised in San Jose, California. She grew up as the eldest grandchild of Vietnamese refugees, as a first-generation college student and as an individual invested in the wellness of her loved ones and her community. This coming May 2021, she will have the privilege to become the first doctor in her family.
Hallen is applying into Internal Medicine and plans to work as a primary care physician in an urban underserved area. She hopes to build long-term and meaningful relationships with patients and learn about the cultural, socioeconomic or environmental factors that contribute to their overall well-being. She values seeing people for more than their disease and wants to guide others' health and well-being long term through teaching and through advocacy. Her research focuses on minority populations with the goal to reduce health disparities. Hallen has an interest in language barriers and has also used her Vietnamese language skills in many ways, such as the creation of COVID-19 Fact Check.
Anuvir Singh University of California San Francisco School of Medicine
Born and raised in rural Punjab, India, Anuvir immigrated to Fresno, California, at age 13. During high school, his involvement in the Doctors Academy Program provided him a foundation to begin exploring the medical sciences through academic courses, clinical mentorships and community internships in Fresno County. He attended UCLA and graduated with a B.S. in Psychobiology.
Anuvir reconnected with his community roots as he moved back to Fresno to work as an ED scribe. This clinical experience prompted his interest in underserved medicine and exposed him to healthcare disparities in the Central Valley. At UCSF, he is a part of the PRIME-US program, a dual degree track dedicated to training students with interest in urban underserved populations. Anuvir is applying into ED residency this upcoming cycle and is passionate about immigrant/refugee health, farmworker health and medical education.