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Michael Boctor, BS

A second-year medical student with an interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery. He is a graduate of the University of Michigan and received the Daniel Hale Williams recruitment scholarship to attend Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Michael is also a multiple-award winning film director and worked professionally prior to attending medical school. He is working on the North America region

Cameron Jones, MD

PGY-2 emergency medicine resident who has experience in global health infectious diseases. He obtained his bachelor’s of English from Clemson University and attended medical school at the Medical School of South Carolina. During medical school he also obtained his MPH. Cameron is working on the Sub-Saharan Africa region of The Global SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance System-Policy Persistence and Transmission project.

Elana Benishay, BS

A second-year medical student and Camille-Lange Rathbun scholar at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. Prior to matriculating at Feinberg, Elana studied Human Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she received the Naomi R. and Freeman A. Koehler Scholarship and College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences Research Scholarship for her human gastrointestinal microbiota

Ramael Ohiomoba, MPH

A third-year medical student. She received a BA from Vanderbilt University with majors in biology and political science and a minor in chemistry.  She is also a recent graduate of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she completed a Master of Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology.  Ramael is working on the

Emily Marogi, BS

A third-year medical student at Feinberg School of Medicine interested in pursuing a career in internal medicine with emphasis on public health, health disparities and intersectional representation. She attended Loyola University Chicago, where she majored in English and Biology and spent a year as an international research fellow in Italy and China. She is particularly interested in refugee/immigrant health

Ashley Maras, BS

A second-year medical student at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. She graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular and Cellular Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish in December 2018. Throughout her undergraduate career, she was involved in health disparities research focused on developing and implementing

Jasmine Lin, BA

A second-year medical student at Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine. She grew up in Los Angeles, California and graduated Princeton University in 2019 with a bachelor’s degree in Philosophy. Jasmine is working on the East Asia and Pacific region of The Global SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance System-Policy Persistence and Transmission project.  

Dinushi Kulasekere, BS

A second-year medical student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with an interest in pediatric surgery. Prior to attending medical school, she attended The Ohio State University where she graduated in 2018 with a degree in Economics. Dinushi is working on the South Asia region of The Global SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance System-Policy Persistence and Transmission project.

Tariq Issa, BA

A second-year medical student at the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine with an interest in plastic and reconstructive surgery. Prior to attending medical school, he attended Vanderbilt University where he graduated in 2019 with a degree in Medicine, Health, and Society. Tariq is working on the North America region of The Global SARS-CoV-2 Surveillance

Kasen Culler, BS

A third-year medical student at the Feinberg School of Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering from Northwestern University. During his undergraduate studies, he participated in research at the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab, which he continued during his gap year after graduation. He worked in the Center for Bionic Medicine and became involved in studies involving robotic lower-limb prosthetics with powered knee and