{"id":35,"date":"2025-06-20T16:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T16:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/geiselmed2.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2025-08-28T18:19:55","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T18:19:55","slug":"member-profiles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/about-us\/member-profiles\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Global Health Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"852\" height=\"520\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020.png 852w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020-300x183.png 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020-768x469.png 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020-90x55.png 90w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020-800x488.png 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/alumni-2020-580x354.png 580w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 852px) 100vw, 852px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>GHS members graduate in a wide range of specialties and continue to pursue careers in Global Medicine across the U.S. and abroad. Explore the profiles and class listings of our alumni below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/ghs\/about-us\/member-profiles\/#2025\">Class of 2025<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ghs\/about-us\/member-profiles\/#2024\">Class of 2024<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ghs\/about-us\/member-profiles\/#2023\">Class of 2023<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"\/ghs\/about-us\/member-profiles\/#2022\">Class of 2022<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#class-of-2021\">Class of 2021<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#class-of-2020\">Class of 2020<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#class-of-2019\">Class of 2019<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#class-of-2018\">Class of 2018<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#class-of-2017\">Class of 2017<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#earlier-cohorts\">Earlier Cohorts<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2025\">Class of 2025<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"geisel-profile-group-member-profiles-2025\"><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway-200x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with light skin, dark blond hair pulled back in a pony tail, with open smile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway-37x55.jpg 37w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway-580x870.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Alex-Conway.jpg 724w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Alex Conway<\/h3>\nAlex Conway grew up alongside chickens, bees, dogs, and cats in an old Maryland farmhouse. She graduated from Dartmouth in 2020 with a double major in Chinese and Biology, and spent much of those four years playing rugby, doing freshwater ecology research, and working for the Sexual Violence Prevention Project.\n\nAfter undergrad, Alex did a year of orthopedic trauma research at UMass Medical Center, during which she also commissioned to the US Air Force. Her interests in global health originate in her Chinese language background and military status. Specifically, Alex hopes to improve the military\u2019s approach to foreign aid and relief missions, with greater emphasis on cultural humility.\n\nAt Geisel, Alex volunteers as a patient care coordinator with Good Neighbor Health Clinic, enjoys cooking meals for Hixon House residents, participates in vaccination clinics, and is a director of the first year Outdoor Orientation program. She\u2019s excited to be starting a vascular surgery research project in summer of 2022 investigating the pathophysiology of peripheral artery disease.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"247\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/charles-maguire-247x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"man with light brown and short hair. He is wearing light-colored suit and blue shirt and tie. Open smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/charles-maguire-247x300.jpg 247w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/charles-maguire-45x55.jpg 45w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/charles-maguire-580x705.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/charles-maguire.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 247px) 100vw, 247px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Charles Maguire<\/h3>\n<p>Hailing from Denver, Colorado, Charlie was first exposed to medicine and global health while living in the Bolivian Amazon. It was there he found work at a non-profit outpatient clinic deep in the isolated jungle. As the primary source of care for thousands of Indigenous Bolivians, this clinic demonstrated to Charlie how medicine can be practiced beyond the sterile halls of a hospital. After his return from South America, Charlie went on to serve as a Firefighter\/EMT while attending college at Denison University. During undergrad, he completed research in biochemistry and developmental economics, graduating in 2016 with dual degrees in Economics and Biology. After a stint as an investment banker, he returned to the fire service in Colorado for a few years. He then followed his now-wife to NYC where he earned his Master\u2019s in Economics at the New School for Social Research, focusing on developmental economics, healthcare economics, and political economy.<\/p>\n<p>Currently at Geisel, Charlie is a board member of the Honduran Tolupan Education Program (HTEP). HTEP\u2019s goal is the development of educational opportunities for the Tolupan community in Honduras through sustainable investment and community engagement. Their most current project is the construction and curation of local town libraries as well as bi-annual wellness checks on school-going Tolupan children. Charlie\u2019s global health interests revolve around health policy, healthcare infrastructure development, and sustainable economic development.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ian-Lichtenstein-300x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"light skin man with facial hair and brown hair and open smile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ian-Lichtenstein-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ian-Lichtenstein-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ian-Lichtenstein-55x55.png 55w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ian-Lichtenstein.png 507w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Ian Lichtenstein<\/h3>\n<p>Ian grew up in Portsmouth, NH and attended the University of New Hampshire for his undergraduate degree in Microbiology. During his undergrad education, Ian became interested in Global Health when traveled to the Ashanti region of Ghana to research the iatrogenic spread of Malaria in rural and urban hospitals. Yet, while he was there, he became fascinated by the clinicians\u2019 and technicians\u2019 ingenuity and resourcefulness when adapting medical procedures to the limited tools at hand in the rural clinics. Ian hopes to use the opportunities provided by GHS to build upon his past experiences and learn how to provide sustainable health interventions that are critical to providing ethical and inclusive care both abroad and in the US. In his free time, Ian enjoys getting outside in any capacity, listening to music\/going to concerts, a good board game, or reading just about anything. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/micah-trautwein-214x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"young woman with light brown hair pulled back, and an open smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/micah-trautwein-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/micah-trautwein-39x55.jpg 39w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/micah-trautwein-580x812.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/micah-trautwein.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Micah Trautwein<\/h3>\n<p>Micah grew up in Jarabacoa, a rural town in the mountains of the Dominican Republic, where she was exposed to health care experiences across several cultures, languages, and socioeconomic backgrounds. At Stanford University, she majored in Human\u00a0Biology with a concentration in Global Health and Human Narrative. With the start the COVID-19 pandemic, she worked as a Nursing Assistant on the Trauma Unit of Stanford Hospital, became a licensed medical Spanish interpreter, and worked with a group trying to connect Spanish-speaking individuals in the Bay Area to social resources. At Geisel, Micah continues to research health care delivery in settings affected by conflict globally and co-leads Project Salud, which offers medical and dental services to local Spanish-speaking workers on dairy farms.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"265\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Omar-Sajjad-Cal-EIS-265x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"light brown skin man with dark hair, open smile and wearing glasses\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Omar-Sajjad-Cal-EIS-265x300.jpg 265w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Omar-Sajjad-Cal-EIS-49x55.jpg 49w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Omar-Sajjad-Cal-EIS.jpg 344w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 265px) 100vw, 265px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Omar Sajjad<\/h3>\n<p>Omar Sajjad grew up in Pleasanton, California. He graduated from UC San Diego with a BA in Global Health and BS in General Biology. During college, he interned at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in Jordan on a cross-sectional mental health study. He later received his MSc in Global Health from UCSF, where his thesis identified novel risk factors for malaria among migrant workers in Vietnam.<\/p>\n<p>Omar worked for the WHO Bangkok office after his master\u2019s. There, he supported Thailand\u2019s campaign to eliminate malaria by 2024. Prior to his matriculation at Geisel, he was serving as a Cal-EIS Fellow at the California Department of Public Health \u2013 Food and Drug Branch. His primary interests within global health are polio and malaria eradication, refugee health, and foodborne disease. He is excited to build upon these interests as a Global Health Scholar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"246\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/paula-sofia-lara-mejia-300x246.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with dark hair, light brown skin, and dark eyes, and closed smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/paula-sofia-lara-mejia-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/paula-sofia-lara-mejia-67x55.jpg 67w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/paula-sofia-lara-mejia-580x476.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/paula-sofia-lara-mejia.jpg 720w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Paula Sofia Lara Mejia<\/h3>\n<p>Paulita was born in Quito, Ecuador and grew up in Bloomington, Indiana. She graduated from Princeton University in 2018 with a BA in Neuroscience and certificates in Cognitive Science and Global Health &amp; Health Policy. Paulita conducted her undergraduate thesis research on the long-term consequences of early life adversity in the hippocampus using rodent models. During her summers, she was selected to participate in a global health internship in Bolivia and a research internship in rural South Africa, both with a focus on maternal and child health in resource-poor settings. After graduating, Paulita conducted neuroimaging research at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she was also part of the Global Disaster Response Team, a volunteer in the baby cuddling program, and served on the Women in Science committee. At Geisel, she is excited to continue pursuing her passions in immigrant health and global health equity through the Global Health Scholars program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Shivesh_Tutor_Clearinghouse-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"light brown skin man with dark hair, wearing classes and a suit and tie.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Shivesh_Tutor_Clearinghouse-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Shivesh_Tutor_Clearinghouse-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Shivesh_Tutor_Clearinghouse.jpg 280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Shivesh Shah<\/h3>\n<p>Shivesh was born and raised in the small town of Burlington, Massachusetts. He completed his undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College (\u201919) in neuroscience and religion. Shivesh\u2019s interest in global health began during an independent study investigating the intersection of health and religion. After graduating, and inspired by the impact of sociocultural factors on healthcare delivery, Shivesh spent 8 months in Gujarat, India. There, he designed diabetes educational programs and studied the effectiveness of community-based healthcare. Recognizing the need for affordable diagnostic testing in the treatment and prevention of type 2 diabetes, Shivesh then joined a Hyderabad-based medical instrumentation development lab, where he developed a dual-function device capable of measuring blood hemoglobin and glucose levels. As a medical student in GHS, Shivesh hopes to broaden his exposure to and understanding of global health inequities and prepare to effect change as a future physician.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2024\">Class of 2024<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"geisel-profile-group-member-profiles-2024\"><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"268\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-El-Hussein-268x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Light brown skin man with dark short hair with mustache and beard, and closed smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-El-Hussein-268x300.png 268w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-El-Hussein-49x55.png 49w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-El-Hussein-580x650.png 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Ahmed-El-Hussein.png 750w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Ahmed El Hussein<\/h3>\n<p>Ahmed is a Lebanese-American first-year medical student that graduated from UCLA in 2019 with a degree in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology. During his undergraduate years, Ahmed tutored refugees in ESL and other subjects to help with their adjustment to life in the US. As a student also from an immigrant and refugee family, Ahmed\u2019s interest in global health began during one of his visits back home, where he recognized the differences in health care access and quality between his home in the US and his home in the Middle East. Recognizing that the same issues persist in many countries, Ahmed\u2019s passion lies in learning more about healthcare systems abroad and learning how we can make global health systems more equitable and sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"274\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-300x274.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Light brown-skin mane, wearing orange life vest on or by a body of water with a large bridge in the background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-1024x934.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-768x700.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-60x55.jpg 60w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-800x730.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur-580x529.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Akash-Halagur.jpg 1478w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Akash Halagur<\/h3>\n<p>Akash lived in Michigan before moving to Bangalore at age 10. His interests in global health developed from his experiences growing up in India, and were nurtured by his South Asian Studies major at Penn. He has conducted fieldwork research studies in rural India to better understand entrenched sociocultural inequities in oral cancer and emergency medical services. Prior to matriculating at Geisel, Akash worked as a healthcare consultant in NYC. He is very interested in using GHS opportunities to broaden his exposure and understanding of health equity to create change for the growing population of immigrants and diaspora in the US who have specific health concerns and barriers. In his free time, Akash enjoys listening to and producing music, electric skateboarding, yoga, and attempting to meditate.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"271\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-271x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"young woman with long brown hair and an open smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-271x300.jpg 271w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-768x849.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-50x55.jpg 50w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-800x884.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin-580x641.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Carly-Ratekin.jpg 824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 271px) 100vw, 271px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Carly Ratekin<\/h3>\n<p>Carly Ratekin grew up exploring the mountains of Colorado and attended the University of Colorado for her undergraduate degree in Integrative Physiology. While an undergrad, she cultivated an interest in global health and researched social determinants of health in rural South Africa. Looking to put her years of academia to work, she accepted a position as a Community Health Promoter in Peace Corps Guyana. Throughout her two years in Guyana, she worked in a small health center expanding their systems for patient education, taught health classes at local schools, and partnered with local leaders to improve her community\u2019s wellbeing. She cherished her time learning Guyanese customs and working with patients to reach their health goals. As a first year medical student and Global Health Scholar, she is excited to explore the diverse field of global health and learn how to be a better advocate for underserved communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-225x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with open smile, brown hair and green shirt\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-41x55.jpg 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-800x1067.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee-580x773.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Jessica-Lee.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Jessica Lee<\/h3>\n<p>Jess was born and raised in the small town of Old Lyme, Connecticut. Both of her parents immigrated from South Africa just before she was born and this became a pivotal part of her own personal and cultural identity as she grew up. Her family and personal experiences in the South African healthcare system sparked her interest in global health and more specifically women\u2019s health, maternal health, adolescent health, and HIV in under-resourced global communities.<\/p>\n<p>After graduating from Tufts University, she packed her bags and moved to Cape Town, South Africa to understand her family\u2019s heritage and immerse herself in her own research questions revolving around HIV in high risk populations. She spent the year living in Cape Town completing her own research project investigating the efficacy of female empowerment on HIV prevention in adolescent girls, while also volunteering in adolescent HIV clinics and refugee clinics.\u00a0\u00a0Jess is excited about integrating her own experiences into her medical career, while also learning from her peers and building upon her global health experiences through GHS.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"292\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-292x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with dark brown hair, light brown skin, and dark eyes, with open smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-768x788.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-54x55.jpg 54w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-800x821.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik-580x595.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Maria-Malik.jpg 990w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 292px) 100vw, 292px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Maria Malik<\/h3>\n<p>Maria was born in Pakistan and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. She graduated in 2019 from Princeton University, with a major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and a certificate in Global Health and Health Policy. Her interest in global health grew from being involved with Princeton\u2019s Center for Health and Wellbeing and traveling to Vietnam and Kenya to study infectious disease epidemiology, teach health classes at local elementary schools, and work with a mobile clinic to provide healthcare to remote villages. During her senior year in college, she explored the intersection of health and climate change by going to Antananarivo, Madagascar to conduct a research project on the impact of tropical cyclones on Madagascar\u2019s healthcare infrastructure and infectious disease burden. Maria finds zoonoses and the human-animal interface super fascinating \u2013 one of her favorite books is The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston, which chronicles the emergence of viral hemorrhagic fevers, especially Ebola and Marburg. She is interested in learning more about global health equity, sustainability and conservation, environmental justice, and disease eradication.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"267\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-267x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with dark skin, dark hark, wearing a white shirt and suit jacket with open smile.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-768x864.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-49x55.jpg 49w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-800x900.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou-580x653.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Mo-Kouassi-Brou.jpg 830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 267px) 100vw, 267px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Mo Kouassi-Brou<\/h3>\n<p>Mo was born in Abidjan, Cote D\u2019Ivoire and spent much of her childhood traveling to several places in Africa. Her interest in global health began when she volunteered at a small health clinic in Djibouti and this passion grew as she was exposed to a variety of health systems in her travels abroad and in the U.S. Mo graduated from Princeton University in 2017 with a major in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and certificate in Global Health and Health Policy. She maintains a global view of healthcare and is excited to integrate global health in her medical education at Geisel in order to learn more about her global health interests: minority women\u2019s health, health disparities, and strengthening health systems.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-235x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with dark skin with her hair pulled back, wearing a motor cycle jacket and open smile\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-235x300.jpeg 235w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-801x1024.jpeg 801w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-768x982.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-43x55.jpeg 43w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-1202x1536.jpeg 1202w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-800x1023.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo-580x741.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Oluchi-Okonkwo.jpeg 1502w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Oluchi Okonkwo<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Oluchi is a Nigerian-American first-year medical student who grew up in Nigeria, Houston, New York City, and, most recently, Hartford, Connecticut where she taught high school chemistry for two years. She has a B.A. in Cell and Molecular Biology from the University of Pennsylvania and is pursuing a Master of Education degree at Johns Hopkins University. Through her background in teaching, Oluchi has learned that it is difficult to truly empathize with or advocate for patients without understanding the substantial gaps existing within the healthcare, education, socioeconomic, and political systems that affect patients.\u00a0As a Global Health Scholar, Oluchi hopes to\u00a0learn about these disparities, gain clinical skills necessary to serve in under resourced areas, and educate and empower our community to take action to address these disparities.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In the future, Oluchi hopes to combine her interest in women\u2019s health, her love for education, and her passion for working to build up global underserved communities. She sees herself as a practicing OBGYN physician in a low-income community in the United States, as a professor of medicine focused on training the next generation of medical students and residents, and as a researcher conducting global public health research while leading projects in different African countries that would aim to improve the healthcare systems in those communities.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-248x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"Profile image of Sirey-Zhang\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-846x1024.jpg 846w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-768x929.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-45x55.jpg 45w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-1269x1536.jpg 1269w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-800x968.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang-580x702.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Sirey-Zhang.jpg 1281w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Sirey Zhang<\/h3>\n<p>Originally from Colorado, Sirey studied anthropology at Dartmouth as an undergrad. His academic interests focused on 1) how structural violence that crosscuts along combinations of factors such as race, gender, and class ultimately manifest in health inequities, and 2) how histories of medical discrimination and the esoteric nature of the biomedical field have made it so that hospitals and clinics feel more welcome to certain groups of people compared to others. He conducted fieldwork in Cameroon, at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, and most recently, a 6-month project in Tanzania where he conducted an ethnography to understand contemporary healthcare within the context of colonialism and neoliberalism.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"254\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-254x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Stephanie Kim\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-254x300.jpg 254w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-866x1024.jpg 866w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-768x909.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-46x55.jpg 46w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-1298x1536.jpg 1298w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-1600x1893.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-800x946.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim-580x686.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Stephanie-Kim.jpg 1623w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 254px) 100vw, 254px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Stephanie Kim<\/h3>\n<p>Stephanie was born in Montreal, Canada to a Lebanese mother and a South Korean father. She moved to the United States when she was three and grew up in the suburbs of Boston speaking French intermixed with Korean and Lebanese. Stephanie graduated Wellesley College in 2018 where she studied biology and was a four-year varsity coxswain on the rowing team. At Wellesley College, she first became interested in global health after spending a semester studying international medicine and universal healthcare in Germany. She built upon this interest through a fellowship with the Madeleine Albright Institute, where she traveled to Cambodia to volunteer and learn about the challenges and benefits associated with an international charity hospital in the rural community of Kampot. Now at Geisel, she is excited to build upon her past experiences, specifically contrasting the various models of international aid to better identify sustainable, ethical and culturally-inclusive practices that are critical in global health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2023\">Class of 2023<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"geisel-profile-group-member-profiles-2023\"><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Amal-Cheema-.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Amal Cheema\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Amal-Cheema-.jpg 200w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Amal-Cheema--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Amal-Cheema--55x55.jpg 55w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Amal Cheema<\/h3>\n<p>Amal Cheema is a Pakistani-American medical student and 2017 graduate from Wellesley College, with majors in biochemistry and political science. At Wellesley, her\u00a0 interest in global health grew through her work as a fellow at the Albright Institute for Global Affairs and as a volunteer health financing analyst for the Clinton Health Access Initiative in Kigali, Rwanda. Prior to matriculating at Geisel, Amal studied the intersection of religio-cultural beliefs and organ donation in Southeast Asia and Europe as a Thomas J. Watson Fellow, and pursued empirical biomedical ethics research at Mayo Clinic. She is excited about pursuing some of her passions \u2014 global health ethics, health equity, and sustainability \u2014 through continued learning and engagement afforded by the Global Health Scholars program.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-300x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Bob Chung\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-55x55.jpg 55w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-800x800.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung-580x580.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Bob-Chung.jpg 898w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Bob Chung<\/h3>\n<p>My name is Bob Chung. I was born and raised in northwest Ohio, and I am currently a second-year medical student at Geisel. I am interested in global health and particularly, understanding the complex roles people and organizations play in delivering healthcare to all people. My experiences in the US and during an exchange program in Taiwan have shown me that there is a lot of learning and work to do, but I am optimistic about the future based on my interactions with experts in the field, and the drive and motivation of my classmates. After graduating, I will be serving my obligation to the Navy. I am looking forward to opportunities to work with the diverse group of service members as well as use the global health education and experiences I gain through GHS to be a helpful collaborator in the Navy\u2019s global health engagement missions.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"226\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Boyoung-Ahn-226x300.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"woman with light skin, short dark hair, an open smile with mountains in the background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Boyoung-Ahn-226x300.png 226w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Boyoung-Ahn-41x55.png 41w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Boyoung-Ahn.png 339w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Boyoung Ahn<\/h3>\n<p>Bo was born and raised in Seoul, South Korea. Growing up, Bo enjoyed learning languages, including English and traditional Chinese characters, and performing Korean martial arts known as <em>Taekwondo<\/em> alongside her brother.<br \/>\nAs an undergraduate at Dartmouth, Bo studied psychology and Chinese. Bo grew interest in global health while teaching children with special needs at Hope Foster Home in Beijing, China. This led her to pursue a master\u2019s in global health at UCSF, where she gained a greater appreciation of the complexities behind global health practice. During her master\u2019s, Bo also had the opportunity to travel to Uganda and conduct focus groups with local physicians caring for critically ill children.<br \/>\nAs a future physician, Bo looks forward to traveling and working with healthcare providers in different community settings. Bo also hopes to integrate writing into her medical career to highlight stories of individuals and communities around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"283\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-283x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Brendan Barth\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-283x300.jpg 283w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-965x1024.jpg 965w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-768x815.jpg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-52x55.jpg 52w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-800x849.jpg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth-580x616.jpg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Brendan-Barth.jpg 1176w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 283px) 100vw, 283px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Brendan Barth<\/h3>\n<p>Brendan Barth was born in Hanover, NH and attended Dartmouth, and so it appears he\u2019ll never be leaving. Nonetheless, his interest in global health began while volunteering at a health clinic in a small town in New Zealand. He was fortunate to explore other opportunities during his two gap years before returning to Geisel, which included living in Rwanda for four months; he performed research, shadowed, and helped plan and organize \u201cendoscopy week\u201d within the internal medicine department at CHUK in Kigali, an experience he\u2019ll never forget. He\u2019d like to learn more about how to create more sustainable, equitable, and mutually beneficial relationships through global health work, as well as how healthcare systems work abroad and what we can learn from them.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-300x256.png\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Marilyn Ndukwe\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-300x256.png 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-1024x874.png 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-768x655.png 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-64x55.png 64w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-800x683.png 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe-580x495.png 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Marilyn-Ndukwe.png 1207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Marilyn Ndukwe<\/h3>\n<p>Marilyn was born and raised in Aba, Nigeria. She attended Xavier University of Louisiana for her undergraduate studies where she majored in Chemistry.\u00a0Growing up in a medically disadvantaged area, she noticed the lack of medical professionals presented a major challenge in combating disease as did lack of access to medication. Her time at Gilead exposed her to the work that can be done to provide care and access to drugs for those in need, especially patients in developing countries. As a future physician, Marilyn is excited to engage and learn from others through the program ways that global health equity can be achieved.\u00a0Outside of school, Marilyn likes to spend time outdoors mostly running, although, she also enjoys hiking and exploring national parks occasionally. She enjoys watching the show Friends and has probably seen each episode about ten times.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-300x300.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-post-image\" alt=\"profile image for Prianca Tawde\" srcset=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-55x55.jpeg 55w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-800x800.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde-580x580.jpeg 580w, https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/136\/2025\/06\/Prianca-Tawde.jpeg 1484w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Prianca Tawde<\/h3>\n<p>My name is Prianca Tawde and I am a second-year medical student at Geisel School of Medicine. My interest in serving a global population as a physician began with an early exposure to the Indian healthcare system and how it deals with patients living with long-term physical disabilities. Throughout my upbringing, I spent my summers working with adults and children struggling to overcome the health and education disparity in my family\u2019s hometown of Mumbai, India. After graduating, I joined Bain &amp; Co. and served as the head of the Global Development Initiative in the Boston office. In this role, I learned the importance of social enterprises and sustainable economic development for rural Indian and Pakistan communities. I continue to look forward to the opportunities I get to learn and engage in global health equity as a Global Health Scholar.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"2022\">Class of 2022<\/h2>\n\n\n<div id=\"geisel-profile-group-member-profiles-2022\"><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Emily Stitt<\/h3>\n<p>I grew up in Jericho, Vermont and graduated from Middlebury College in 2014 with a degree in biology. I was a cross-country ski racer there and am still an avid outdoorswoman. I would love to be an expedition doctor and work with the local populations on trips to develop sustainable health systems.  I also spent the last 3 years living in Oslo, Norway, where I spent part of my time as a med student and research assistant there. My time there made me more interested in global health in considering their socialized system.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Kate Miller<\/h3>\n<p>Kate Miller is from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. She attended Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, where she graduated with a degree in Microbiology and Immunology. During her undergraduate degree, she was able to travel to Haiti and volunteer with an organization called the New World Community. There, she was able to shadow a medical volunteer that was providing care to individuals in the community with tuberculous and HIV. This experience motivated her to learn more about the role that she can play in improving the health of individuals around the world.<br \/>\nKate went on to complete a Master of Science in Global Health from mcmaster University in Hamilton, Ontario. Through this degree, she was able to gain research experience in both India and Australia. She is excited to be part of the Global Health Scholars program to work with others and develop the skills needed for a career in global health.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Leny Madiline Goncalves Dias<\/h3>\n<p>I was born and raised in Cabo Verde, a small country off the West coast of Africa. From a young age, I started helping my parents care for patients in the hospital. Witnessing a precarious health care system, I knew I had to be an agent of change and help tackle the many ailments and healthcare challenges affecting poor regions and communities like the one in which I grew up. I graduated from Brandeis University in 2016, and worked in genetics research before attending Geisel. I am eager to be fully engaged as a global health scholar and to take part in this mission of promoting wellness, and by improving wellness, providing the hope of better lives around the world.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Maggie Leech<\/h3>\n<p>Maggie Leech is from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and graduated from Dartmouth College in 2017. She first became interested in global health through her coursework but was able to apply this knowledge to real-world experiences working for the global health team at Ashoka Innovators for the Public, an incubator for social entrepreneurs in Washington, DC. During her senior year, she focused on American health care while working at The Dartmouth Institute for Dr. Carrie Colla to identify low- and no-value care practices. After graduation, Maggie took a gap year to work for silverstay, a dementia care startup out of Johns Hopkins University and to spend a brief internship at The Lancet headquarters in London. At Geisel, her interests are focused on women\u2019s health disparities around the globe, and she is specially interested in last-mile strategies to deliver care.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Mia Bertalan<\/h3>\n<p>After growing up in rural Wyoming and Alabama, I moved to Boston to study Organismic Evolutionary Biology and Global Health and Health Policy at Harvard, drawn to work started there by Paul Farmer and Partners in Health. During undergrad, I volunteered with Health Leads at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), connecting patients with community resources to address socioeconomic determinants of health. These experiences sparked my interest in medicine. Following graduation, I coordinated neuro-oncology clinical research at MGH, including brain donations, and worked closely with the Brastianos Lab, a translational research group that seeks to elucidate the genetic drivers of cancer metastasis to the central nervous system. This focused my interest in medicine on to oncology. As an aspiring surgical oncology physician-scientist, I hope to help address disparities in cancer diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, both within the US and internationally. I am excited to be a Global Health Scholar, as this program has helped me think more critically about my future role in global surgery and how I can facilitate partnerships in education and research among surgical oncologists around the globe.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Michael Hoggard<\/h3>\n<p>Michael Hoggard was born in California, raised predominantly in Utah, and has lived on an off in Finland. For his bachelor\u2019s degree, Michael studied economics, during which time he had the opportunity to study abroad in Chile with an emphasis on Chilean poetry and in Thailand with an emphasis on global health. After he graduated in 2016, Michael pursued his MPH in Finland, where his daughter was born.<\/p>\n<p>Michael is interested in refugee\/ immigrant health and has had the opportunity to engage with different aspects of it in Utah, Thailand, and Finland. During his undergraduate degree, Michael had the privilege to volunteer with the local refugee population four days a week in five different capacities and to receive a grant to research barriers to health care access for refugees. Michael hopes to someday utilize his academic backgrounds in economics, public health, and clinical medicine to design and implement health systems in refugee camps.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Ramzi Ben-Yelles<\/h3>\n<p>Ramzi Ben-Yelles was born in New York City, but spent the first half of his childhood in the North African nation of Algeria. Upon moving back to the U.S., Ramzi\u2019s family settled down in Southern California. He subsequently completed his undergraduate education at UCLA, majoring in Global Studies and minored in Global Health.<br \/>\nOutside of medicine, Ramzi comes from a loud, loving Mediterranean family. He enjoys running, trying new food, and spending time with his loved ones<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"onecol last geisel-profile\"><p class=\"fac_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/geiselmed.dartmouth.edu\/ghs\/wp-content\/plugins\/geisel-custom-profiles\/images\/staff-member-1.jpg\" alt=\"Placeholder Image\"><\/p><div class=\"fac_p\"><h3>Renisa Ramnath<\/h3>\n<p>Hometown: Sangre Grande, Trinidad and Tobago<br \/>\nGlobal Health Interests: I first became interested in global health as an undergrad at Rice University, in Houston TX. I traveled annually with Rice\u2019s chapter of Global Brigades on short medical service trips to Honduras and Nicaragua. After taking more classes in global health related topics, I became interested in more long term work and spent two summers in Uganda working on menstrual hygiene education programs for primary school aged girls. I would like my work in global health to continue to have a focus on issues of women\u2019s health in the future.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><div class=\"clearfix\"><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"class-of-2021\">Class of 2021<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Stephanie Penix<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emily Norman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allie Morgan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Laura Gomez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick Tolosky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prajesh Gongal<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sara Ratican<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Nasr<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"class-of-2020\">Class of 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ashley Dunkle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Flynn III<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jordan Wong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathleen Leinweber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eric Ndikumana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kara Abarcar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahmad Dbouk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"class-of-2019\">Class of 2019<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ashley Dunkle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Thomas Flynn III<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jordan Wong<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kathleen Leinweber<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Eric Ndikumana<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kara Abarcar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ahmad Dbouk<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"class-of-2018\">Class of 2018<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Neil Bhatt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Carluccio<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peter Luckow<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Divya Mishra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andrew Park<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sumitha Raman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Adrianna Stanley<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rebecca Stern<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"class-of-2017\">Class of 2017<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Will Boyce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Crockett<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peace N. Eneh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Liam Guerin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>David Hernandez<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tara Kedia<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sarah&nbsp;Kleinschmidt<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chengetai R. Mahomva<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Paula&nbsp;Piedra<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Megan Rose Carr Laporte<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michaela&nbsp;Staley<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"earlier-cohorts\">Earlier Cohorts<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Kelly Michaelsen<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Luca F. Valle<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kristen Jogerst<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GHS members graduate in a wide range of specialties and continue to pursue careers in Global Medicine across the U.S. and abroad. Explore the profiles and class listings of our alumni below. 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