Student Perspectives on Inclusion, Diversity, and Equity at Yale

She/her/hers Year 7

Hometown: Waterford, Michigan

Undergraduate Institution: Michigan State University

Gap year activities and length: 2-year, post-bac at NIH in Baltimore

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: MD-PhD DEI committee, served as a Biomed Amgen mentor for 2 years, was a PATHS mentor for one year, co-created the annual MD-PhD anti-racism and inclusivity module.

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I recently gave birth to a beautiful baby boy.

Also an academic PASS mentor

He/him/his Year 4

Hometown: Karaman, Turkey

Undergraduate Institution: University of Connecticut

Gap year activities and length: 2 research years at the Jackson Laboratory!

She/her/hers Year 5

Hometown: Cavite, Philippines / San Diego, California

Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

Gap year activities and length: 2 years as a Postbac Fellow at the NIH

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: I am an immigrant and came from a low-income background

She/her/hers Year 6

Hometown: Shanghai, China

Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

Gap year activities and length: 2-years, work as a research engineer and clinic coordinator

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: National First-Generation and Low-Income in Medicine Association. PATHS program (Program to Advance Training in Health and Sciences)

Something outside of academia you are proud of: Working on my first crocheting project right now, and it does look like a scarf :)

Also an academic PASS mentor

She/her/hers Year 4

Hometown: Los Angeles, California

Undergraduate Institution: UCLA

Gap year activities and length: 2 years, got married, worked as a lab assistant studying cortical/striatal neurons in HD, worked as a scribe in a cardiology clinic.

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Co-leader of SAMOSA

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I love fostering guinea pigs and rabbits with the CT Humane Society

She/her/hers Year 4

Hometown: London, United Kingdom

Undergraduate Institution: Princeton

Gap year activities and length: 2 years, Research Technician at Fred Hutch Cancer Research Center

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Mentorship for high school and undergrad students interested in healthcare/STEM through Yale organizations such as PATHS and HPREP. I'm also one of the Head Graduate Affiliates for a Yale Residential College. I enjoy being an active member of local/national chapters of SNMA/LMSA and the American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Virtual Content team.

Something outside of academia you are proud of: Baking and decorating cakes for friends!

He/Him Year 7

Hometown: Denver, Colorado

Undergraduate Institution: Vanderbilt University

Gap year activities and length: 1 Gap year doing full time research in my undergraduate lab while also applying to MD/PhD programs

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: I am a first generation American of primarily middle eastern descent. I serve on the board of a non-profit that helps refugee families affected by violence in the middle east, especially the Syrian Civil War.

Something outside of academia you are proud of: Serving on the non-profit board

She/her/hers Year 6

Hometown: Atlanta, Georgia

Undergraduate Institution: Spelman

Gap year activities and length: 2 year, NIH Post-bac

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Low-income, first generation, African American, HBCU, DICE, CDISJ

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I love to swim and am a huge foodie.

she/her Year 8

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: SNMA. Black woman. Mother. Taking time off.

She/her/hers Year 6

Hometown: Alpharetta, Georgia

Undergraduate Institution: MIT

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Women in Medicine and SNMA

Also an academic Pass Mentor

He/him/his Year 4

Hometown: Issaquah, Washington

Undergraduate Institution: Middlebury College

Gap year activities and length: 3 years, 1 was spent backpacking in South and Central America and 2 as an IRTA researcher at NIH

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Anxiety, high BMI

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I just married the love of my life in the summer of 2023! Talk to me about having a serious relationship and family planning during the MD-PhD.

She/her/hers Year 6

Undergraduate Institution: Georgia Tech

Gap year activities and length: 1 year, I was a Fulbright scholar researching microbial resistance in India.

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: LGBTQIA+, YFLI

Something outside of academia you are proud of: My community

Also an academic PASS mentor

She/Her Year 8

She/her Year 4

Hometown: Alexandria, VA

Undergraduate Institution: Syracuse University

Gap year activities and length: 2 years, NIH IRTA postbac fellowship

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: HAVEN Free clinic, medical mandarin, first-generation, mentorship, career in medical education

Something outside of academia you are proud of: Trying my best to sneak in workouts while juggling lab work and med school!

She/her/hers Year 3

Hometown: Zhuhai, China / Brooklyn, New York

Undergraduate Institution: Swarthmore College

Gap year activities and length: I worked as a research assistant at Boston Children's Hospital for 2 years

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: YSM first-generation & low-income (YFLI), MD-PhD DEI committee, and mentoring at all sorts of levels!

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I still dance a bunch, including with a wonderful dance company I joined during my gap years!

She/her/hers Year 3

Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Undergraduate Institution: University of Pennsylvania

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Black, women, first generation-low income, no-gap year.

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I have two cats and love reading!

She/her/hers Year 9

Hometown: Burlington, Vermont

Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University

Gap year activities and length: 2-years, research Master's

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: FGLI.

Also an academic PASS mentor

She/her/hers Year 3

Hometown: Los Banos, California

Undergraduate Institution: Scripps College

Gap year activities and length: 3 years, basic science research here at Yale!

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Being Black in STEM, rural background, small liberal arts college

Something outside of academia you are proud of: My Strava mileage time!

She/her/hers Year 9

Hometown: Poughkeepsie, New York

Undergraduate Institution: Cornell University

Gap year activities and length: 2 years as a Marshall Scholar at the University of Oxford doing a Masters in Oncology Research.

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: Experiencing significant illness during medical training, taking medical leave, commuting to Yale (lived in Norwalk)

Something outside of academia you are proud of: I love to crochet stuffed turtles for my friends' children!

Also an academic PASS mentor

She/her/hers Year 2

Hometown: Leon, Nicaragua

Undergraduate Institution: UMass Amherst

Gap year activities and length: 2 years doing a post-bac at the Broad Institue of MIT and Harvard. I worked on developing new DNA sequencing technologies to improve cancer detection from liquid biopsies.

Identities, affiliations, experiences, and or DEI-related activities you are involved in: LMSA (VP), MSTP DEI committee (mentorship subcommittee), HPREP, HAVEN Free Clinic, being from another country, MD-PhD Second Look Planning, PATHS Mentorship Program.