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Posted 14 October 2025

Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine

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View the guidelines to help you prepare your application. This fellowship is designed to support medical students involved in clinical or research electives in tropical areas. Read Frequently Asked Questions about this fellowship. Read more about the recipients of this fellowship.

The Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine is awarded annually to support medical students involved in clinical or research electives in tropical areas. The Fellowship is designed to encourage young people to continue their work in tropical medicine and hygiene and recognize their achievements thus far.

The Fellowship is named after Benjamin H. Kean (1912-1993), the founder of the tropical medical program and a renowned professor of clinical tropical diseases and public health at Cornell University. In addition to being one of the most respected and admired educators at Cornell, Dr. Kean is known for his work in discovering the cause of traveler’s diarrhea and for being a physician to many of the best-known personalities of the 20th Century, ranging from artist Salvador Dali to Broadway lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II to writer Sherwood Anderson and the Shah of Iran.

ASTMH presents the Ben Kean Fellowships to strengthen the link between the past accomplishments of the clinicians and researchers in tropical medicine and hygiene and the next generation of leaders in the field. 

Congratulations to the 2025 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.

Congratulations to the 2024 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.

Congratulations to the 2023 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.


 		 Victoria Avanzato
 Emory University,
 United States		  Greta Becker
  University of Iowa,
  United States
 Olivia Bednarski
 Indiana University,
 United States		 Isabelle Bernard
 University of Alberta,
 Canada


 		 Srijana Bhattarai Chhetri
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
 United States		 Sujata Bhattarai Chhetri
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
  United States

 		 Alexandra Burgess
 Brown University,
 United States		 Anand Chukka
 Harvard Medical School,
 United States

 		 Kelly Fowler
 University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
 United States		 Jack Hensien
 University of Virginia
 United States

 		 Michelle Hillman
 University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School,
 United States		 Zara Khan
 University of Texas Southwestern Medical School,
 United States

 		 Zachary Linneman
 University of Minnesota Medical School,
 United States		 Rubab Malik
 Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
 United States

 		 Jane O'Bryan
 Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine,
 United States		 Sydney Puerto-Meredith
 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine,
 United States

 		 Karl Reis
 Columbia University,
 United States		 Sarah Sebastian
 University of Virginia,
 United States

 		 Preethiya Sekar
 University of Minnesota Medical School,
 United States		 Hannah Steinberg
 University of Illinois Chicago,
 United States

 		 Claire Young
 New York University School of Medicine,
 United States		  


Congratulations to the 2022 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.

 Jared Alswang
 Harvard Medical School,
 United States		 Mackenzie Bruzzio
 Warren Alpert Medical   School of Brown   University, United States
 Giancarlo Buonomo
 Boston University School
 of Medicine, United States		 Binh Cao
 Univeristy of California,   San Francisco School of Medicine, United States
 Dominique Earland
 University of Minnesota,
 United States		 Katie Farkouh
 Upstate Medical   University Norton   College of Medicine,   United States
 Erica Lin
 Warren Alpert Medical   School of Brown University,
 United States		 Krishna Patel
 University of Virginia   School of Medicine,   United States
 Rebecca Rubinstein
 University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States		 Samantha Tulenko
 University of North   Carolina at Chapel Hill,
 United States


Congratulations to the 2021 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.

Photo_Ansbro,-Megan.jpg Megan Ansbro
 University of California, Irvine, 
 United States		Photo_Auchus,-Isabella.jpg Isabella Auchus
 University of California, San Francisco,
 United States
Photo_Brashear,-Taylor.jpg Taylor Brashear
 Weill Cornell Medical College, 
  United States		Photo_Hossain,-Azfar.jpg Azfar Hossain
 Harvard Medical School, United States
Photo_Zhou,-Albert.jpg Albert Zhou
 University of Maryland School
 of Medicine, United States
 		  


Congratulations to the 2020 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about them here.

 Robertha Barnes
 SUNY Upstate Medical University,
 United States		Kimberly Burke
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
United States
Rebecca Carpenter
Cedarville University,
United States
 		Michael Cheung
Jacobs School of Medicine
at University of Buffalo,
United States
Spencer Darveau
Brown University,
United States		Samantha Herbert
Medical School at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
United States
Antoinette Montelibano
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicne,
United States		Perneet Powar
California Northstate University,
United States
Sabahat Rahman
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
United States		Christopher Reynolds
University of Michigan School of Medicine,
United States
Toni San Miguel
University of Maryland School of Medicine,
United States		Alison Smith
Emory University School of Medicine,
United States
Mariame Sylla
Amherst College,
United States		Rebeca Vergara Greeno
Yale School of Medicine,
United States
Erin Xu
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine,
United States		  


Congratulations to the 2019 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about the 2019 Kean Fellows here.

Eve Ameen
Stony Brook School of Medicine,
United States		Danielle Amundsen
John Hopkins School of Medicine,
United States
Tiffany Borbon
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,
United States		Bickey Chang
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States
Hannah Connolly
SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States		Hannah Cunningham
Duke University School of Medicine, United States
Sanjana Dayananda
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States		Amanda Farrell
Duke University School of Medicine, United States
Julia Gelissen
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States		Mary Gwin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Lauren Himes
Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States		Alice Huang
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, United States
Austin Jones
Tulane University,
 United States		Savannah Karmen-Tuohy
New York University School of Medicine, United States
Maya Ladenheim
University of California, San Francisco, United States		Roger Lin
University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
Breeanna Lorenzen
University of Minnesota,
 United States		Jez Marston
Weill Cornell Medical College,
United States
Aislinn McMillan
University of California, San Diego, United States		John Mershon
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States
Anushay Mistry
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States		Marissa Nahirney
University of Alberta,
Canada
Cody Nelson
Duke University School of Medicine, United States		Subhjit Sekhon
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine,
 United States
Amaya Wittmaack
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States		Kristen Zozulin
Frank H. Netter, MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University,
United States


Congratulations to the 2018 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about the 2018 Kean Fellows here.
 

 George Agyapong
  Harvard Medical School,
  United States
 		 Nahid Bakhtari
 Stony Brook School of Medicine,
 United States
 Diana Cheung
  NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine,
  United States
 		 Daniel Farrell
  SUNY Upstate Medical University,
  United States
 Rose Gabert
  University of Washington School of Medicine,
  United States		 George Hafzalla
  Wake Forest School of Medicine,
 United States
 Sardis Harward
 University of Massachusetts Medical School,
 United States
 		 Rebecca Henderson
 University of Florida,
 United States
 Daniel Hodson
  Yale School of Medicine,
  United States
 		 Diana Jeang
  Emory University School of Medicine,
  United States
 Cesar Lopez
 University of North Carolina,
 United States
 		 Raffaele Macri
  Ross University School of Medicine,
  United States
 Matthew Neale
  Warren Alpert Medical School of
  Brown University, United States
 		 Joseph Perosky
  Michigan State University College of
 Human Medicine, United States
 Fartoon Siad
 University of Calgary,
 Canada
 		 MIchael Sikorski
  University of Maryland School of Medicine,
  United States
 Shelby Stoneking
  University of North Carolina,
  United States
 		 Margaret To
 Emory University School of Medicine,
 United States
 Grace Trompeter
 Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical
 Sciences at University of Buffalo, United States
 		 Malcolm Velasco
  Mercer University School of Medicine,
  United States
 Lisa Wanda
 University of North Carolina,
 United States
 		  

 

Congratulations to the 2017 Kean Fellows!

Learn more about the 2017 Kean Fellows here.

  Mustafa Abid
  Wake Forest University School   
  of Medicine, United States		   Precious Anyaoha
   Morehouse School of Medicine
   United States
 
  Brandon Berger
  University of Chicago Pritzker      School of Medicine,
  United States		   Nicholas Brazeau
   University of North Carolina at     Chapel Hill School of                   Medicine, United States
  Catherine Castro
  University of Chicago Pritzker      School of Medicine
  United States		  Shilpa Darivemula
  Albany Medical College, United    States
 Jessica Dawson
  University of Washington,
  United States		  John Diehl
  Emory University School of          Medicine, United States
  Celia Fung
  University of Rochester School
  of Medicine and Dentistry,            United States		  Paris Hantzidiamantis
  SUNY Upstate Medical                  University, United States
  Megan Harris
  SUNY Upstate Medical                  University, United States		  Monalisa Hassan
  Wake Forest University School    of Medicine, United States
  Justin Hills
  University of North Carolina at    Chapel Hill School of Medicine,    United States		  John Kahler
  SUNY Upstate Medical                  University,United States
  Matthew Matson
  Marshall University,
  United States		  Qaasim Mian
  University of Alberta, Canada
  Courtney Pedersen
  Stanford University School of      Medicine, United States		  Julia Ramos
  Johns Hopkins University              School of Medicine,
  United States
  Margaret Robinson
  Stanford University School of      Medicine, United States		  Tu Tran
  University of Minnesota,
  United States
  Hannah Wild
  Stanford University School of      Medicine, United States		  
2017

 

2016 - 1998


2016
Meagan Barry, Baylor College of Medicine, United States
Michael Clark, Indiana University School of Medicine, United States
Jessica Eby, University of Pennsylania, United States
Zachary Enumah, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
Elizabeth DuPont, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States 
Max Feinstein, Case Western Reserve University, United States
Michael Harper, University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States
Adam Kley, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
Christine Kley, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
Vinay Krupadev, Northeast Ohio Medical University, United States
Daniel Liauw, University of North Carolina, United States
Andrew Mullin, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
Ryan Nightingale, SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States
Brady Page, Tulane University School of Medicine, United States
Anthony Puthumana, SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States
Kristi Ray, Nova Southeastern University College of Osteopathic Medicine, United States
David (Allen) Roberts, University of Washington, United States
Katherine Ryken, University of Iowa, Carver College of Medicine, United States
Gurmeet Sohi, University of Manitoba, United States
Brenna Stanczyk, University of North Carolina, United States
Tiange (Philip) Zhang, Loyola University, Stritch School of Medicine, United States

2015
Britt Andersen, Washington University School of Medicine, United States
Ashley Appiagyei, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, United States
Neima Briggs, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, United States
Ignacio Cerdena, Yale School of Medicine, United States
Madison Cornwell, University of California San Diego School of Medicine (in memoriam), United States
James Cotton, University of Calgary, Canada
Andrew Flynn, University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States
David Guernsey, New York Institute of Technology, College of Osteopathic Medicine, United States
Bryna Harrington, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Jo Henderson-Frost, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, United States
Brenden Jenks, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, United States
Brandon Kuang, University of California Los Angeles, United States
Amos Lichtman, University of Massachusetts, Harvard School of Public Health, United States
Nathan Lo, Stanford University School of Medicine, United States
Erica Ludi, Emory University, United States
Haiyan Ramirez Batlle, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States
Kelsey Ripp, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States
David Sanchez, Howard University College of Medicine, United States
Milan Satcher, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States
David Schaffer, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Adrianna Stanley, Dartmouth Medical School, United States

2014
Michelle Beam, Oregon Health & Science University, United States
Richard Broadhurst, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, United States
William Bruno, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, United States
Katrina Ciraldo, Boston University, United States
Amelia Cline, University of North Carolina School Of Medicine, United States
Alex Cortez, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, United States
Ian Eisenhauer, University of Colorado School of Medicine, United States
Shekinah Elmore, Harvard Medical School, United States
Kimberly Faldetta, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, United States
Morgan Goheen, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States
Jill Hagey, University of California San Francisco, United States
Seth Hoffman, Medical School for International Health
    (Ben-Gurion University in affiliation with Columbia University), United States
June-Ho Kim. Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, United States
Chelsea McCullough. Emory University School of Medicine, United States
Erika Phelps, Michigan State University, United States
Nathaniel Rogers, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, United States
Jonathan Schultz, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, United States
Stephen Selinsky, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, United States
Daniel Silva, Boston University School of Medicine, United States
Bianca Stifani, Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States
Austin Wesevich, Washington University School of Medicine, United States
Ya Zhou, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States

2013
Ameer Abutaleb, University of Maryland, United States
Rachel Blake, Alpert Medical School of Brown University
Ethan Bornstein, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
Sarah Boudova, University of Maryland, United States
Chelsea Canon, Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States
Mark Carlberg, SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States
Aubri Carman, University of Arizona College of Medicine, United States
Seth Congdon, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, United States
Melvin Donaldson, University of Minnesota, United States
Sam Du, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
Ahmar Hashmi, University of Texas Medical Branch, United States
Marguerite Hoyler, Harvard Medical School, United States
Daniel Huck, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, United States
Genna Jerrard, University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States
Christian Parobek, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, United States
Nina Prasanphanich, Emory University School of Medicine, United States
Julia Rosenberg, Weill Cornell Medical College, United States
Nicholas Sausen, University of Minnesota, United States
Leah Wibecan, Harvard Medical School, United States
Joshua Wong, Harvard Medical School, United States

2012 
Jasmine Beria, New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Geoffrey Buckle, University of Massachusetts Medical School
Jeffery Campbell, Harvard Medical School
Jamie Carter, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Shama Cash-Goldwasser, McGill University
Jennifer Emberger, University of Maryland School of Medicine
William Garneau, University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Maria Kincaid, Tufts University School of Medicine
Christian Larsen, University of Maryland School of Medicine
Elyse LeeVan, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine
Blair Murphy, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Karen Ocweija, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Juliana Odetunde, University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Samuel Porter, Mayo Medical School
Duncan Reid, Yale University
Jared Rowe, University of Minnesota
Sarah Schaffer DeRoo, Univeristy of Maryland School of Medicine
Tarak Trivedi, University of Chicago, Pritzker School of Medicine
Eric Wohlford, SUNY Upstate Medical University
Sandra Zaeh, Emory University School of Medicine

2011
Jonathan Abelson, University of Virginia School of Medicine
Jonathan Abraham, Harvard University School of Medicine
Andrew Bouley, Duke University School of Medicine 
Nicholas Carter, Brown University
Whitney E. Harrington, University of Washington
Nick Janusz, University of Manitoba
Brian Long, University of Virginia 
Micah Manary, University of California-San Diego 
Emma Mohr, University of Iowa 
Connor O'Brien, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons 
Jennifer Spicer, Emory University School of Medicine
Carla Valenzuela, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine 
Sarah Ventre, SUNY Upstate Medical University 
Emily Wilkinson, University of Arizona College of Medicine

2010
Malika Atmakuri
Regan Bergmark
Brian Bergmark
Andrew Brookens
Katharine Burns
Nicole Cooper
Benjamin Cunningham
Marianna Freudzon
Eric Kalivoda
Charles Langelier
Jennifer Manne
Jonathan Merola
Juliana Minak
Aaloke Mody
Tafadzwa Muguwe
Scott Nabity
Heyman Oo
Adi Price
Joanne Smucker
Ailis Tweed-Kent

2009
Sara Janne Aarsland
Byron Berenger
Rachel Bystritsky
Youngjee Choi
L. Emily Cotter
Dylan Davey
Qyana Griffith
Jenny Hsu
Alexis Kearney
Kristina Krohn
Rodwell Mabaera
Tracy Mak
Marilyn Michelow
Grace Milad
Molly Paras
Barclay Stewart
Scott Tolan
Aaron Tustin
Richard Waters
April Wilhelm

2008
Rushina Cholera
Cassidy Claassen
Jeffrey Collins
Ryan Dare
William Hahn
Alison Han
Anna Yasmine Kirkorian
Rebecca Lawniczak
Fiona Lonegrove
Anna Minta
Kimberly Rutherford
Meaghann Weaver

2007
Cullen Carter
Heidi Hillesland
Atis Muehlenbachs
Sean Murphy
Eugene Richardson

2006
Luisa Maria Stamm
Kara Goss
Douglas Olson
Alyssa Lovell
Heather Strah
Karl Bezak
Louise Vaz
Victoria Kuohung

2005
Sarah Atunah-Jay
Kathryn Duphik
Megan Leo
Sarah Meyer
Megan Morsheimer
Amy Oyler
Irene Sarantakos
Alexander Tsai
Michael Westerhaus
Christine Zink

2004
Zongqi Xia
Ben Andrews
Daniel Leung
Kevin Lunney
Heidi Sandige

2003
Sujeet Acharya
Supinda Bunyavanich
David Edwards
Jeanne Noble

2002
David B. Blossom
Katrina Gray
Ingrid Lundgren
Mehret Mandefro
Sean Moore

2001
Peter Crompton
Amy Dechet
Meg Doherty
William Fischer
Danny Milner
Tuan Tran

2000
Sona Aggarwal
Annie-Claude Labbe
Nina Lin
Iyesatta Massquoi
Katrina McPherson
Holly Murphy
Tina Rutar
David Walton

1999
Rachel Ash-Bernal
Richard Brantley
Carol McLaughlin, MPH
Rebecca Plank
Paul Robben
Amil Shah

1998
Stephen Altmin
Michele Morse
Dylan Pillai
Allison Portnoy