Benjamin H. Kean Travel Fellowship in Tropical Medicine
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 2023 Kean Fellows!
Learn more about them here.
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Victoria Avanzato
Emory University,
United States |
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Greta Becker
University of Iowa,
United States |
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Olivia Bednarski
Indiana University,
United States |
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Isabelle Bernard
University of Alberta,
Canada |
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Srijana Bhattarai Chhetri
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States |
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Sujata Bhattarai Chhetri
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States |
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Alexandra Burgess
Brown University,
United States |
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Anand Chukka
Harvard Medical School,
United States |
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Kelly Fowler
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences,
United States |
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Jack Hensien
University of Virginia
United States |
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Michelle Hillman
University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School,
United States |
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Zara Khan
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School,
United States |
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Zachary Linneman
University of Minnesota Medical School,
United States |
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Rubab Malik
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Jane O'Bryan
Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine,
United States |
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Sydney Puerto-Meredith
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine,
United States |
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Karl Reis
Columbia University,
United States |
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Sarah Sebastian
University of Virginia,
United States |
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Preethiya Sekar
University of Minnesota Medical School,
United States |
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Hannah Steinberg
University of Illinois Chicago,
United States |
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Claire Young
New York University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Congratulations to the 2022 Kean Fellows!
Learn more about them here.
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Jared Alswang
Harvard Medical School,
United States |
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Mackenzie Bruzzio
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States |
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Giancarlo Buonomo
Boston University School
of Medicine, United States |
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Binh Cao
Univeristy of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, United States |
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Dominique Earland
University of Minnesota,
United States |
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Katie Farkouh
Upstate Medical University Norton College of Medicine, United States |
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Erica Lin
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University,
United States |
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Krishna Patel
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States |
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Rebecca Rubinstein
University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States |
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Samantha Tulenko
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill,
United States |
Congratulations to the 2021 Kean Fellows!
Learn more about them here.
Congratulations to the 2020 Kean Fellows!
Learn more about them here.
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Robertha Barnes
SUNY Upstate Medical University,
United States |
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Kimberly Burke
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
United States |
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Rebecca Carpenter
Cedarville University,
United States
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Michael Cheung
Jacobs School of Medicine
at University of Buffalo,
United States |
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Spencer Darveau
Brown University,
United States |
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Samantha Herbert
Medical School at University of Miami Miller School of Medicine,
United States |
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Antoinette Montelibano
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicne,
United States |
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Perneet Powar
California Northstate University,
United States |
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Sabahat Rahman
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
United States |
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Christopher Reynolds
University of Michigan School of Medicine,
United States |
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Toni San Miguel
University of Maryland School of Medicine,
United States |
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Alison Smith
Emory University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Mariame Sylla
Amherst College,
United States |
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Rebeca Vergara Greeno
Yale School of Medicine,
United States |
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Erin Xu
University of North Carolina
School of Medicine,
United States |
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Congratulations to the 2019 Kean Fellows!
Learn more about the 2019 Kean Fellows here.
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Eve Ameen
Stony Brook School of Medicine,
United States |
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Danielle Amundsen
John Hopkins School of Medicine,
United States |
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Tiffany Borbon
University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine,
United States |
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Bickey Chang
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States |
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Hannah Connolly
SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States |
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Hannah Cunningham
Duke University School of Medicine, United States |
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Sanjana Dayananda
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, United States |
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Amanda Farrell
Duke University School of Medicine, United States |
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Julia Gelissen
Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, United States |
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Mary Gwin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States |
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Lauren Himes
Wake Forest School of Medicine, United States |
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Alice Huang
Warren Alpert Medical School at Brown University, United States |
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Austin Jones
Tulane University,
United States |
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Savannah Karmen-Tuohy
New York University School of Medicine, United States |
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Maya Ladenheim
University of California, San Francisco, United States |
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Roger Lin
University of Maryland School of Medicine, United States |
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Breeanna Lorenzen
University of Minnesota,
United States |
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Jez Marston
Weill Cornell Medical College,
United States |
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Aislinn McMillan
University of California, San Diego, United States |
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John Mershon
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States |
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Anushay Mistry
University of Massachusetts Medical School, United States |
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Marissa Nahirney
University of Alberta,
Canada |
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Cody Nelson
Duke University School of Medicine, United States |
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Subhjit Sekhon
University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine,
United States |
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Amaya Wittmaack
University of Virginia School of Medicine, United States |
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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.
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George Agyapong
Harvard Medical School,
United States
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Nahid Bakhtari
Stony Brook School of Medicine,
United States |
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Diana Cheung
NYIT College of Osteopathic Medicine,
United States
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Daniel Farrell
SUNY Upstate Medical University,
United States |
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Rose Gabert
University of Washington School of Medicine,
United States |
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George Hafzalla
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
United States |
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Sardis Harward
University of Massachusetts Medical School,
United States
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Rebecca Henderson
University of Florida,
United States |
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Daniel Hodson
Yale School of Medicine,
United States
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Diana Jeang
Emory University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Cesar Lopez
University of North Carolina,
United States
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Raffaele Macri
Ross University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Matthew Neale
Warren Alpert Medical School of
Brown University, United States
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Joseph Perosky
Michigan State University College of
Human Medicine, United States |
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Fartoon Siad
University of Calgary,
Canada
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MIchael Sikorski
University of Maryland School of Medicine,
United States |
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Shelby Stoneking
University of North Carolina,
United States
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Margaret To
Emory University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Grace Trompeter
Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical
Sciences at University of Buffalo, United States
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Malcolm Velasco
Mercer University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Lisa Wanda
University of North Carolina,
United States
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2017
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Mustafa Abid
Wake Forest University School
of Medicine, United States |
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Precious Anyaoha
Morehouse School of Medicine
United States
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Brandon Berger
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine,
United States |
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Nicholas Brazeau
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States |
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Catherine Castro
University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
United States |
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Shilpa Darivemula
Albany Medical College, United States |
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Jessica Dawson
University of Washington,
United States |
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John Diehl
Emory University School of Medicine, United States |
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Celia Fung
University of Rochester School
of Medicine and Dentistry, United States |
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Paris Hantzidiamantis
SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States |
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Megan Harris
SUNY Upstate Medical University, United States |
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Monalisa Hassan
Wake Forest University School of Medicine, United States |
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Justin Hills
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, United States |
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John Kahler
SUNY Upstate Medical University,United States |
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Matthew Matson
Marshall University,
United States |
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Qaasim Mian
University of Alberta, Canada |
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Courtney Pedersen
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States |
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Julia Ramos
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
United States |
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Margaret Robinson
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States |
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Tu Tran
University of Minnesota,
United States |
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Hannah Wild
Stanford University School of Medicine, United States |
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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