Student Spotlight

Matching Into Residency: Reem Karmouta’s Story

Medical student Reem Karmouta talks about matching into residency while navigating a personal challenge.

Med Student Dreams of Healing Systemic Inequities

UCLA medical student Maria Tercero Paz is becoming a doctor who hopes to heal the wounds of structural inequities.

Med student Lynn Nguyen: Continuing the traditions of rén

Meet UCLA’s First Medical Informatics PhD

Samir Akre is getting a PhD in medical informatics at UCLA. He studies how consumer wearable devices can inform mental health interventions.

Multiple Cancer Diagnoses Inspire Antony Alvarado’s Medical Career Dreams

UCLA medical student Antony Alvarado is becoming a doctor who hopes to serve his medically marginalized Latinx community.

Overcoming Obstacles to Become a Physician and Advocate

First-generation UCLA medical student Yoselin Moetamedi Garcia shares how she found a path toward becoming a doctor.

Student cherishes similarities between the military and medicine

Timothy Ko, a first-year student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, flew helicopters in the U.S. Army.

The DGSOM Student Improving Human Health on a Global Scale

UCLA medical student Bethel Bayrau is becoming a doctor who strives to maximize her positive impact.

The Foster Kid Who Became a Hospital Corpsman

UCLA medical student Laz Curry is becoming a doctor for patients who count on emergency services as their primary mode of care.

The Head and Neck’s Intricate Anatomy Inspired a Career Dream

UCLA medical student Clare Moffatt is becoming a doctor focused on the neck’s complex, delicate anatomy.

The UCLA PhD Student Hoping to Disarm Bacteria

UCLA PhD student Nikki Cheung wants to use structural biology to disarm bacteria and mitigate antibiotic resistance.

Three Bruin Generations Celebrate the Family's First Doctor

Saida Wiltz is a UCLA med student whose mom graduated in 2001 and grandparents graduated in the 1970s