Alison is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Hinton society. Her hometown is Bryn Mawr, PA, and she graduated from Yale University (C/O 2017). Her interests in human rights include improving access to healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers, mental health, trauma-informed care, and harm reduction. Before coming to medical school, Alison worked with refugee and asylum seeker communities domestically (in Philadelphia and New Haven) and abroad (in Tel Aviv, Israel and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)!

Current Role:  Alison assists with and oversees the asylum clinic cases, curricular operations and outreach and advocacy efforts including organizing and facilitating meetings, ensuring adequate progress on tasks amongst groups, and interfacing with advisors.

Emily is an MS4 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Cannon society. Her hometown is Denver, CO, and she graduated from Stanford University (C/O 2015). Her interests in human rights include health equity, health as a human right, healthcare access for vulnerable populations, and promoting interest in and access to human rights advocacy among the medical community. A fun fact is that she is a podcast junkie and frequently brings up interesting tidbits from the ones she is listening to (most recently Armchair Expert, The Ezra Klein Show and The Michelle Obama Podcast).

Current Role: Emily assists with and oversees the asylum clinic evaluations, curricular operations and outreach and advocacy efforts including organizing and facilitating meetings, interfacing with advisors, and ensuring adequate progress is being made on tasks and group objectives are being met.

Past Projects:  Connections to Care Team 2017-2018, Asylum Training Spring 2018, National Conference Logistics Team Fall 2019

Dominic is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Cannon society. His hometown is  Claremont, CA, and he graduated from Yale University (C/O 2019). His interests in human rights include immigrant health and trauma-informed care. A fun fact is that Dominic challenged himself to make a new cookie every week during virtual medical school. Some cookies that he has made: chocolate chip, oatmeal raisin, pumpkin, snickerdoodle, peanut butter, shortbread. He is excited to make more and open to recipe suggestions!

Current Role: Dominic  organizes trainings for students/faculty interested in participating in asylum evaluations and connects students/faculty to cases.

Sam is an MS1 in the MD/PhD HST program and is a member of the London society. His hometown is Atlanta, GA, and he graduated from Emory University (C/O 2019). His interests in human rights include refugee and immigrant health and removing barriers to accessing health care.

Current Role: Sam oversees funding acquisition and management and work with team members to coordinate funding for events.

Sepideh is an MS4 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Peabody society. Her hometown is Stevensville, MI, and she graduated from the University of Michigan (C/O 2014). Her interests in human rights revolve around the intersection of human rights and psychosocial health. A fun fact is that she has helped teach therapeutic horseback riding lessons to children in three states: Michigan, Kentucky, and Massachusetts.

Current Role: Sepideh helps oversee research studies related to medical student education, refugee and asylee health, and the impact of participating in the HMS Asylum Clinic on medical students' personal and career goals. Her responsibilities in the Outreach and Advocacy Committee include helping to increase awareness of the needs of refugees seeking asylum through writing and publishing material on the internet, on social media pages, and newsletters.

Past Projects: Working with a team of HSHRC members and faculty mentors, Sepideh helped initiate and launch a study examining the impact of participating in the HMS Asylum Clinic on medical students' personal and career goals.

Katie is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Cannon society. Her hometown is Washington, DC, and she graduated from Harvard College (C/O 2018). Her interests in human rights include health equity, reproductive justice, vaccine access, and climate migration.

Current Role: Katie oversees HSHRC asylum research projects and research collaborations with Physicians for Human Rights students at partnering medical schools.

Shahin is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Hinton society. His hometown is Fishers, IN, and he graduated from Indiana University (C/O 2020). His interests in human rights include immigrant health, housing justice, health equity and access, and harm reduction. In his free time, Shahin loves to listen to alternative rock music and follow Indiana sports teams.

Current Role: Shahin is responsible for the social and community-facing presence of HSHRC. Key activities include coordinating newsletters and website updates, managing the list-servs, and working with other team members to write advocacy pieces/op-eds around current topics in human rights.

Jamie is an MS2 in the MD HST program and is a member of the London society. Her hometown is  Millersville, MD, and she graduated from Johns Hopkins University (C/O 2019). Her interests in human rights include climate migration, maternal and child health.

Current Role: Jamie is responsible for the social and community-facing presence of HSHRC. Key activities include coordinating newsletters and website updates, managing the list-servs, and working with other team members to write advocacy pieces/op-eds around current topics in human rights.

Christie is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Castle society. Her hometown is Scarsdale, NY, and she graduated from Harvard College (C/O 2018). Her interests in human rights include global humanitarian crises, human rights and infectious diseases.

Current Role: Christie works to  increase awareness and engage in advocacy related to current human rights issues.

Omar is an MS4 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Cannon society. His hometown is Amman, Jordan, and he graduated from Columbia University (C/O 2016). His interests in human rights include humanitarian responses to war and military occupation, migrant rights, and environmental justice.

Current Role: Omar leads the building of the external and internal curriculum.

Anand is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Castle society. His hometown is San Jose, CA, and he graduated from Washington University in St. Louis (C/O 2019). His interests in human rights include substance-use post conflict, psychiatric conditions, anti-imperialism, and socialist health systems.

Current Role: Anand helps build the external and internal curriculum.

John is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Hinton society. His hometown is Seoul, South Korea, and he graduated from Yale University (C/O 2019). His interests in human rights include conflict zones and migration. In his free time, John enjoys playing ultimate frisbee!

Current Role: John assists with organizing and planning events to increase awareness of human rights issues.

Josue is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Hinton society. His hometown is Pasadena, TX, and he graduated from Princeton University (C/O 2020).

Current Role: Josue supports a wide range of HSHRC operations and projects.

Baraa is an MS1 in the MD Pathways program and is a member of the Cannon society. His hometown is Montgomery, AL, and he graduated from  University of Alabama at Birmingham (C/O 2020). His interests in human rights include refugee medicine and barriers to health care for underrepresented patient populations

Current Role: Baraa participates in all related HSHRC events.