Araiye Medlock

Alma Mater: UC Irvine, B.S. Biological Sciences

Matriculation Year: 2021

About Araiye: Araiye Medlock has lived all throughout California, but has roots primarily in the low-income neighborhood of South Bakersfield, CA. She is a proud first-generation college graduate and attended UC Irvine where she completed her B.S. in Biological Sciences before attending the UC Davis School of Medicine in their pre-medical post-baccalaureate program. She enjoys painting, mentorship, road trips, and reading books centered around social activism (when she is not studying.)

Research Advisor: Misty Humphries

Research Interests: My research interests are heavily rooted in healthcare access and equity. Specifically, I want to develop and further novel methods to increase quality health care access for those in the most marginalized communities. I hope to also incorporate this into improving surgical outcomes for these communities. I also have a profound passion for diversifying and ensuring the success of underrepresented-in-medicine students in hopes to magnify those who value this work in medicine and medical education. As an undergraduate student, I worked on multiple projects out of the FQHC, UCI Health Family Health Center, around diversifying the current biomedical research participant pool and implementing Diabetes Health Education Courses for a majority Latinx immigrant population. We looked at the effectiveness of this medical model and its impact on patient outcomes and healthcare access.

Why ARC: I chose ARC-MD, because I believe the language of change in medicine is research. I wanted to be around like-minded individuals and molded by those who strive to create powerful physician scientists in hopes to better care for our patients. I am grateful for this opportunity!

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