• ARC-MD Class of 2029

    Student Highlights

  • Blaine Baker: ARC-MD Class of 2026
    • Congratulations to Blaine for winning the Distinguished Medical Student Award from the College of American Pathologists 
  • Maria Clarke: ARC-MD Class of 2027
    • Maria published a first-author paper: Clarke MT, Remesal L, Lentz L, Tan DJ, Young D, Thapa S, Namuduri SR, Borges B, Kirn G, Valencia J, Lopez ME, Lui JH, Shiow LR, Dindot S, Villeda S, Sanders SJ, MacKenzie TC. Prenatal delivery of a therapeutic antisense oligonucleotide achieves broad biodistribution in the brain and ameliorates Angelman syndrome phenotype in mice. Mol Ther. 2024 Apr 3;32(4):935-951. doi: 10.1016/j.ymthe.2024.02.004. Epub 2024 Feb 6. PMID: 38327047; PMCID: PMC11163203. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38327047/
  • Masani Coley: ARC-MD Class of 2025
    • Masani received the Emerging Scholars in Family Planning Grant: Grant to support trainees in establishing a family planning research portfolio with the goal of cultivating a diverse, equitable, inclusive, and multidisciplinary community of scholars engaged in the science of abortion and contraception. 
  • Vista Farkhondeh: ARC-MD Class of 2025.
    • Vista received the 2022 California Medical Scholarship, sponsored by Alfonso Paredes, M.D.. Vista was also accepted into the Research Education Component (REC) Scholars Program at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), led by Oanh Meyer, M.D.. 
    • Vista, has also received the Ajay Sampat, M.D. Neurology Scholars Award for Medical Students. This award, in its inaugural year, will support student participation at national neurology conferences, workshops, and leadership meetings, as well as individual scholarly projects. This Award was created to honor our beloved neurology colleague and master educator, Ajay Sampat, M.D., and to instill his passion and dedication as a medical educator for generations to come. Congratulations, Vista!
    • Vista has a first author publication: Farkhondeh V, DeCarli C. White matter hyperintensities in diverse populations: A systematic review of literature in the United States. Cereb Circ Cogn Behav. 2024 Jan 14;6:100204. doi: 10.1016/j.cccb.2024.100204. PMID: 38298455; PMCID: PMC10828602.https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38298455/
  • Chiara Giordani: ARC-MD Class of 2027
    • Chiara won the American Heart Association (AHA) Student Scholarship in Cardiovascular Disease Award.
  • Brian Howard: ARC-MD Class of 2025
    • Brian published a paper with the ARC-MD program director on the integration of palliative care with disease-directed therapy. Read the full paper here. Congratulations!
    • Howard, B. C., Keyvan, N., Fung, A., Joe, T., Patel, A. B., Spak, V., & Lee, B. K. (2024). Prevalence of preexisting cardiac disease in cases of sudden cardiac death after energy drink consumption. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 72(1), NP38–NP735. https://doi.org/10.1177/10815589231218540
  • Isabella Keeney: ARC-MD Class of 2026
    • Isabella published a first-author paper: Robles I, Eidsness MA, Travis KE, Feldman HM, Dubner SE. Effects of postnatal glucocorticoids on brain structure in preterm infants, a scoping review. Neurosci Biobehav Rev. 2023 Feb;145:105034. doi: 10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105034. Epub 2023 Jan 3. PMID: 36608916; PMCID: PMC9898165. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36608916/
  • Araiye Medlock: ARC-MD Class of 2025
    • Araiye published a first-author paper: Medlock A, Cooke DT. Removing Structural Racism in Pulmonary Function Testing-Why Nothing Is Ever Easy. JAMA Surg. 2023 Oct 1;158(10):1069. doi: 10.1001/jamasurg.2023.3475. PMID: 37585194. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37585194/
  • Jose Torres-Gonzalez: ARC-MD Class of 2028
    • Jose presented a poster titled "Improving a Community-Based Immigration Medical Exam (IME) Clinic for I-693 Form" at the 2025 Unified California Community Health Conference at UC San Diego on March 29th and earned the 3rd place poster award! 
  • Jade Tso: ARC-MD Class of 2025
    • Jade was awarded the Sacramento Medical Society Scholarship in 2023.  Jade has won the Chinese American Physicians Society and received the American Medical Women's Association (AMWA) Anne C. Carter Global Health Fellowship Award. Read the newsletter here. Read the School of Medicine's article acknowledging Jade here. Congratulations, Jade!
    • Jade also won the 2024 Paul Farmer Global Surgery Research Collaborator at Harvard Medical School Program in Global Surgery and Social Change.
    • Congratulations to Jade Tso for her published manuscript "Feasibility of a Symptomatic Screening Program for Early Detection of Gastric Cancer in Roatán, Honduras", which has been published by JCO Global Oncology. It can be accessed here.
  • Ijeoma Uche: ARC-MD Class of 2027.
    • Ijeoma was awarded a NIH Diversity Supplement during her first year in ARC-MD. She is mentored by Susan Brown, M.D.. Ijeoma was also selected as one of the National Minority Quality Forum's 40 Under 40 Leaders in Minority Health for 2024! This prestigious recognition by the NMQF, the nation's largest minority healthcare research, education, and advocacy organization, underscores Ijeoma's passion and dedication to amplifying community voices to reduce perinatal health disparities and to improve outcomes for BIPOC communities while innovatively leveraging technology and digital health solutions. Additionally, Ijeoma and her team were awarded the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Telehealth Equity Catalyst Award for their proposal, “Reducing Postpartum Disparities for Black Birthing People through Telehealth.” 
  • Shervin Zoghi: ARC-MD Class of 2025
    • Zoghi S. Advancements in Tissue Engineering: A Review of Bioprinting Techniques, Scaffolds, and Bioinks. Biomed Eng Comput Biol. 2024 Oct 1;15:11795972241288099. doi: 10.1177/11795972241288099. PMID: 39364141; PMCID: PMC11447703. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39364141/
    • Zoghi S, Mingels C, Badawi RD, Spencer BA, Yarbrough TL, Nardo L, Chaudhari AJ. Role of Total Body PET/CT in Inflammatory Disorders. Semin Nucl Med. 2025 Jan;55(1):41-51. doi: 10.1053/j.semnuclmed.2024.11.001. Epub 2024 Nov 21. PMID: 39578110; PMCID: PMC11645246. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39578110/