ARC-MD Student Achievements

Ferheen Abbasi, ARC-MD Class of 2025, Congratulations on the acceptance of your article for publication in Andrology! Read the full article PDCL2 is essential for sperm acrosome formation and male fertility in mice.

Noreen Mansuri, ARC-MD Class of 2024, won 1st place for her poster presentation "Medical Improv: Closing the Clinical Skills Training Gaps During the COVID-19 Pandemic," at the American College of Physicians (ACP) Northern California Chapter's Residents and Medical Students Abstract Competition at Stanford. Congratulations!

Vista Farkhondeh, ARC-MD Class of 2025, received the 2022 California Medical Scholarship, sponsored by Dr. Alfonso Paredes. Vista was also accepted into the Research Education Component (REC) Scholars Program at the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center (ADRC), led by Dr. Oanh Meyer. Congratulations, Vista! 

Vista, has also received the Ajay Sampat, MD 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, Dr. Ajay Sampat, and to instill his passion and dedication as a medical educator for generations to come. Congratulations, Vista!

Jonathan Mo, ARC-MD Class of 2026, received the 2022 California Medical Scholarship, sponsored by Dr. Alfonso Paredes. Congratulations!   

Jade Tso, ARC-MD Class of 2025, was awarded the Sacramento Medical Society Scholarship in 2023.  Jade have 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!

Nithya Sivakumar, ARC-MD Class of 2024, accepted for a poster presentation at the Pediatric Academic Societies. Abstract title: Neonatal Resuscitation with Laryngeal Mask Airway (LMA) versus Neonatal Facemask among Unskilled Providers. Congratulations!

Brian Howard, ARC-MD Class of 2025 student publishes paper with ARC-MD program director on the integration of palliative care with disease directed therapy. Read the full paper here. Congratulations!

Samantha Wong, ARC-MD Class of 2023, was awarded the Chinese American Physicians Society 2022-2023 scholarship. She was named a winner in the prestigious 2020 Lasker Essay Contest, a global writing contest. You can read more about this award here. Samantha's essay about Dr. Anthony Fauci earned her a feature in the UC Davis Health News. You can find the news story here. Samantha was also awarded the Daniel T. O'Connor, M.D., Memorial Research Grant. Read the UC Davis Health Insider article here. Congratulations!

Gabriel Marquez-Arreguin, ARC-MD Class of 2027, has been selected by the American Society of Hematology (ASH) to receive the 2024 Hematology Opportunities for the Next Generation of Research Scientists (HONORS) Award as one of 33 medical students and residents.

The ASH HONORS Award aims to support talented medical students and residents who are interested in hematology but have not yet entered a hematology-related training program. Recipients receive $5,000 to conduct hematology research projects. Each HONORS participant will have an ASH research mentor who will assist and oversee the awardee’s work and progress.  Congratulations, Gabriel.