College of Medicine and Life Sciences

UTCOMLS Ambassador Program

College of Medicine and Life Sciences logoThe UTCOMLS Ambassador Program works with the Office of Admissions and the Dean’s Office to bridge the gap between current UTCOMLS students and prospective medical and graduate students. Based upon four pillars of ambassadorship, mentorship, education, and diversity & inclusion, the Ambassadors coordinate the following events on our Health Science Campus..

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UTCOMLS Ambassadors

Sections: Executive Board Members | Medical StudentsGraduate Students | Ambassador Alumni

Executive Board Members 
Mary Grace Hamlin

Mary Grace Hamlin

Dublin, OH

University of Notre Dame

Chemical Engineering

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Priyanka Pulvender

Priyanka Pulvender

Troy, MI

The University of Toledo

Bioengineering

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Farzana Qurban Ali

Farzana Qurban Ali

Toledo, OH

University of Toledo 

Biology

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Karan Kamath

Karan Kamath

West Bloomfield, MI

University of Michigan

Biology, Health, and Society

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Olivia Thomas

Olivia Thomas

Whitehouse, OH

Case Western Reserve University

Nutritional Biochemistry & Metabolism

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Colton Smock

Colton Smock

New Lexington, OH

Ohio University 

Biological Sciences & Psychology

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Abhishay Subramanian

Abhishay Subramanian

Cincinnati, OH

University of Cincinnati

Medical Sciences

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Abirami Subbiah

Abirami Subbiah

Troy, MI

The University of Toledo

Biology

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Anika Banerjee

Anika Banerjee

Holbrook, NY

Georgia Institute of Technology

Biomedical Engineering

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Medical Students

Anushri Menon

Cincinnati, OH
The Ohio State University
Neuroscience 
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Audrey Phillips

Chelsea, MI
University of Toledo
Biology 
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Bo Devries

Syracuse, UT
Utah State University
Philosophy
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Jacob Chinthagada

Scottsdale, AZ
University of Toledo
Biology 
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Dakota Cecil

Sylvania, OH
University of Toledo
Biology
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Drew Hoffman

Toledo, OH
Vanderbilt University
Neuroscience
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Esha Kashaboina

Naperville, IL
University of Toledo
Biology
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Eshita Kashaboina

Naperville, IL
University of Toledo
Biology
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Evan Benson

Columbus, OH
University of Dayton
Pre-Medicine
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Faith Zhang

Bowling Green, OH
University of Toledo
Biology
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Holly Heck

Findlay, OH
University of Toledo
Biology
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Joseph Henen

Lorain, OH
University of Toledo
Biology
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Karen Chu

Cleveland, OH
John Carroll University
Neuroscience
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Khalil El Dairi

Livonia, MI
Wayne State Unviersity
Biomedical Engineering (MS)
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Khalil Karim

Dearborn, MI
Wayne State University
Physics
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Mak Guenther

Toledo, OH
University of Michigan
Biopsychology, Cognition, & Neuroscience
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Nicole Cheng

Middletown, NY
Virginia Commonwealth University
Biology
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Richard Phan

Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University
Health Sciences
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Rohan Desarapu

Beavercreek, OH
University of Cincinnati
Medical Sciences
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Samhita Nair

Memphis,TN
Christian Brothers University
Biology
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Sandra El Dairi

Livonia, MI
Wayne State University
Biochemistry
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Sarah Atallah

Toledo, OH
University of Toledo
Biology
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Shane Donaghy

Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University
Religion
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Sofia Boiajian

Los Angeles, CA
University of California, Los Angeles
Psychology
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Tarak Davuluri

Merced, CA
University of Toledo
Biology
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Vivek Aslot

Westlake, OH
Case Western Reserve University
Chemical Engineering, Religious Studies
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Zumair Hayath

Mason, OH
University of Cincinnati
Health Sciences
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Graduate Students

Amuche Ogbonnaya Oji

Toledo, OH
University of Calabar, Nigeria
Medical Physiology
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Benjamin Theis

Toledo, OH
University of Notre Dame
Biological Sciences
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Brittany Stone

Cleveland, OH
Chapman University
Health Sciences & Psychology
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Juvet Ebai

Silver Spring, MD
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Biological Sciences
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Kayla Gray

Toledo, OH
University of Toledo
Communication
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Ramla Fiqi

Dublin, OH
The Ohio State University
Biology
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Sana Siddiqui

Cleveland, OH
John Carroll University
Psychology
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Tatum Pullins

London, OH
University of Toledo
Exercise Science
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Ambassador Alumni

Class of 2027
  • Katie Balthaser
  • Katie Beier
  • Patricia Blazevic
  • Sharvari Brahme
  • Mikaila Carpenter
  • Michelle Cherian
  • Thomas Cho
  • Aya Dakroub
  • Sonali Doshi
  • Angelina Furyes
  • Jacob Gerken
  • Michael Lee Glaze
  • Sejal Gunaratnam
  • Nicholas Huss
  • Kiara Jeffrey
  • Fatima Khan
  • Caroline Kimberly
  • Madison Leffler
  • Avery Lewis
  • Kunal Matharu
  • Rain Miller
  • Nadin Mohamed
  • Avery Napier
  • Jared Oenick 
  • Gayathri Plakkot
  • Angela Rooks
  • Rhea Sharma
  • Tara Tekkey
  • Ashish Yalavarthi
  • Youngmin Yu
Class of 2026
  • Noor Abdulhameed
  • Fatimah Aftab
  • Sarah Bon
  • Camryn Buskey
  • Jacob Chinthaga
  • Katie Cole
  • Sydnie Davis
  • Sweta Desai
  • Dom DiGiacomo
  • Andrew Fickert
  • Patrick Gorman
  • Safa Habib
  • Merrick Harris
  • Alex Hasselbach
  • Jasmine Jones
  • Angie Kamel
  • Bhavneep Kaur
  • Ben Klein
  • Gabby Lapurga
  • Jon Le
  • Charlotte Lennox
  • Ajay Nair
  • Yusuf Nawras
  • Deborah Opeke
  • Paola Pedraza Cruz
  • Anish Sharma
  • Samuel Simpson
  • Vincent Smith
  • Hannah Starbuck
  • Rohun Vangal
  • Kristina White
  • Tatiana White
Class of 2025
  • Zialesi (Win) Adissem                                  
  • Chelsie Baylor
  • Martina Blazevic
  • Kiran Boyinepally
  • Kevin Brown
  • Jennida (Nikki) Chan
  • Kyle Cotner
  • Kanya Dayananth
  • Kaylee Frederickson  
  • Alisa Gega
  • Samuel (Sam) Halterman
  • Grace Hamilton
  • Jacob (Jake) Hasselbach
  • Brett Hoffman
  • Kyla Johnson
  • Gabriel (Gabe) Kleer
  • Amulya Marellapudi
  • Lauren Rager
  • Meghana Ranabothu
  • Brennon Richard
  • Marlo Robinson
  • Jennifer (Jenn) Russell
  • Kathryn (Katy) Schubauer
  • Vanessa Shannon
  • Taylor Spurgeon-Hess
  • Madison (Madi) Stolly
  • Noelle Thompson
  • Ashima Thusu
Class of 2024
  • Ganiru Anunike
  • Vaishnavi Aradhyula
  • Tonya Armes
  • Rebecca Asher
  • Audrey Ballard
  • Titas Bera
  • Abel Castillo
  • Kaitlin Conner
  • Catalin Dragomirescu
  • Mirlinda Elmazi
  • Madison Feeley
  • Allison Grim
  • Sean Halloran
  • Prajwal Hegde
  • Chris Huffman
  • Jordan Jones
  • Alexander (AJ) Luna
  • Travis Lysaght
  • Henna Patel
  • Kashvi Patel
  • Montserrat Quintana
  • Brandon Sharkey
  • Victoria Soewarna
  • Paige Spata
  • Jessica Williams
Class of 2023
  • Austin Ezzone
  • Barat Venkataramany
  • Camille Bratton
  • Celeste Bergman
  • Chase Sawyer
  • Chrysan Mohammed
  • Conner Lombardi
  • Diksha Bedi
  • Emma Whitely
  • Erin Koffman
  • Iman Tassavvor
  • Jass Kaur
  • Lena Faisel
  • Maddie Gerdes
  • Makenna Salsbury
  • Malik Mays
  • Marilee Clunk
  • Mark Lewandowski
  • Megan Gothard
  • Melinda Nguyen
  • Meridith DeLuca
  • Mitchell Salke
  • Scott Gayfield
  • Shaunak Roy
  • Silvi Bajrami

Class of 2022
  • Jessica Allman
  • Danielle Barnes
  • Andrew Bayes
  • Sarah Benson
  • Connaught Blood
  • Aleena Brown
  • Jenny Chen
  • Stephen Curtis
  • Alexandra Ford
  • Basheer Kayali
  • Cody Klinker
  • Sean Mack
  • Nolan Mitchell
  • Steven Mitchell
  • Olivia Noe
  • Jerred Pletcher
  • Nithya Raya
  • Shailen Shah
  • Morgan Starkey
  • Ryan Stenquist
Class of 2021
  • Alex Altman
  • Rajit Banerjee
  • Nicholas Mitchell
  • Jack Sample
  • Arvind Senthilkumar

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Last Updated: 6/4/25