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 
Sydnie Davis

Sydnie Davis

Sylvania, OH
University of Pittsburgh
Biology, Chemistry 

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Alex Hasselbach

Alex Hasselbach

Sylvania, OH
Ohio State University
Biomedical Engineering 

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Sarah Bon

Sarah Bon

Sagamore Hills, OH
Ohio State University
Biology 

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Katie Cole

Katie Cole

Toledo, OH
University of Notre Dame
Science Pre Professional

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Dominique DiGiacomo

Dominique DiGiacomo

Youngstown, OH
Ohio State University
Biology 

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Safa Habib 

Safa Habib 

Naperville, IL
University of Illinois at Chicago
Integrated Health Studies

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Jasmine Jones

Jasmine Jones

Ypsilanti, MI
University of Michigan- AA
Biopsychology, Cognition, and Neuroscience  

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Hannah Starbuck

Hannah Starbuck

Amherst, OH
The Ohio State University
Neuroscience 

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Angie Kamel 

Angie Kamel 

Sylvania, OH
University of Toledo
Exercise Science 

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Yusuf Nawras

Yusuf Nawras

Toledo, OH
University of Toledo
Biology 

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Ajay Nair

Ajay Nair

Brunswick, NJ
Rutgers University New Brunswick
Cell Biology and Neuroscience 

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Nadin Mohamed

Nadin Mohamed

Toledo, OH
University of Toledo
Biology with neuroscience concentration 

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Medical Students

 

Bhavneep Kaur

Greenville, OH
The Ohio State University
 Public Health 

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Kristina White

 Xenia, OH
University of Cincinnati
Medical Sciences 

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Vincent Smith

Westerville, OH
Miami University (OH)
Kinesiology and Premedical Studies

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Charlotte Lennox

Columbus, OH
Vanderbilt University  
Medicine, Health, and Society  

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Sam Simpson

Blissfield, MI
University of Toledo
Biochemistry

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Jon Le 

Houston, TX
Texas A&M University
Kinesiology 

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Tatiana White

Windermere, FL
University of Florida
Health Science

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Gabby Lapurga

Chillicothe, OH
The Ohio State University
 Psychology

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Noor Abdulhameed

Seattle, WA
University of Washington
Biology 

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Fatimah Aftab

Toledo, OH
University of Toledo
Biological Sciences

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Patrick Gorman

Toledo, OH
University of Notre Dame
Biology 

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Anish Sharma

Franklin Park, NJ
University of Cincinnati
Medical Sciences (B.S.) 

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Paola Pedraza

Puerto Rico
University of South Florida
Biomedical Sciences 

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Sweta Desai

Simi Valley, CA
University of California, San Diego 
Biochemistry and Cell Biology

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Ben Kline

Toledo, OH
 Miami University (OH)
Biology and Neuroscience  

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Rohun Vangal

Columbus, OH
The Ohio State University
Neuroscience

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Merrick Harris 

Huntington, WV
Marshall University
Biology 

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Camryn Buskey

Waterville, OH
University of Dayton
Pre-Medicine 

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Jacob Chinthagada

Scottsdale, AZ
University of Toledo
Biology 

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Deborah Opeke 

Nashville, TN
Vanderbilt University
Medicine, Health and Society

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Andrew Fickert

Middle Point, OH
University of Northern Colorado
Biology : Pre-Medical  

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Graduate Students

Sharvari Brahme

Perrysburg, OH
Toledo
Biology 

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Ambassador Alumni

Class of 2025
  • Zialesi (Win) Adissem                                    
  • Chelsie Baylor
  • Martina Blazevic
  • Kiran Boyinepally
  • Kevin Brown
  • Jennida (Nikki) Chan
  • Kyle Cotner
  • Hunter Eby
  • 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
  • Ambika Sood
  • Taylor Spurgeon-Hess
  • Madison (Madi) Stolly
  • 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: 3/4/24