Contact: Richard P. Gulla
781-434-7101
rgulla@mms.org
Boston, Mass. – April 27 -- The Massachusetts Medical Society has selected 16 fourth-year medical school students as Massachusetts Medical Society Scholars for 2016. Each will receive $10,000.
Applicants were selected by their respective Massachusetts medical schools as meeting MMS award criteria that includes academic achievement, community service, and financial need. Four MMS Selection Committees — comprised of MMS officers, members of MMS education committees, representatives of the MMS student section, and Continuing Education & Certification staff — took into consideration each student’s Statement of Purpose, references, and interview.
Since the inception of the MMS Scholars Program in 1993, nearly $2 million have been granted to 192 students from Massachusetts medical schools.
The 2016 honorees:
Boston University School of Medicine
Justin Slade
B.S., Chemistry, magna cum laude, Boston College
Leslie Maness
B.A., summa cum laude, Molecular and Cellular Biology and Spanish, Vanderbilt University
Molly Zielenbach
B.A., English, With Distinction, Yale University
Brandyn Castro
B.A., Neuroscience, B.S., Business Administration, University of Southern California
Harvard Medical School
Cary Crall
B.S., magna cum laude, Neuroscience. Brigham Young University
Fallon Chipidza
B.A., magna cum laude, Biochemistry and Economics, Hamilton College
Amy O’Brien
Sc.B, With Honors in Biology, Brown University
Aakash Shah
B.S., Biology, B.S., Neuroscience, B.A., Inequality Studies, Ursinus College; M.Sc., Comparative Social Policy, Oxford University; M.B.A., Oxford University
Tufts University School of Medicine
Marc D. Kimball
B.A., cum laude, Classics and Playwriting, Ohio Wesleyan University; Diploma in Health Studies, Harvard University Extension School
Kaitlin Ostrander
B.S., summa cum laude, Health Science, Northeastern University
Nathaniel Simmons
B.S., Biology, Pennsylvania State University
Jessica St. Laurent
B.A., magna cum laude, Biochemistry, Saint Anselm College
University of Massachusetts Medical School
Kathryn Bailey
B.A., Anthropology, Princeton University
Rebecca Lumsden
B.S., Anthropology and Human Biology, Emory University
Racquel Wells
B.S., Chemistry and Women’s Studies, Boston College; University of Massachusetts Boston, Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Certificate Program; M.A., Medical Sciences, Boston University School of Medicine
Waldo Anthony Zamor
A.S., Health Sciences, Fisher College; B.S., cum laude, Behavioral Neuroscience, Northeastern University
The Massachusetts Medical Society, with some 25,000 physicians and student members, is dedicated to educating and advocating for the patients and physicians of Massachusetts. The Society, under the auspices of NEJM Group, publishes the New England Journal of Medicine, a leading global medical journal and web site, and Journal Watch alerts and newsletters covering 13 specialties. The Society is also a leader in continuing medical education providing accredited and certified activities across the globe for physicians and other health care professionals. Founded in 1781, MMS is the oldest continuously operating medical society in the country. For more information please visit www.massmed.org, www.nejm.org, or www.jwatch.org.
