Outreach coordinators

Looking for help or advice establishing a UAEM chapter at your university, or carrying out your campaign? Contact one of our chapter outreach coordinators:

	Taylor Gilliland (USA): cgilliland[at]ucsd[dot]edu Taylor is a graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. Program at the University of California San Diego and a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He served as the National Grassroots Outreach Coordinator on the Steering Committee of the Student Global AIDS Campaign (SGAC) while attending the University of Florida and is a leader of the UAEM chapter at UCSD.
	Gloria Tavera (USA): gloria.tavera[at]gmail[dot]com Gloria is currently conducting research as a Fulbright Scholar at the National Institute of Public Health, in Cuernavaca, Mexico. Her research seeks to further characterize the pathology of dengue hemorrhagic fever. In 2009, she graduated from the University of Florida with degrees in neurobiology, political science and public health. She co-founded a chapter of UAEM at the University of Florida and has been a member of the Coordinating Committee since 2006. This year, she looks forward to empowering UAEM chapters to accomplish their goals!
	Kevin Hooi (Canada): kevin.hooi[at]gmail[dot]com Kevin is a recent graduate of the University of British Columbia (UBC), holding an Arts degree in Political Science. But after working for Médecins sans Frontières – Doctors Without Borders (MSF) in 2008, he realized that he wanted to spend the rest of his life serving the greatest in need as a physician and hastily returned to the classroom to start his pre-medical requisites. He is also a working group member of the Neglected Global Diseases Initiative (NGDI) at UBC, devoted to producing effective, affordable therapeutics for neglected diseases. Inspired by his fellow UAEM peers for the past two years at UBC, Kevin felt he was ready to confront the larger challenges in delivering medicines and joined the CC this year. However, not entirely abandoning his artistic upbringing for the technical sciences, Kevin remains an avid jazz pianist and aspiring fashion photographer—that is, when he is not writing and dreaming about reforming compulsory licensing laws in Canada.
	Emma Preston (Europe): emma[at]emmapreston[dot]ca Emma is currently working on her PhD at Oxford University, as a Rhodes Scholar. She got her start with UAEM during her Bachelor's degree in Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia, in Vancouver, Canada. Having honed her advocacy skills over many years in the colonies, she now aims to conquer the motherland—but she needs your help! Are you up to the challenge?
	Pratik Chhetri (International): chhet1p[at]cmich[dot]edu A Nepali national, I, Pratik Chhetri, was born and raised in Kathmandu, Nepal. I entered the United States to pursue Bachelors in Science(B.S.) degree at Central Michigan University in 2007, and currently am a junior triple majoring in Biomedical Sciences, Biochemistry and Mathematics. In future, I plan to join an MD/PhD (Doctor of Medicine/ Doctor of Philosophy) degree in a reputable school to be a medical scientist and plan to work in clinical research fields. Also, I want to contribute significantly in improving the global health conditions, especially in developing countries. Currently, I am the International Chapter Outreach Coordinator of UAEM-CC and particularly, in charge of guiding existing chapters and helping to start new chapters in developing countries. Recently, I helped Nepal and Nigeria start a UAEM chapter and am in talks with students from other countries including Bangladesh, in possibility of starting a chapter there. In future, I plan to apply for grants to help improve these chapters to function efficiently in UAEM’s mission of alleviating the global health conditions.