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:

USA
	Taylor Gilliland — 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 — 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!
Canada
	Andrew Gray — apgray[at]gmail[dot]com Andrew is a first-year medical resident in public health at McGill University. He chaired the UBC chapter for two years (2007-2009), and established UAEM's first Canadian Chapter Collaborating Project (CCCP) after the 2008 conference. Then he got lost in hospitals for a while. But now he's back! He dreams of transforming the systems of the world through a career in global public health (specifics to be determined), and in the meantime loves to spread the UAEM idea across the land, and connect Canadian keeners with the resources they need to transform their universities. His Erdős number is 4. He loves beaches, beer, yoga, and (most of all) his bicycle. Hey: in addition to working locally, Andrew would be delighted if you joined the Canadian group! Let's work together and help each other out!
Europe
	Sadie Regmi — sadie[dot]regmi[at]gmail[dot]com Sadie Regmi is studying for a degree in medicine at the University of Manchester, and having completed an intercalated BSc in Neuroscience in June 2011, she will soon be starting her clinical studies. She works as a research assistant at the Institute for Science, Ethics and Innovation (chaired by Nobel laureate and member of UAEM advisory board, John Sulston). She was previously the IFMSA-UK (Medsin) representative of UAEM-UK, and through presentations at the biannual student conferences has helped to start up chapters at various UK universities. Having just completed a project on the economics of innovation, she is interested in the economic and policy research aspects of UAEM and as a national coordinator of UAEM-UK, hopes to increase the research base of and involvement of academics in UAEM-UK.
	Harriet Gliddon — harrietgliddon[at]googlemail[dot]com Harriet will complete her Biochemistry degree at Imperial College London in July 2011 and will then start a PhD in Biomedical Research sponsored by the Medical Research Council. Her main interests are the infectious diseases, particularly neglected tropical diseases as a result of various collaborations with the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative at Imperial. She is also a Global Health Editor of Imperial's international affairs journal, A Global Village. As a national coordinator for UAEM UK, Harriet hopes to provide support and guidance to new and existing chapters within and beyond the UK by building on our success so far and facilitating dialogue between students and policy makers.
International
	Pratik Chhetri — 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.
	Karolina Maciag — maciag[at]post[dot]harvard[dot]edu Karolina is a fifth-year MD/PhD Candidate at Harvard Medical School/MIT-HST and a native of Poland. She graduated from Harvard College with a degree in Biochemical Sciences in 2004 with a research focus on computational biology. She currently studies innate immunity to intracellular bacteria in the Department of Immunology. As a Radcliffe Volunteer Fellow, she has spent six months working with local health promoters and medical teams in indigenous Guatemalan villages. Karolina is a leader in the Harvard and MIT chapters of UAEM. As a CC member, she is particularly looking forward to working together with UAEM's newest international chapters.