UAEM Student Leaders Recognition
At every level UAEM programs are successful to the extent they tap the creativity, talent, wisdom and skills of its student leaders and members.
This year UAEM recognizes three UAEM student leaders whose efforts have shone as they have given their time, energy and talents to ensure global access to essential medicines. These individuals, Taylor Gilliland, Gloria Tavera and Karolina Maciag, have made significant contributions to UAEM during the last 2 years. They have shown outstanding leadership on core UAEM issues and campaigns. They have contributed in advancing UAEM chapter activities on their campus and other campuses, worked in engaging other students in UAEM and developing them into leaders, and significantly contributed to UAEM's innovative thinking on access to medicines policy and advocacy. We congratulate them for being nominated by their peers and thank them for their invaluable contributions and service to UAEM.
Taylor Gilliland
Taylor is a fourth year graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at the University of California San Diego and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He is now in his third year as a member of the UAEM Coordinating Committee as part of the Chapter Outreach and Empowerment teams as well as head of the UAEM chapter at UCSD. He formerly served as the Grassroots Outreach Coordinator for the Steering Committee of the Student Global AIDS Campaign while at the University of Florida.
Taylor is a fourth year graduate student in the Biomedical Sciences Ph.D. program at the University of California San Diego and was a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellow. He is now in his third year as a member of the UAEM Coordinating Committee as part of the Chapter Outreach and Empowerment teams as well as head of the UAEM chapter at UCSD. He formerly served as the Grassroots Outreach Coordinator for the Steering Committee of the Student Global AIDS Campaign while at the University of Florida.
Gloria Tavera
Gloria is enrolled in the Case Western Reserve University MD/PhD program. She is currently in the medical school phase of the program, but holds research interests in genetics and immunology, particularly in malaria. She graduated from the University of Florida in 2009 with degrees in neurobiology, political science and a minor in public health. She co-founded a chapter of UAEM at the University of Florida and is currently fostering the chapter at Case Western. Gloria is a proud past-member of the UAEM Coordinating Committee, where she worked primarily on UAEM empowerment and neglected disease projects during her 5-years tenure.
Karolina Maciag
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. Karolina is a proud member of the international outreach UAEM Coordinating Committee.
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