Meet Our Students
Every MD student chooses their unique path. Learn about the work these students are doing at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine.
Zhanlin Chen
Zhanlin Chen has been awarded the 2023 Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a prestigious scholarship granted to immigrants or children of immigrants.
Precious Akanyirige
Precious Akanyirige, a student in the MD/MPH degree program, has been awarded the 2023 Excellence in Public Health Award, given by the U.S. Public Health Service.
Samuel Reyes
California native Samuel Reyes is currently a medical student at Feinberg, but moving to the Midwest for medical school hadn’t been his plan.
Chorine Adewale
Chorine Adewale says she has long been interested in social determinants of health.
Sam Blizzard
After attending the University of Cincinnati for undergraduate studies, Sam Blizzard set his sights on Feinberg, hoping to use his skills to improve healthcare at the community and global levels.
Madeline Owen
While growing up, Madeline Owen remembers visiting Chicago frequently for Irish dance competitions and deep-dish pizza. Little did she know that one day she would call Chicago home to pursue her medical education career.
Sunny Abdelmageed
Sunny Abdelmageed has always been interested in the brain and has conducted research related to neurosurgery and pediatrics.
Jonathan Huang
Jonathan Huang has been fascinated with machine learning (ML) since he was an undergraduate at Brown University.
Cheryl Mensah
Originally from Virginia, Mensah graduated from Washington University in St. Louis with a major in biology.
Rohan Chalasani
Rohan recently won the Mack Lipkin, Sr. Award from the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) at the society’s annual meeting.