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WHMC 2025-2026 Core Committee

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  • Cherise Glodowski, PhD, MPhil

    Co-Chair/Co-Founder, Scholarly Concentration Co-Lead

    MD Student | School of Medicine

    Email: cherise_glodowski@med.unc.edu
  • Sean Connelly

    Co-Chair, Scholarly Concentration Co-Lead

    MD-PhD Student | Medical Scientist Training Program

    Email: sean_connelly@med.unc.edu
  • Lizzy Thomas

    Co-Chair, Hot Topic Seminar Series Lead

    MD-PhD Student | Medical Scientist Training Program

    Email: elizyork@email.unc.edu
  • Kylie Hutchison

    Vice Chair, Graduate Training Program Team Lead, Community Engagement Co-Lead

    PhD Student | Biological & Biomedical Sciences Program | School of Medicine

    Email: kyliee@email.unc.edu
  • Clare Stull

    Treasurer, Fundraising Team Lead

    MD Student | School of Medicine

    Email: clare_stull@med.unc.edu
  • Kate Aberman

    Community Engagement Co-Lead

    Medical Student | School of Medicine

    Email: kate_aberman@med.unc.edu
  • Sneha Adayapalam

    Community Engagement

    Undergraduate Student | College of Arts and Sciences | Biology/Sociology

    Email: snehaa@unc.edu
  • Amy Amuquandoh, MD, MPH

    Hot Topic Seminar, Founding WHMC Vice Chair and Acting Co-Chair (2022-2023)

    Preventative Medicine Residency Program

    Email: amy_amuquandoh@med.unc.edu
  • Kavya Balasubramanian

    Graduate Training Program

    PhD Student | Biological & Biomedical Sciences Program | School of Medicine

    Email: kavyab@unc.edu
  • Chase Binion

    Scholarly Concentration Co-Lead, Faculty Liaison

    MD-PhD Student | UNC School of Medicine/UVA Biomedical Engineering

    Email: christopher_binion@med.unc.edu
  • Ella Brose

    Community Engagement

    MPH Student | UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

    Email: esbrose@unc.edu
  • Kayla Bruce

    Hot Topic Seminar

    MD-PhD Student | UNC School of Medicine and School of Public Health | Epidemiology Department

    Email: Kayla_bruce@med.unc.edu
  • Madison Calvert

    Communication

    MD-PhD Student | Medical Scientist Training Program

    Email: madison_calvert@med.unc.edu
  • Katie Characklis

    Community Engagement, Hot Topic Seminar

    MD Student | UNC School of Medicine

    Email: kcharack@live.unc.edu
  • Mia Damare

    Journal Club

    MA Student, Exercise Physiology

    Email: damarem@live.unc.edu
  • Maggie DeMonia

    Journal Club Co-Lead

    PhD student | Department of Pathobiology and Translational Science

    Email: mdemonia@ad.unc.edu
  • Siri Dommata

    Hot Topic Seminar

    Undergraduate Student | Department of Psychology and Neuroscience

    Email: sdommata@unc.edu
  • Raeanne Geffert

    Graduate Training Program, Communication

    PhD Student | Eshelman School of Pharmacy | Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics

    Email: geffert@unc.edu
  • Jessica Gingles

    Scholarly Concentration Program

    MD Student | UNC School of Medicine

    Email: jessica_gingles@med.unc.edu
  • Suchetana Kona

    Journal Club

    Undergraduate Student

    Email: Konas@unc.edu
  • Emily Kounlavong

    Graduate Training Program

    MD-PhD Student | Medical Scientist Training Program

    Email: emily_kounlavong@med.unc.edu
  • Colleen Lake

    Hot Topic Seminar

    Undergraduate Biochemistry Student | College of Arts and Sciences

    Email: calake@unc.edu
  • Sofia Malave

    Journal Club Co-Lead, Faculty Liaison

    Postbac IRTA Fellow | NIH/NIEHS

    Email: sofia.malave-ortiz@nih.gov
  • Cordelia Muir

    Scholarly Concentration Program

    MD Student | UNC School of Medicine

    Email: cordelia_muir@med.unc.edu
  • Linnea Olsson

    Graduate Training Program, Post-doc Representative, Founding Member

    Email: lolsson@live.unc.edu
  • Sara Pacini

    Community Engagement, Fundraising

    PhD student | Biological & Biomedical Sciences Program Pharmacology Department | School of Medicine

    Email: spacini@unc.edu
  • Emily Perou

    Community Engagement

    MD Student | School of Medicine

    Email: emilyjp@ad.unc.edu
  • Sarah Rebbeor

    Community Engagement Co-Lead

    Medical Student | School of Medicine

    Email: srebbeor@email.unc.edu
  • Celeste Robles

    Graduate Training Program

    2nd year PhD Student | Microbiology & Immunology

    Email: crrobles@email.unc.edu
  • Elizabeth Sajan

    Fundraising

    Undergraduate Student | College of Arts and Sciences

    Email: esajan@unc.edu
  • Mehnaz Shafquat

    Community Engagement, Hot Topic Seminar

    MD Student | UNC School of Medicine

    Email: mehnaz.shafquat@med.unc.edu
  • Sophia Shwartz

    Scholarly Concentration Program Team

    MD Student, MS2 | UNC School of Medicine

    Email: sophia_shwartz@med.unc.edu
  • Sanjita Suryadevara

    Journal Club

    Undergraduate Student | Pre-Health Policy Management and Biology

    Email: ssuryad@ad.unc.edu
  • Isurika Weerasinghe

    Hot Topic Seminar

    PhD Candidate | Genetics and Molecular Biology Program | School of Medicine

    Email: iweerasinghe@unc.edu
  • Amelia Wiegmann

    Scholarly Concentration Co-Lead

    Medical Student | School of Medicine

    Email: amelia_wiegmann@med.unc.edu