Major: Business
Year: Fourth-Year
Hometown: San Bernardino, CA

Major: Business Administration
Year: Second Year
Hometown: Yucca Valley, CA

Major: Psychology/ Pre-Occupational Therapy
Year: Fourth Year
Hometown: Apple Valley, CA

Major: Biology
Year: Second Year
Hometown: Huntington Beach, CA

Alejandro Quinones, 4th Year, Biology

Contact:  aquin015@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current Riverside Free Clinic Stress Relief Committee Officer

Current Young at Heart President

Current San Bernardino Free Clinic Patient Advocate Team Volunteer

Current research with Dr. Rasmussen’s

Current Mentorship Coordinator at Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA)+

Current Chicano Link Peer Mentor

Former Dynamic Genome Undergraduate Lab Assistant 

Former SALSA RISE Summer Research Program

Former USDA Summer Research Service Internship

Former HHMI EXROP Fellowship at Harvard Medical School

Former Ballet Folklorico de UCR member

Former Mini Medical School, Stroke Awareness Committee Member

Former FastStart Program 2015

Angela Olivares, 3rd year, Biochemistry 

Contact: aoliv017@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current Resident Advisor for Stonewall LLC, Pentland Hills

Current Community Outreach Educator, LGBT Resource Center

Current Safe Schools Desert Cities Volunteer

Current University Honors Program

Current Mini Medical School HIV/AIDS Awareness Member

Former Future Physician Leader, Summer 2018

Former Resident Advisor for Honors LLC, Pentland Hills

Annie Wu, 4th year, Biology

Contact: ywu046@ucr.edu

Pre-PA

Current Physician Assistants of Tomorrow, President

Current CNAS Science Ambassador

Current San Bernardino Free Clinic, Administration Team

Former Physician Assistants of Tomorrow, External Relations

Former COPE Health Scholar

Former Dynamic Genome Outreach Group, Public Relations

Former Dynamic Genome Outreach Group, Secretary

Former RISE Summer Research Program

Former Dr. Gerry Lab- Veterinary Entomology Research

Anser Qazi, 4th Year, Biochemistry

Contact: aqazi002@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current shadowing at Riverside Cardiology Associates

Former Health Scholar at RCH

Former shadowing at RUHS

Current Undergraduate Researcher- Harman Lab

Current University Honors Member

Current President and Co-founder of KA-ra Bridge Initiative

Former Prime Time Tutor- RUSD

Current MMS Member-Nutrition 

Current Pizza Delivery Boy (Pizza Hut)

Future Physician Leaders-Summer 2017

CNAS RISE Program- Summer 2016 

Student MiniGrant- Winter/Spring 2018

Undergraduate Research Symposium 

Engage Riverside Program-Spring 2017

Anthony Cort, 3rd Year, Cell, Molecular and Developmental Biology

Contact: acort020@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current research with Dr. Le Roch Lab - Malaria 

Former research with Dr. Andrea Cox Lab - Infectious Disease 

Current Supplemental Instructor Leader 

Current UCR Advancement Ambassador

Current Research Team Volunteer for San Bernardino Free Clinic

Current CNAS Science Ambassador

Current COPE Health Scholar

Current Dynamic Genome Outreach Group Volunteer

Former Project Sunshine Volunteer

Former Presenter at Leadership Alliance National Conference

Former 2017 SALSA/HHMI Summer Scholars Researcher

Daniel Tsai, 3rd Year, Biology

Contact: dtsai011@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current AACF Member

Current AACF Basketball IMs

Current Contributing Writer Highlander Newspaper

Current Flying Sams Internal VP

Current SI Mentor

Current MMS Alzheimer's Group - Project Leader

Current EMT - Mobile Medical Clinic

Current MDA Summer Camp Volunteer

Former Volunteer - Loma Linda Children's Hospital

Former Dr. Perry Lab - Protein Crystallography 

Former Dr. Behringer Lab - MCU Protein 

Former Sunday School Teacher - Home of Christians Church

Former Interim English Teacher - Thanksgiving Action Mission Trip

Demi Famisan, 4th Year, Biology 

Contact: dfami001@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current scribe at St. Bernardine Medical Center

Current Supplemental Instruction Leader

Current CNAS ambassador

Current R'Pantry volunteer

Former COPE Health Scholar

Former Phi Delta Epsilon Public Relations Chair

Former Future Physician Leader

Former 1st Year Peer Mentor

Esther Kuan, 4th Year, Biochemistry

Contact: ekuan001@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current research with Dr. Stanley - Neuroscience 

Current ER Scribe at Newport Beach/Irvine Hoag Hospital

Current COPE Health Scholar - Recruitment and Enrollment Coordinator

Current COPE Health Scholar Volunteer

Current University Honors Student

Current American Medical Student Association - Fundraising Chair

Former Undergraduate Research Mini-Grant Recipient

Former Sober Station Volunteer

Current Starbucks Gold Member

Evan Michael Oculam, 3rd Year, Bioengineering

Contact: eocul001@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current research with Dr. Xiaoping Hu’s Lab – fMRI of Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s Pathology

Current Loma Linda University Health Patient Unit Volunteer

Current Supplemental Instruction Leader

Current Society of Physics Students Vice President

Current Astronomy Club at UCR Treasurer

Current Biomedical Engineering Society Member

Current Chemistry Club at UCR Member

Current University Honors Program Member

Former Clinical Preceptorship at the Loma Linda Veteran’s Administration Hospital

Former Shadower with Dr. Thomas O’Callaghan

Hania Shahin, 3rd Year, Biology

Contact: hshah005@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current Riverside Community Hospital Volunteer

Current University Honors

Current MMS Asthma Awareness Project Leader

Former Future Physician Leader.

Former iDiscover Camp Counselor, Summer 2018

Jasmin Regalado, 4th Year, Neuroscience 

Contact: jrega004@ucr.edu

Pre-medicine

Current ARC IAW Leader

Former ARC Tutor

Current MAE Proctor

Current research assistant - OBSERVE lab

Current CNAS Science Ambassador

Former Kaiser Volunteer

Former Future Physician Leader

Current Medical Scholars Program Member

Current Shadow M.D member

Jordan Tu, 3rd Year, Biology

Contact: jtu007@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current CNAS Scholars Learning Community Peer Mentor 

Current Conduct & Academic Integrity Programs Highlander Integrity Representative

Current research with Dr. Curras-Collazo - Environmental Toxicants

Current Clinical Care Extender at RCH

Current University Honors

Current Intramural Sports

Former Research In Science and Engineering Scholar

Former Forsgren Research Lab in Fish Reproductive Physiology

Michael Hanna, 4th year, Biology

Contact: mhann011@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current Supplemental Instruction Leader and Mentor

Current CNAS Science Ambassador

Current Undergraduate Research Assistant in Dr. Zur Nieden Stem Cell Lab

Current COPE Health Scholar And Leader

Current University Honors Program Member

Current Coptic Orthodox Christian Club Member

Current Intramural Sports Participant

Former Learning Assistant

Former Shadower at San Miguel Medical Clinic

Omeka Ikegbu, 3rd Year, Neuroscience

Contact: oikeg001@ucr.edu

Pre-Medicine

Current CNAS Science Ambassador

Current Early Assist Peer Mentor

Current Phi Delta Epsilon Member

Current MMS Volunteer

Licensed phlebotomist

Current research with Dr. Prue Talbot’s Toxicology Lab

Current Shift Manager for the Literacy Initiative

Tahani Ali, 4th Year, Microbiology

Contact: tali001@ucr.edu

Pre-Optometry

Current Precision For Vision (Pre-Optometry) Club President

Current CALPIRG Club Member

Current INSAN For Humanity Volunteer

Current Lions Club International Volunteer

Former Shadower at Walmart Vision Center

Former Shadower at Target Optical

Former Shadower at Corona Optometry

Former Rao Lab Undergraduate Research Assistant

Former Berkeley Opto-Camp Attendee

Former Parkview Community Hospital Medical Center Volunteer

Former Muscular Dystrophy Assn. Summer Camp Counselor

Former Vision Enhancement Center of Optometry Intern

Former Bilingualism, Mind, and Brain Lab Undergraduate Research Assistant

Former Not So Sharp (A Cappella) General Club Member

Former Eye-C-You Optometry Inc. Intern

Former Tecate Free Eye Clinic Volunteer

Samantha Granados 

Alumna

Former HPAC peer mentor 2016-2017

Currently nursing student at CSULA

Email: sgran007@ucr.edu

Frank Somoano

Alumnus 

Former HPAC peer mentor 2015-2016

Current nursing student at Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing

Email: fsomo001@ucr.edu