In 2024, we introduced you to Sydney “Syd” Sattler, then a PhD candidate in the Abitua Lab in UW’s Department of Genome Sciences, as the first UW recipient of the Shurl and Kay Curci Foundation PhD Fellowship. At the time, she was just beginning to chase a question about how immune cells decide what to […]
Michael Martin grew up in the Seattle area with two things in mind: get to medical school, and get there by way of a smaller Jesuit college away from home. He found that at Gonzaga University, where he is pursuing a biochemistry degree. What he did not expect was how much the research itself would […]
For Alaska WWAMI medical student Mauri Butzke, arriving at her TRUST community in Kodiak was more than the start of a clinical placement, it was her first lesson in rural medicine. Reaching Kodiak required a six-hour drive from Anchorage to Homer, followed by a 14.5-hour journey aboard the Tustumena, part of the Alaska Marine Highway […]
In medical school, students spend years learning how to diagnose illness, interpret data and perform increasingly complex clinical tasks. The Humanities & the Arts Pathway at the University of Washington School of Medicine asks students to develop a different set of skills alongside that training: observation, reflection, creativity and comfort with ambiguity. Founded in 2020, […]
The University of Washington School of Medicine continues to advance its commitment to translational cancer research through strategic partnerships that invest in emerging scientific talent. One such effort is the Pfizer Oncology PhD Fellowship, a training initiative launched in 2025 in coordination with Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center to support exceptional predoctoral researchers whose work advances […]
Each year, the Husky 100 recognizes 100 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students from across all UW campuses and areas of study. Applications are considered holistically, taking into account how students are making the most of their UW experience—both in and out of the classroom. This year, the UW School of Medicine is proud to […]
Born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska, Mick Edwards is a proud member of the Upper Skagit Tribe, based in Sedro-Woolley, Washington. Now a medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine’s WWAMI program, Mick is pursuing a path in medicine shaped by a deep commitment to community, culture, and mental health equity. “I […]
Buddy Kalani Kumupaʻa Seto-Myers “Aloha mai kākou! ʻO wau ʻo Buddy Kalani Kumupaʻa Seto-Myers. I am Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian) and a second-year medical student at the University of Washington School of Medicine.” Though his family’s homelands are in Kaʻū, Hawaiʻi, Buddy grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area as part of the Hawaiian […]
When Lessly Tapia Torres was a child, she was diagnosed with Bell’s Palsy. Her mother was told there were few options for follow-up care because of their immigration status. For Lessly, that moment was formative. “I remember watching my mom fight for me, while seeing other families struggle in the clinic,” she recalls. “It opened […]
“I realized that as a pre-med student myself, there were lots of questions about preparing for medical school that I couldn’t answer,” says Zoe Thomas, a third-year undergraduate studying neuroscience and bioethics at the University of Washington. “Given how much I learned from others, I wanted to create a space where students could connect directly […]
