Each year, UCSF medical students in the Inquiry Curriculum participate in over 200 mentored research projects ranging from eight weeks of summer research to full-time, yearlong projects. In 2022, the Inquiry Funding Office awarded over 100 Summer Explore grants to first-year students to engage in mentored research with UCSF faculty between their first and second years.

Karly Hampshire, a fourth-year UCSF medical student, was one of two University of California students recently honored with the UC President’s Award for Outstanding Student Leadership.

Announced today, UCSF medical student Sheantel Reihl was awarded a Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans, a highly competitive graduate school fellowship for immigrants and children of immigrants.

UCSF Student Shannon Chan (Class of 2019) received the Best Poster Prize at WGEA 2019 this past March for the poster titled, "Understanding the Role of Residents as Teachers within Longitudinal Integrated Clerkship Program." Working with Patricia O'Sullivan, EdD in the CFE, and Leslie Sheu, MD, from the Department of Medicine, Chan's research looked at the role of residents as teachers in longitudinal clerkships.

Academy of Medical Educators member Peter Chin-Hong, MD, was awarded the prize for Best Oral Presentation in the Category of Research on March 26, 2019, at the recently concluded WGEA meeting in Reno, NV.

Academy of Medical Educators member and Teaching Scholar Program graduate, Denise Davis, MD, has been appointed to the Executive Committee of the Academy on Communication in Healthcare to serve as VP of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion.

Academy Member Vanja Douglas, MD is a recipient of the A.B. Baker Teacher Recognition Award for 2019 from the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). Dr.