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1st appeared 12 August 1999 Three Medical Students Receive NMF Awards Three UCSF medical students have received awards from the National Medical Fellowships, Inc. (NMF) for their efforts on behalf of underrepresented populations.
Grant, a fourth-year medical student, is a graduate of Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts in economics. While at Harvard, Grant was committed to serving the community through programs for the homeless, African-American and Latino children, and Native American youth. As a UCSF medical student, Grant's involvement with the community has continued, including volunteering with the UCSF Homeless Health Project, pursuing an epidemiological study on the homeless medical clinic's population, and participating as a member of the Native American Health Alliance. Sekai Chideya was selected as one of six national winners of the 1999-00 NMF Merit Award. This award, which comes with a $2,250 stipend, recognizes overall academic achievement, leadership experience, community involvement, and financial need. Chideya is a third-year medical student who received her Bachelor of Arts in biology from Swarthmore College. During college, she was a Pew Fellow and associate member of the Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. Since entering medical school, Sekai has served as chair of UCSF's Black Health Education Day and as Editor-in-Chief of Synapse, and has volunteered at the student-run UCSF Homeless Clinic. Links: | ||
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NMF selected David Luna and Philip Grant as 1999 Arthur Ashe Program
in AIDS Care fellows and granted Sekai Chideya a prestigious merit award.
The NMF is a national nonprofit organization that seeks to improve both
the quality of and access to health care in America, especially in minority
and underserved communities, by increasing the number of minority physicians.
The
Arthur Ashe fellowship award of $6,000 is used to cover each student's
travel and living expenses during a rotation at the Harvard AIDS Institute
in October 1999. The program, a joint initiative of the Harvard AIDS
Institute and NMF, seeks to foster the participation of medical students
from traditionally underrepresented groups in HIV-related care and research.
The program also seeks to provide students with a means of obtaining
essential AIDS-related clinical skills. 
Luna,
a third-year medical student, received a Bachelor of Science in biochemistry
and Spanish from the University of New Mexico. As a student at UCSF,
Luna has been active in outreach activities: he coordinated the Aim
High Project, a campus program that facilitates the teaching of important
medical topics to high school students by UCSF medical students and
served as the 9th Annual UCSF Student AIDS Forum Coordinator. Luna is
currently the co-president of the Chicano Medical Students Association.