UH-NEOMED Student Scholars

UH-NEOMED Student Scholars

The Student Scholars are chosen for their outstanding commitment to the missions of University Hospitals and NEOMED. University Hospitals strives “To Heal. To Teach. To Discover.” NEOMED aims to “Create transformational leaders and improve health.”Statement of Commitment

Pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 3345.016, NEOMED declares that it will educate students by means of free, open, and rigorous intellectual inquiry to seek the truth; equip students with the opportunity to develop the intellectual skills they need to reach their own, informed conclusions; will not require, favor, disfavor, or prohibit speech or lawful assembly; create a community dedicated to an ethic of civil and free inquiry, which respects the autonomy of each member, supports individual capacities for growth, and tolerates the differences in opinion that naturally occur in a public higher education community; treat all faculty, staff, and students as individuals, to hold them to equal standards, and to provide them equality of opportunity, with regard to those individuals’ race, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Class of 2026

Mirjavid Aghayev
College of Graduate Studies
Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Andrea Alvarado, M.D.
College of Graduate Studies
Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Andrew Fulk, Pharm.D.
College of Graduate Studies
Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Jared Hinton
College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Zachary McCalla, Pharm.D.
College of Graduate Studies
Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Zachary Oatley
College of Medicine
Doctor of Medicine

Nada Warda, M.D.
College of Graduate Studies
Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Class of 2025

Congratulations to the 2025 UH-NEOMED Student Scholars:

Mirjavid Agayev
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Noah Aguirre, Pharm.D. (’24)
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Laila S. Almassri, P3
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Andrea Arias Alvarado, M.D.
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Trae Hillyer
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Miljan Terzic, Pharm.D. (’22)
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Nada Warda, M.B.B.Ch.
Ph.D. candidate, Basic and Translational Biomedicine

Class of 2024

Laila Almassri, M.A.

NEOMED Advisor:
Jeff Mellott, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
Kumar Alagramam, Ph.D.; The Anthony J. Maniglia Chair for Research and Education Professor and Director of Research – Otolaryngology

Trae Hillyer

NEOMED Advisor:
Austin Shin, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
Robert Bonomo, M.D.; Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology and Molecular Biology, CWRU School of Medicine

Noah Aguirre, Pharm.D.

NEOMED Advisor:
Austin Shin, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
Robert Bonomo, M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Pharmacology, and Molecular Biology, CWRU School of Medicine

Trinity Kronk, M.D./Ph.D. candidate

NEOMED Advisor:
Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
Pending

Gabrielle Robinson

NEOMED Advisor:
Fayez Safadi, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
PendingMiljan Terzic, Pharm.D.

Miljan Terzic, Pharm.D./Ph.D. candidate

NEOMED Advisor:
Sam Crish, Ph.D.

UH Collaborator:
Douglas Rhee, M.D.; Chair, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, UH Cleveland Medical Center; Director, Eye Institute, University Hospitals; Division Chief, Ophthalmology, UH Ahuja Medical Center