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Class of 2025: Celebrating Our Exceptional Graduates


The Class of 2025's accomplishments are remarkable, featuring a deputy chair of the United Nations Indigenous Youth Advisory Council and a selected Emerging Scholar with the CDC's Global Health Equity Research Fellowship. Our graduates are advancing to prestigious institutions including Mayo Medical School, Stanford SPH, MIT Sloan Health Systems, NYU Grossman, UCSF, Princeton, and Harvard Kennedy School.

Their career trajectories showcase the future of healthcare innovation – from quantum computing specialists developing next-generation diagnostic tools to climate health researchers modeling environmental impact on community wellbeing. We have graduates joining pioneering biotech startups focused on CRISPR therapeutics, while others are developing AI-powered telehealth platforms for underserved communities. Several have secured positions with international health organizations addressing global pandemics and antimicrobial resistance.

We're honored by their achievements and inspired by their vision for transforming tomorrow's healthcare landscape. Meet some of our remarkable graduates below.

Majors

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Audrika Chattaraj
MajorHuman Health
Meet Audrika
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Doussou Toure
Major: Sociology
Minor: Global Health, Culture, and Society
Meet Doussou
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Eliza Jones
Majors: Human Health and Arabic
Meet Eliza
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Ellen Wu
Majors: Economics and Human Health
Minor: Sociology
Meet Ellen
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Emma Ramos
Majors: Chemistry and Human Health
Meet Emma
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Himani Sirsi
Major: Human Health
Meet Himani
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Jordan Hayes
Major: Human Health
Minor: Nutrition Science
Meet Jordan
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Merom Arthur
Major: Human Health
Minor: Film and Media
Meet Merom
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Sachin Iyer
Major: Human Health BA
Minor: Nutrition Science
Meet Sachin

Class of 2025

Congratulations to all of our Class of 2025 Graduates!
Aamna S
Adele F
Alexa M
Alyssa C
Amaris C
Ankitha K
Anna L
Anne G
Arielle S
Arran G
Audrika C
Avanth P
Ayesha F
Aziah A
Bobbi K
Bobby M
Caesar C
Camila C
Caroline H
Claire B
Claudia V
Cybel C
Danielle M
Doreen O
Eliza J
Ellen W
Emily E
Emma F
Emma J
Emma R
Emma S
Erin Y
Ethan L
Ethan M
Eva L
Gab C
Gabby O
Gabriella S
Genevieve D
Giovanna Z
Guadalupe Q
Hannah C
Harleigh M
Harshini K
Henry R
Himani S
Ilse N
Jiahua Y
Jingzhou H
Jocelyn L
Jodit Y
Jordan A
Jordan H
Jordyn R
Joy H
Julia B
Kate S
Kathryn M
Kayla B
La'el W
Lauryn P
Lindsay B
Lisbeth V
Lohith S
Manju K
Mariam K
Martinna R
Maura T
Maya T
Mbwani T
Meghan Z
Merom A
Mia H
Milouse B
Miracle E
Molly C
Morgan L
Nereca C
Nitya G
Pippa F
Priya P
Roderick H
Roja A
Ryan S
Sachin I
Samantha G
Samantha R
Sarah W
Sarina T
Sewon P
Shikha B
Soham S
Alex F
Alyssa C
Aryan P
Doreen S
Doussou T
Isabella K
Israel A
Jaanvi C
Mackenzie G
Matthea S
Maya D
Moshen H
Natalia O
Nejere' O
Nicole K
Paola T
Shir L
Siyun H
Spencer W
Sweta B
Tanya B

2025 CSHH Student Award Recipients and Honors Students

The Center for the Study of Human Health recently recognized the recipients of our 2025 Student Awards and Emory Honors Students. Meet the students below.

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Audrika Chattaraj received the CSHH award for Outstanding Leader which recognizes a student for the unique ability as an Emory undergraduate to guide and inspire others to make positive improvements for health. Audrika is a Human Health major.

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Kate Siegel received the CSHH award for Outstanding Scholar which recognizes students who have the demonstration of overall academic excellence throughout the Emory undergraduate experience. Kate is a major in Human Health also pursuing the Master of Arts in Bioethics 4+1 program.

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Nitya Guduru received the CSHH award for Outstanding Innovator which recognizes the graduating senior who demonstrated creativity in thought and action leading to transformative improvements in health for the Emory community or beyond. Nitya is a Human Health major.

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Ellen Wu received the CSHH award for Outstanding Citizen which recognizes a graduating senior who has demonstrated a commitment to altruistic service focused on improving the health of others throughout the Emory undergraduate experience. Ellen is a Human Health and Economics joint major, as well as a Sociology minor.

The following students graduated with Highest Honors. Highest Honors (summa cum laude) represents completion of the program with exceptional performance in their coursework and a thesis of a quality suitable for publication.

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Aamna Soniwala

Thesis Title: Development of an artificial intelligence-enabled workflow to characterize global inequities in precision medicine research for diabetes

 

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Audrika Chattaraj

Thesis Title: The Impact of the Gut Microbiome on Sleep in Drosophila melanogaster with Altered Neuronal ATP7 Expression

 

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Harleigh Markowitz

Thesis Title: Developmental differences in infant gaze patterns as a cue for caregiver greeting between neurotypically developing infants and infants later diagnosed with autism

 

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Jocelyn Lee

Thesis Title: Targeting EP300/CBP to Overcome IMiD Resistance in Multiple Myeloma

 

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Kate Siegel

Thesis Title: Distinct Immune Dysregulation Profiles Drive the HIV-1 Reservoir Across Biological Sex in People Living with HIV-1

 

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Lindsay Berkowitz

Thesis Title: Safe+natal Sierra Leone: Opportunities and Challenges in Co-Designing a Maternal and Neonatal Health Intervention

 

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Maya Trujillo

Thesis Title: TBX15 Triggers a Metabolic Switch in Advanced Heart Failure

 

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Miracle Ephraim

Thesis Title: Exploring the impact of state-based variation in Medicaid managed care administration on evaluation rates among patients seeking kidney transplant

 

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Nitya Guduru

Thesis Title: Enhancing Dermatology Access: A Pilot Evaluation of MetroDerm External Scheduling at Emory Healthcare

 

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Priya Patel

Thesis Title: Perinatal Shackling in the United States: An Ethics Perspective