Looking for support while you continue on your path to medical school? By applying and being accepted into our Post-Baccalaureate Health Professions Program, you can join our PULSE Mentoring Program! Offered in partnership with UCSF Emergency Medicine, you will get paired up with a resident who will help you push past common stresses and challenges in applying to medical school.
Prepare for your journey to medical school.
Understand the challenges that arise.
Learn from mentors' personal experiences.
Support one another through the process.
Empower yourself to excel!
As part of this program, you can join a series of workshops on various topics as you bridge the gap between a pre-health learner and a medical school–accepted student!
Omid grew up in Moraga and attended UC Berkeley for his undergrad, studying molecular and cell biology, as well as computer science. While a student, he taught chemistry and worked at a cadaver lab. After graduation, Omid spent a year working as a software developer for the Center for Digital Health Innovation at UCSF. Last spring, Omid graduated from UCSF School of Medicine and is now in his first year of emergency medicine residency at UCSF! He is the first in his family to pursue a career in health care. Outside of the hospital, he likes to run, rock climb and watch the Warriors!
Ali is a Michigander who went to the East Coast for college, medical school and business school, and then moved to the Bay Area for his residency in emergency medicine at UCSF. He was a member of the first-generation low-income community in both college and medical school. Ali has helped mentor students through the medical school application process, including information about fee-assistance applications.
Katrin attended UC Davis for her undergrad, then worked as a clinical research coordinator for a year before completing a post-bacc program at UCSF. In 2018, she worked in research while applying to medical school at UCSF. She is very interested in international and immigrant health, as well as mentorship.
Katie was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and spent the next 12 years on the East Coast for undergraduate studies at Wesleyan University, a post-bacc program at Bryn Mawr College and then medical school at Albert Einstein College of Medicine. She initially studied psychology in college with the intent of a career in psychology/public health, but after working at Mount Sinai for two years, Katie decided to apply to medical school instead. She identifies as queer and enjoys mentoring, reproductive health, finding new plants to propagate and historical fiction.
Francesco is originally from Southern California and attended UC Berkeley for his undergraduate studies. He took two gap years where he worked at Planned Parenthood and then attended UCSF School of Medicine. Francesco is a member of the LGBTQ+ and Latinx communities. His main interests lie in immigrant justice, DEI, anti-racism and mentorship.
Mariam is originally from Michigan, where she pursued her undergraduate at the University of Michigan and then Michigan State College of Human Medicine for medical school. She is a first-generation college graduate, first-generation doctor and a current second-year resident.
Elaine is a Social Emergency Medicine Fellow at Stanford University. Born in Taiwan and raised in L.A., Elaine studied human biology, gender studies and Portuguese at Brown University. She spent a gap year with AmeriCorps in Boston, working in youth workforce development. Elaine completed medical school and an emergency medicine residency at UCSF, where she served as chief resident. Elaine identifies as queer; grew up in a first-generation and low-income household; and is passionate about all things health equity, especially LGBTQ+ health research, harm reduction work and mentorship.
DJ is not from California, but now claims it as home after his UC public school educational tour (UCLA-UCSD-UCSF)! He has interests in LGBTQ+ health, substance use disorders and medical education. DJ can talk about how to get involved in research, writing applications (when writing isn't your strong suit) and life in medical school/residency.