Meet the author:

Layla Ahmadi

Layla is an incoming first-year medical student at the Indiana University School of Medicine in their Rural Medical Education Program in her hometown, Terre Haute, IN. Before starting medical school, Layla received her bachelor’s degree at DePauw University. In her three subsequent gap years, she completed a two-year research fellowship at the National Institutes of Health investigating cancer immunotherapies and earned her MPH at the George Washington Milken School of Public Health in Washington, D.C. Layla also served as a government relations health policy intern in the AAMC’s Office of Government Relations. As a medical student and physician, she plans to continue conducting biomedical research, advocating for health policies, and serving the unique health needs of rural communities. Layla is currently interested in pursuing the internal medicine subspecialties of oncology or endocrinology.