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MSTP Learning Communities

Carver College of Medicine (CCOM) learning communities are designed to enhance student activities and build vertical relationships among students in the general medical schoolol class. Upon entering medical school, MSTP students are randomly assigned to one of four learning communities (Bean, Boulware, Flocks, or McCowen), joining a larger community of medical students in all four years. Learning communities sponsor formal and informal activities focused on professional skills acquisition, leadership development, team building, wellness promotion, service, and cultural competency. These CCOM learning communities extend into the MSTP training. The MSTP sponsors learning communities that are directed by early career physician-scientist faculty members who are graduates of the U of Iowa MSTP. The MSTP learning community directors have first-hand knowledge of navigating the physician scientist career path and are well positioned to support current trainees. MSTP Learning Committees meet twice each semester to promote wellbeing and professional development. Our goal is to further foster community within the MSTP and provide additional opportunities for mentorship between current trainees and our newly minted physician scientists.

Bean MSTP Learning Community

Leaders:


Aaron Boes, MD, PhD


Tyler Rasmussen, MD, PhD

Students:

Hassan Ahamed
Riley Behan-Bush
Gabby Bierlein-De La Rosa
Jane Buchanan
Michelle Chen
Colin Clark
Andres Dajles
Margaret Fuller

Wade Gutierrez
Akansha Jain
Andreas Kantartzis
Jessie Knobbe
Molly Larson
Aline Sandouk
Ian Sutton
Brittany Todd

 

Boulware MSTP Learning Community

Leaders:


Anthony Fischer, MD, PhD


Jenn Streeter, MD, PhD

Students:

Ossama Abu-Halawa
Emily Baldwin
Elliot Burghardt
Mackenzie Conlon
Fillan Grady
Alex Greiner
Samual Hatfield
Steven Huang
Chris Hunter
Amelia Hurley-Novatny

Emily Janio
Andrew Kalenkiewicz
Gage Liddiard
Laura Marquez Loza
Ryan Reis
Sadie Solomon
Frida Teran-Garza
Drew Voigt
Madi Wahlen
Qi Wang

Flocks MSTP Learning Community

Leaders:


Martha Carvour, MD, PhD


Ben Darbro, MD, PhD

Students:

Tina Arkee
Sahaana Arumugam
Joseph Chin
Jonah Elliff
Grace Gasser
Renato Jensen
Sheps King-McAlpin
Lola Lozano
Matthew Miller
Maddie Mix

Kathy Nguyen
Daniel Pape
Faith Prochaska
Guillermo Romano Ibarra
Daniel Sands
Mirana Schene
Lauren Tabor
Xavier Tijerina
Eliot Zhu

McCowen MSTP Learning Community

Leaders:


Ali Jabbari, MD, PhD


Aislinn Williams, MD, PhD

Students:

Lucas Barrett
Jayden Bowen
Levi Doyle
Ryan Horne
Victor Kilonzo
Ben Kreitlow
Mitchell LeFebvre
Nate Mullin

Saul Rodriguez
Shakoora Sabree
Morgan Bobb Swanson
Hannah Van Ert
Joseph Vecchi
Ellen Voigt
Akshaya Warrier