The student-nominated End-of-Year Awards are presented annually to recognize the talents and commitments of students, residents, faculty, and staff towards furthering the educational mission of the UI Carver College of Medicine.

Residency training is a marathon, not a sprint. Family medicine resident physician Kayla Bean channels her love for helping others into every step.

Katherine Yu didn’t expect to find herself helping shape national health policy when she started medical school. Getting involved in organized medicine as a first-year med student changed the trajectory of her education, career goals — and her perspective.