Meet the Members

OUR TEAM

Medical Aid Initiative is composed of 50 UCLA undergraduate student volunteers. Serving on one of our five committees, each volunteer's experience is different, but everyone is equally connected to implementing MAI's goals into the community. Discover members' journeys within our organization below.

— Meet the Members —

Bryan Chow Year: 2 Major: Physiological Science 3 Things I Can't Live Without: water, food, phone	Ellie Tsao Year: 1 Major: Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Stickers, Ice Cream, and hairspray	Abigail Chang Year: 2 Major: HBS 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Yogurt and granola, the beach, coffee	Achyutha Kodavatikanti Year: 3 Major: Neuroscience 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Cricket, spicy food, sunflower seeds
Angela Harrington Year: 4 Major: Physiological Science with a minor in Global Health 3 Things I Can't Live Without: family/dogs, friends, and my skin care routine	Ashna Kumar Year: 3 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Gym, my dog, my friends	Cassidy Chiong Year: 3 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: family, music, a heart	Ginny Ghang Year: 3 Major: Computational and Systems Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Caffeine, cargo pants, gummy bears
Simer Bal Year: 3 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: food, sleep, water	Jule von der Heydt Year: 3 Major: Cognitive Science 3 Things I Can't Live Without: my dog, laptop, and Trader Joe's	Julia Wengier Year: 4 Major: Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: my cat Keiko, Trader Joe's, a full night's sleep	Justin An Year: 4 Major: MCDB 3 Things I Can't Live Without: My family (including my dog Chloe), my car (the bustang), and my phone/computer
Nidhi Kadiyala Year: 3 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: chocolate, hair straightener, socks	Rachel Chan Year: 3 Major: MCDB with a Minor in Global Health 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Spotify, boba, my phone	Thalia Nguyen Year: 3 Major+Minor: Psychobiology + Global Health Minor + Asian American Studies Minor 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Family + friends, Bugatti scooter, and purple wig	Ilia Talebi Dolouei Year: 1 Major: Physiology 3 Things I can't Live Without: food, water, family
Triston Dinh Year: 3 Major: Biology 3 Things I can't Live Without: phone, fam + friends, music :)	Dylan Cho Year: 2 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I can't live without: My lucky green pants, My dog Giovanni, Discover Weekly (my savior fr)	Ava Tam Year: 1 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: chapstick, headphones, and boba	Surya Dham Year: 3 Major: Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: noise cancelling headphones, cold brew, and a good nights sleep
Emma Tu Year: 1 Major: Computational and Systems Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Google calendar, cute stuff, family (including my dog!)	Avantika Aggarwal Year: 2 Major/Minor: Neuroscience/Global Studies 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Earl grey tea, Google calendar, my roommates	Romane Le Gall Year: 1 Major: Biochemistry 3 Things I Can't Live Without: art, headphones, fruits

OUR TEAM

— Meet the Members —

Bryan Chow

Year: 2 Major: Physiological Science 3 Things I Can't Live Without: water, food, phone

Ellie Tsao

Year: 1 Major: Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Stickers, Ice Cream, and hairspray

Abigail Chang

Year: 2 Major: HBS 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Yogurt and granola, the beach, coffee

Achyutha Kodavatikanti

Year: 3 Major: Neuroscience 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Cricket, spicy food, sunflower seeds

Angela Harrington

Year: 4 Major: Physiological Science with a minor in Global Health 3 Things I Can't Live Without: family/dogs, friends, and my skin care routine

Ashna Kumar

Year: 3 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Gym, my dog, my friends

Cassidy Chiong

Year: 3 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: family, music, a heart

Ginny Ghang

Year: 3 Major: Computational and Systems Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Caffeine, cargo pants, gummy bears

Simer Bal

Year: 3 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: food, sleep, water

Jule von der Heydt

Year: 3 Major: Cognitive Science 3 Things I Can't Live Without: my dog, laptop, and Trader Joe's

Julia Wengier

Year: 4 Major: Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: my cat Keiko, Trader Joe's, a full night's sleep

Justin An

Year: 4 Major: MCDB 3 Things I Can't Live Without: My family (including my dog Chloe), my car (the bustang), and my phone/computer

Nidhi Kadiyala

Year: 3 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: chocolate, hair straightener, socks

Rachel Chan

Year: 3 Major: MCDB with a Minor in Global Health 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Spotify, boba, my phone

Thalia Nguyen

Year: 3 Major+Minor: Psychobiology + Global Health Minor + Asian American Studies Minor 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Family + friends, Bugatti scooter, and purple wig

Ilia Talebi Dolouei

Year: 1 Major: Physiology 3 Things I can't Live Without: food, water, family

Triston Dinh

Year: 3 Major: Biology 3 Things I can't Live Without: phone, fam + friends, music :)

Dylan Cho

Year: 2 Major: Psychobiology 3 Things I can't live without: My lucky green pants, My dog Giovanni, Discover Weekly (my savior fr)

Ava Tam

Year: 1 Major: Human Biology and Society 3 Things I Can't Live Without: chapstick, headphones, and boba

Surya Dham

Year: 3 Major: Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: noise cancelling headphones, cold brew, and a good nights sleep

Emma Tu

Year: 1 Major: Computational and Systems Biology 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Google calendar, cute stuff, family (including my dog!)

Avantika Aggarwal

Year: 2 Major/Minor: Neuroscience/Global Studies 3 Things I Can't Live Without: Earl grey tea, Google calendar, my roommates

Romane Le Gall

Year: 1 Major: Biochemistry 3 Things I Can't Live Without: art, headphones, fruits