Meet your Student Wellness Team
Kevin Nguyen
Email: nguye2k3@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Family Medicine Interest Group, Pediatrics Interest Group, Family Medicine MSSP,
SWC
Research Interests: Family/Community Medicine, Public Health & Policy
Career Goals: Keeping an open mind and currently exploring, but leaning toward fields involving longitudinal patient care
Favorite Strategies for Wellness: Fitness, spending time with friends and family, mindfulness, listening to music
Hobbies: Weightlifting, pickleball, volleyball, cooking, drawing & painting,
fishkeeping
Katie MacVittie
Email: macvitmk@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Integrative Medicine MSSP, Bearcat Mentors, UC Open School
Research Interests: Preventative
Medicine, Nutrition, Acupuncture
Career Goals: I would like to become a physician trained in Integrative Medicine
Favorite Strategies for Wellness: Sleep!, meditation, spending time with friends
and family, cooking at home
Hobbies: Hot yoga, walking, trying new restaurants in Cincy
Grace Jones
Email: jones2gm@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Geriatric MSSP and Bearcat Eye Service
Research Interests: My previous research
involved skin cancer and immunotherapy. As I prepare for my M1/M2 summer, I’m exploring opportunities in the field of geriatrics and aging.
Career Goals: Still trying to figure that out! But ultimately, I know I
want a fulfilling career with some patient interaction, some hands-on work, and a decent work-life balance.
Favorite Strategies for Wellness: Sleep, mindful movement, and connecting with friends and family.
Hobbies: Strength training, yoga, walking, bookies, movies, music, and plants.
Megan Guan
Email: guanmy@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: APAMSA, Infectious Disease Interest Group, Mentis, HIPEP
Research Interests: Childhood Obesity
and Overweight, Lifestyle Interventions, Nutrition
Career Goals: Keeping an open mind, but possibly GI
Favorite Strategies for Wellness: Spending time with family and friends, being outside,
eating delicious food, cuddling with my cat, being creative
Hobbies: Art, collecting cute trinkets, decorating my apartment
Christine Lee
Email: lee5cw@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Giving a Boost, Academic Medicine Interest Group, ENT Interest Group, SWC
Research Interests: Environmental impacts on health and medical education
Career Goals: Otolaryngology
Favorite Strategies for wellness: Spending quality time with loved ones, cleaning my home, and taking long drives
Hobbies: Cycling, hiking, watching movies
Emma Meilinger
Email: meilinem@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Co-chair of Med-Peds interest group, co-director of Urban Health Project, teaching in medical education longitudinal elective
(TiME), bearcat mentors
Research Interests: Public health and preventative health, especially in the pediatric population
Career Goals: I hope to work in Pediatrics at an academic hospital, so that
I can be involved in research and teaching within medicine.
Favorite Strategies for wellness: My favorite strategies for wellness include yoga and meditation, as well as having dedicated wind-down time to enjoy reading
a book or catching up on Netflix shows at night.
Hobbies: My hobbies include reading and exploring all the local coffee shops in the Cincinnati area.
Hailey Kramer
Email: kramerhl@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Student Wellness Committee, Bearcat Mentors, Peds Club, KIDNEE Club
Research Interests: Pediatrics,
Immunology
Career Goals: Practicing pediatrician, potentially specialized in GI/Liver
Favorite Strategies for wellness: I love to cook while listening to my favorite podcasts. Additionally, I end
almost every day playing monopoly on my phone while watching reality TV.
Hobbies: Running, lifting, skiing, cooking, board games
Somin Jo
Email: josm@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: APAMSA, AWS, Childhood & Adolescent MSSP, Med Mentors, Peds Club
Research Interests: Fetal Medicine,
Health Outcomes in Children, Pediatric Surgery
Career Goals: I'm still undecided, but I really love working with children and hope to find the right specialty that will allow me to help care for the needs of a growing
child
Favorite Strategies for wellness: Face Timing family and friends, Exercising, Journaling, Saving an hour a day to do something not school related
Hobbies: Watching movies, Reading, Running,
Cooking for friends, Watching Bay Area sports
Valerie Stichert-Waugh
Email: stichevr@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: UC Student-Run Free Clinic, Bearcat Barbell, Rural Health Interest Group, SWC, UC Club Swim Team
Research Interests: Clinical trials, dermatology, facial plastics
Career Goals: Dermatology or plastic surgery
Favorite Strategies for wellness: Spend time with ones you love, get plenty of sleep, workout, go for a
hike, watch a movie
Hobbies: CrossFit, bouldering/top roping with my husband, shopping, swimming, cycling, hiking
Veronica Velasquez
Email: velasqvs@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Bearcat Mentors, MedVoUC, Family Medicine MSSP, FMIG, APAMSA, SWC
Research Interests: Primary
care, community health, preventive medicine; Prior experience in pediatric asthma/allergy research
Career Goals: Primary care
Favorite Strategies for Wellness: Music, mindfulness, rest (power naps!),
staying hydrated
Hobbies: Volleyball, baking, piano, violin, guitar, reading, playing with my dog
Kara Weiss
Email: shumj@mail.uc.edu
Student Groups: Radiology Interest Group, Climbing Club, Sustainability Club, Board Games Club, American Medical Women’s Association,
& the Geriatric Medicine Medical Student Scholars Program
Research Interests: Radiology
Career Goals: With each new block, I realize how much there is to learn about medicine. So far I’ve
enjoyed radiology research and working with older adult populations, but I’m trying to be open-minded about the options and am excited to learn more about various specialties in the future!
Favorite Strategies for wellness: Rock
climbing, spending time with friends or family, and baking
Hobbies: Rock climbing is my favorite hobby at the moment. I'm originally from NY, so moving to Cincinnati has been great as I'm now really, really close
to some of the most amazing outdoor climbing in the country at Red River Gorge!
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Phone: 513-558-6796
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