Social Medicine Fellows Class of 2028
Natalie Bloss
Natalie Bloss is from Saugatuck, Michigan, and studied international affairs as an undergraduate. Before coming to the Pitt School of Medicine, she spent a couple of gap years as an MA and research coordinator.
Sadhana Bom
Sadhana Bom is from Nepal and completed a master’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology at Johns Hopkins. She is interested in cancer immunology and hopes to pursue a career in oncology.
Elijah Brown
Elijah Brown, a graduate of Case Western Reserve University, is passionate about how nature, personal identity and systemic biology intersect to shape human health. He plans to become a physician who can blend scientific precision with compassionate, community-focused care.
Annaliese Calzadilla
Annaliese Calzadilla is committed to advancing child health through a social medicine lens. She is passionate about working alongside underserved communities to address the social and structural factors that shape pediatric health outcomes. Guided by principles of equity and community partnership, she strives to combine compassionate, evidence-based care with advocacy and service to reduce health disparities for children and their families.
Elizabeth Dakan
Elizabeth Dakan is from Pennsylvania and completed her undergraduate studies at Penn State. She is passionate about reproductive justice and LGBTQ+ health, and plans to pursue a career in obstetrics and gynecology. She spent the year creating a weeklong curriculum on medical advocacy and writing for Pitt School of Medicine students and working with local organizations in McKeesport on health education.
Dynasti deGouville
Dynasti deGouville is from Atlanta, Georgia, and completed a bachelor’s degree in human health/women’s studies at Emory University. She has dedicated her work to women’s health care, and has spent many years conducting research on contraceptive use and volunteering as a birthing doula. She hopes to pursue a career in maternal-fetal medicine.
Ronit Deshpande
Ronit Deshpande is from New Jersey and studied neuroscience as an undergraduate, with minors in political science and global health. He spent one year working at Second Avenue Commons, a shelter for people experiencing homelessness. His interests include street medicine, addiction medicine, pediatrics and emergency medicine.
Neha Devineni
Neha Devineni is from Atlanta, Georgia, and holds an undergraduate degree in sociology from the University of Pittsburgh. She is committed to providing compassionate, patient-centered care and is dedicated to addressing and dismantling systemic barriers that disproportionately affect underserved communities, domestically and internationally.
Kiana Hacker
Kiana Hacker is from San Bernardino, California, and is an MD-PhD student who conducts research on the impact of structural racism on psychiatric and gynecologic health outcomes. Trained at the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, she brings experience in EEG research, addiction science, and qualitative and quantitative health equity-focused epidemiological studies. She is committed to community advocacy, and outside of work, she loves to dance and talk about food.
Sridula Kallakuri
Sridula Kallakuri is from Ann Arbor, Michigan, and studied neuroscience and Spanish at the University of Pittsburgh. Prior to starting medical school, she served as a community health worker at a family medicine clinic in Southeast Michigan and is passionate about expanding access to health care for underinsured and uninsured mothers. In her free time, she enjoys embroidery, visiting coffee shops and reading mystery novels.
Divya Katti
Divya Katti is from Germantown, Maryland, and studied neurobiology and human development at the University of Maryland. After graduation, she completed an AmeriCorps program in Philadelphia and served on a street medicine team there. She is passionate about equity in reproductive health, working with people experiencing homelessness and all things related to indie and rock music.
Devante Kerr
Devante Kerr is from Jamaica, Queens, New York, and studied biology as an undergraduate at Howard University. He spent two years working at Children’s National Hospital on Angelman syndrome research in a mouse model and hopes to pursue a career as a physician-scientist in neuroscience.
Allen Kim
Allen Kim is from Los Angeles, California, and studied history at both the undergraduate and doctoral levels. He has taught and served as an EMT, and he hopes to pursue an emergency medicine career in the public hospital system.
Coley Lameman
Coley Lameman is from the Navajo Nation in northern Arizona and completed her BS in biochemistry at Arizona State University. She spent two years working as a research fellow in the Obesity and Diabetes Clinical Research Section at the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. She is passionate about health literacy, health advocacy and public health research.
Amal Saeed
Amal Saeed is from Allentown, Pennsylvania, studied molecular biology as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh and completed a Master of Public Health degree at Drexel University. She served as an AmeriCorps member in Philadelphia, where she connected older adults with community resources, and is passionate about addressing health inequities and promoting community well-being.
Aneri Tanna
Aneri Tanna is from Phoenix, Arizona, and completed her undergraduate education at Duke University, earning degrees in global health and cultural anthropology. She spent four years working with underserved communities in Durham, North Carolina, and conducting research on health disparities in the Latinx immigrant community. She hopes to pursue her passion for health equity work throughout her medical career.
Joanna Yao
Joanna Yao is from New Jersey and studied biological sciences as an undergraduate at the University of Pittsburgh. She spent her time with the Social Medicine Fellows working with the Human Rights Clinic and Homewood.
Joseph Yap
Joseph Yap is from Queens, New York, and completed his undergraduate degree in human physiology at Boston University. Having grown up cooking in his family’s Chinese restaurant, he has developed a strong passion for food security and immigrant health, and hopes to pursue a career in advocacy and rehabilitative medicine.