Building Trust Essay Contest
In 2022, the ABIM Foundation launched the Building Trust Essay Contest to explore the diverse activities or projects that medical students are engaged in that build trust with their schools, faculty, peers, patients, and communities.
Building on the success of it’s first two years, the 2024 Building Trust Essay Contest has expanded its scope to welcome submissions from students across all health professions, including nursing, medicine, pharmacy, physical therapy, and others. This expansion maintains the contest’s foundational commitment to exploring and celebrating initiatives rooted in trust.
2023 Essay Contest
Winners
- Molly Fessler, University of Michigan Medical School
- Isra Hasnain, The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
- Ian Jaffe, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Meher Kalkat, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Elina Kurkurina, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University
- Christopher Montgomery, UCSF School of Medicine
Judges
- Maria L. Belalcazar, MD, Vice Chair for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion at the University of Texas Medical Branch
- Marianne M. Green, MD, FACP, Vice Dean for Education, Raymond H. Curry MD Professor of Medical Education, and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Lorna A. Lynn, MD, Vice President of Medical Education Research at the American Board of Internal Medicine
- Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine
- David Reuben, MD, Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCLA
- Annelise Silva, AMSA National President-elect, medical student at Wright State Boonshoft School of Medicine
- Rohini Siva, AMSA National President, 4th year medical student at Eastern Virginia Medical School
- Daniel Wolfson, MHSA, Executive Vice President and COO of the ABIM Foundation
2022 Essay Contest
Winners
- Teva Brender, Oregon Health & Sciences University
- Howard Chang, THe Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
- Sunil Joshi, Oregon Health & Sciences University
- Meher Kalkat, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Honorable Mentions
- Clarice Douille, Creighton University School of Medicine
- Veenadhari Kollipara, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine
- Paul Lewis, Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons
- Armaan Ahmen Rowther, PhD, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
- Suman Vadlamani, UT Southwestern Medical School
- Nicholas Wilson, Morehouse School of Medicine
Judges
- Andres Diaz, Editor of AMSA’s The New Physician, MD/PhD student at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson
- Marianne M. Green, MD, FACP, Vice Dean for Education, Raymond H. Curry MD Professor of Medical Education, and Professor of Medicine at Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine
- Shan Jin, AMSA Academy Chair, a third-year medical student at the NYIT College Of Osteopathic Medicine
- Furman S. McDonald, MD, MPH, Senior Vice President for Academic and Medical Affairs at the American Board of Internal Medicine
- David Reuben, MD, Director, Multicampus Program in Geriatrics Medicine and Gerontology and Chief, Division of Geriatrics at UCL
- Michael Walls, DO, MPH, AMSA National President, graduate of Touro University California
