Dr. Isaac Yang, M.D.
, Physician Advisor
Christina Lee, Alumni Advisor
Yara Badrakhan
, Student Alumni Advisor
Executive Board
Hometown: Fremont, California
Major: Physiological Sciences
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher- Orthopedic Surgery; Volunteer- Ronald Reagan Child Life Department; Secretary- Project Sunshine at UCLA; Co-Founder- FACE AIDS at UCLA; Member- ISU
Hobbies: Dancing, Playing/Watching soccer, Reading, Baking, Painting my nails, Spending time with friends & family
Favorite Quotes: "Everyone is a genius. But if you judge a fish on its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid." - Albert Einstein
Mary Tsaturian
, Vice President
Hometown: North Hollywood, California
Major: Microbioloy, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher for MIMG Dept. and Bioengineering Dept. working with Staphylococcus epidermidis and microfluidic devices.
Member and volunteer for Alumni Scholars Club.
Member of Quizbowl for ASA.
Volunteer UCLA NICU.
Hobbies: Art projects,
Anything outdoors,
Baking,
Cooking,
Hiking,
Horseback-riding,
Piano ,
Reading classic books,
Sculpting stuff,
Sketching stuff,
Swimming in the ocean,
Tennis
Favorite Quote: "There may be times when we are powerless to prevent injustice, but there must never be a time when we fail to protest." -Elie Weisel
Hometown: Grass Valley, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher - Brain Laterality in ADHD Studies; UCLA Mobile Clinic Project Caseworker and Foodserver; Campus Crusade
Hobbies: Playing piano, Golf, Skiing, Traveling the world, Spending time with friends and family.
Favorite Quote: "Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm" - Winston Churchill
intsecretary@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Bakersfield, California
Major: Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer-Venice Family Clinic Children First/Early Head Start, Mentor-ALD/PES Health Services Academy
Hobbies: Cooking and eating, Shopping, Traveling, Television
Favorite Quote: "Whatever is meant to be, will be."
membership@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Fremont, California
Major: MIMG
Extracurricular Activities:"Project RISHI - President, Project Sunshine - Director of External Events, Chase Child Life Volunteer, Ronald Reagan 6ICU Volunteer, Reed Neurological Research Center - Research Assistant, Freshmentors - Mentor"
Hobbies:"Basketball, Eating, Watching TV, Reading, Spending time with friends and family, Traveling "
Favorite Quote: “Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the number of moments that take our breath away.” - Anonymous
treasurer@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Sacramento, California
Major: Psychology
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteering at the Ucla hospital, Doing research in the Ucla neurosurgery department
Hobbies: Yoga, Cooking, Hiking
Favorite Quote: "Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in Harmony" -Gandhi
publicity@amsabruins.org nutritionandfitness@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Ridgecrest, California
Major: Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher-UCLA Neurosurgery, Director and Membership and Publicity- WishMakers, Care Extender at Santa Monica Hospital
Hobbies: Eating, Sleeping, Shopping, Tennis, Traveling, Going to Concerts, Being Awesome
Favorite Quote: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his time plays many parts, his acts being seven ages." - Shakespeare
publicity@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major: English
Extracurricular Activities: UCLA CityLab-Webmaster, Research with Dr. Soo in UCLA Orthopedics, Bronies@UCLA
Hobbies: Magic Tricks, Tennis, League of Legends, Reading, Creative Writing, Dungeons and Dragons, Watchin My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Favorite Quote: "Magic is telling a beautiful lie. It lets you see what the world would be like if cause and effect weren't bound by physics." -Teller
webmaster@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Redwood City, California
Major: Chemical Engineering
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher in the Department of Chemistry, Emergency Medical Research Associates, Assistant Managing Editor of Research for the UCLA Undergraduate Science Journal
Hobbies: Photography, Skiing, Singing, Hanging out with Friends
Favorite Quote: "Carpe Diem"
historian@amsabruins.org
Action Committee Chairs
Hometown: Odessa, Texas
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher, Dept. of Medicine; Volunteer, UCLA Health System, Soldiers Wish List; Tutuor, Pacifica High School; Staff, UCLA J.A.M.
Hobbies: Tennis, theater, singing, dance, cooking, piano, watching lots of TV and movies, traveling, and spending time with my family
Favorite Quote: "The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. Eden Ahbez" - "Nature Boy" (song, recorded by Nat King Cole)
studentlife@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Fountain Valley, CA
Major: Molecular, Cellular, Developmental Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher, Department of MIMG; Staff, Higher Opportunity Program for Education (HOPE); Volunteer, Ronald Reagan
Hobbies: Playing tennis, traveling, playing instruments, hiking
Favorite Quote: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek proverb
cph@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Los Altos, California
Major: Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Competitive club tennis, Research Department Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Cedars Sinai Trauma Research Associates Program, Project Literacy
Hobbies: Running, Cooking, Listening to Music
Favorite Quote: "Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming."- John Wooden
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cph@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Woodside, California
Major: Neuroscience
Extracurricular Activities: Bruin Belles Service Association, IM sports
Hobbies: World traveling, Dancing, Attending theatre shows, Baking, Running, Singing in my car
Favorite Quote: “Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You.” -Dr. Seuss
legislativeaffairs@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major: Physiological Science
Extracurricular Activities: Care Extenders, Face AIDS, Alumni Scholars Club, Project RISHI, Indian Student Union
Hobbies: Eating, Singing, Traveling, Learning New Languages
Favorite Quote: "I believe in manicures. I believe in primping at leisure and wearing lipstick. I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles." - Audrey Hepburn
Project Directors
Community & Public Health Committee Projects
Hometown: Murrieta, CA
Major: MIMG (Minor: Middle Eastern & North African Studies)
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher, UCLA Dept. of Infectious Diseases; Flutist, UCLA Symphonic Band; Volunteer, Ronald Reagan
Hobbies: Eating, playing flute, gardening, baking yummy treats, drawing, hanging out with friends
Favorite Quote: If you hear a voice within you say 'you cannot paint,' then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced.
-Van Gogh
newsletter@amsabruins.org
Hometown: Anaheim, California
Major: Gender Studies
Extracurricular Activities: Intern-Grandma's House of Hope; Media and Publicity Team-USAC EVP; Writer-UCLA Al-Talib; Member-PSA; Volunteer-Umma Volunteer Project
Hobbies: Travelling, spending time with family and friends, eating, meeting new people, cooking, praying, shopping.
Favorite Quote: "Our attitude towards life determines life's attitude towards us" John Mitchell.
Hometown: San Gabriel, CA
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Salsa Dancing
Hobbies: Traveling, meeting new people, spending time with family
Favorite Quote: “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” - Gandhi
Hometown: Yorba Linda, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher-Center for Wound Healing and Hyperbarics, President-Bruins For Animals, Founder/Board Member- Wild About Life (Conservation Biology), Member-Student Food Collective
Hobbies: Volleyball, Anything ocean and marine biology related, Hiking and being in nature, Cooking vegan food
Favorite Quote: “To never forget your own insignificance. To never get used to the unspeakable violence and the vulgar disparity of life around you. To seek joy in the saddest places. To pursue beauty to its lair. To never simplify what is complicated or complicate what is simple. To respect strength, never power. Above all, to watch. To try and understand. To never look away. And never, never to forget.” -Arundhati Roy
Interns
Hometown: Redondo Beach, California
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities: Undergraduate researcher in Dunn Bioengineering lab; Volunteer, Little Company of Mary; GHPM
Hobbies: Eating, Figure Skating, Dancing, Hiking
Favorite Quote: "Make every day your masterpiece." -John Wooden
Ariel Salim, Leadership Intern
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Senior Mentor- Cedars Sinai Medical Center,
Volunteer- Regenerative Medicine Institute, Svendsen Lab
Hobbies: Piano, hiking, eating, sleeping, studying
Favorite Quote: "Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.”
- Mahatma Gandhi
Kim Dang , Treasurer Intern
Hometown: San Jose, California
Major: Physiological Science
Extracurricular Activities: Kids Korner - Director's Intern
Hobbies: Sleeping, playing board games, reading, playing tennis, watching movies, and spending time with friends & family.
Favorite Quote: "Whatever you are, be a good one." - Abraham Lincoln
Jackie Tsao , Treasurer Intern
Hometown: Arcadia, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities:
Hobbies: Hiking, eating, napping
Favorite Quote: "Life is a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get." - Mama Gump
Claire Valburg , Membership Intern
Hometown: Fullerton, California
Major: Human Biology and Society
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteering at Ronald Reagan, intern for Team HBV, peer buddy in Best Buddies
Hobbies: Reading, Running, spending time with friends and family
Favorite Quote: "I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
- Thomas Jefferson
Jonathan Sadik , Webmaster Intern
Hometown: Virginia Beach, California
Major :Undeclared Life Sciences
Extracurricular Activities: Bruins for Israel, Hillel JLIC member, volunteer at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center and UCLA hospital, intramural basketball.
Hobbies: Biking, ping pong, basketball, dog-walking, tennis, and reading.
Favorite Quote: “A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” -Greek proverb
Melinda Ng, Student Life
Hometown: San Francisco, California
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities:"Asian Pacific Health Corps,
Volunteer for MAPS (Measuring to Achieve Patient Safety) Program "
Hobbies:"Swimming,
Watching TV,
Baking,
Making Art Crafts,
Running"
Favorite Quote: "Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that." -Martin Luther king Jr.
Allen Yu , Legislative Intern
Hometown: Claremont, California
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities: "Researcher, Orthopedic Surgery;
Care Extender, Santa Monica CCU;
Alpha Chi Sigma"
Hobbies: Creative writing,
drinking tea
Favorite Quote: "If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -Albert Einstein
Patrick Matian , CPH Intern
Hometown: San Jose, California
Major: Physiological Sciences
Extracurricular Activities: I play a lot of soccer at UCLA, and I golf when I get home. I do research at the UCLA Liver Transplant Center and volunteer at the UCLA hospital.
Hobbies: I love to cook all sorts of food. I love to paint and draw in my free time as well. I spend a lot of time with my family when I can, and I watch a lot of movies and awesome TV shows.
Favorite Quote: "And so you touch this limit, something happens and you suddenly can go a little bit further. With your mind power, your determination, your instinct, and the experience as well, you can fly very high."
Ayrton Senna
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Guillaume Trusz , CPH Intern
Hometown: Redwood Shores, California
Major: Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Extracurricular Activities: UCLA Swim Club,
Coach for Special Olympics,
French Conversation Circle,
Ronald Reagan Hospital Volunteer"
Hobbies:"Eating new foods,
Visiting new places,
Simply being awesome"
Favorite Quote: "To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" R.W. Emerson
Justin Duong , CPH Intern
Hometown: Irvine, California
Major: Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Intramural Basketball
Hobbies: Play basketball, listen to music, go to museums, shop for clothes, go to the gym, read (articles, books, blogs), go to concerts, hang out with friends, watch movies
Favorite Quote: "Big dreamers never sleep."
Monica Mathur , Global Health Intern
Hometown: West Hills, California
Major: Neuroscience
Extracurricular Activities:Volunteer- Ronald Reagan Hospital Child Life Department; Member- Project Sunshine; Member- Project Rishi; Co-Founder - Face Aids
Hobbies: Singing, Shopping, International travel, Reading
Favorite Quote: "Nothing is impossible. Even the word itself screams I'm possible!" ~Audrey Hepburn
Lisa Kawakami , Global Health Intern
Hometown: Torrance, California
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer - Ronald Reagan's Patient Escort, Member - Nikkei Student Union (NSU)
Hobbies: Traveling, Playing Piano, Playing Tennis, Running, Shopping
Favorite Quote: "The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will." - Vincent T. Lombardi
Robert Naami , Global Health Intern
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Besides being part of AMSA, I do research in Regenerative Medicince at Cedar Sinai Medical Center and also volunteer at Ronald Reagan and Santa Monica Medical Hospital.
Hobbies: Running long distances, playing basketball, and watching movies on my couch.
Favorite Quote: "Coffee's out of the question. When I moved to California, I promised my mother that I wouldn't start doing drugs." -Sheldon Cooper
Hometown: Arcadia, California
Major: Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Church Youth Group Leader, Emergency Medical Technician
Hobbies: Mixed Martial Arts, Playing Piano, Painting, Movies
Favorite Quote: “Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because your character is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." - John Wooden
Emily Dennis, IOP Intern
Hometown: Azusa, California
Major: Neuroscience
Extracurricular Activities: Operation Mend
Hobbies: Music, drawing, and writing, along with having crazy adventures with my friends.
Favorite Quote: "The only real failure in life is not to be true to the best one knows." Buddha
Hometown: Los Angeles, California
Major: Biology & English
Extracurricular Activities: Operation Mend, Holy Name of Jesus Youth Mentor
Hobbies: Swimming, Dancing and singing are my favorite things to do when I'm stressed out. I love the beach and spending quality time with my family.
Favorite Quote: "Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too." - Will Smith
Hometown: Leeds, England
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer at Ronald Reagan, Child Life Department, Member of Project Rishi, Member of ISU
Hobbies: Traveling, Meeting new people, Hanging out with friends and families, Going to concerts/gigs, Watching soccer, Dancing
Favorite Quote: "We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give." - Winston Churchill
Gurjot Dogra , HEN Intern
Hometown: Costa Mesa, California
Major: Neuroscience
Extracurricular Activities: Volunteer-Mattel Children's Hospital, Member-PCH, Member-GMT, Intern at Hope Clinic
Hobbies: Traveling, Watching Television, Listening to Music, Reading
Favorite Quote: "It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop."
-Confucius
Hometown: San Diego, California
Major: Psychobiology
Extracurricular Activities: UCLA Men's Water Polo Team, Student-Athlete Mentors (SAMs)
Hobbies: Swimming, fishing
Favorite Quote: "Failing to prepare is preparing to fail." -John Wooden
Mia Park , Newsletter Intern
Hometown: Auckland, New Zealand
Major: Biology
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher, Psychophysiology Lab; Volunteer, MAPS at Ronald Reagan; Intern, LA Braille Institute
Hobbies: Traveling, Eating, Running, Reading, Visiting museums
Favorite Quote: "Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway" - Earl Nightingale
Hometown: Rosemead, California
Major: Biochemistry
Extracurricular Activities: Researcher - Mycology Lab; Volunteering - Care Extenders; Tutor - Project Literacy
Hobbies: TV, Movies, Shopping, Music, Food, Hanging out with friends and family
Favorite Quote: "Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be?" - Marianne Williamson