Varmus Global Scholars Fund

Through the generosity of Dr. Harold Varmus (P&S ’66), Nobel Prize recipient, and his wife, Ms. Constance Casey, Columbia established in 2019 the endowed Harold Varmus MD P&S ’66 Global Scholars Fund.

The Fund provides stipends for exceptional Columbia medical students wishing to pursue a transformative experience through global health research projects for eight weeks to a year, through the various Student Research Programs.

Varmus Global Scholars by year:
2025
Suuba Demby, Anisha Loganathan, Clara Navarro, Chidiogo Nwakoby, and Astra Toyip
2024
Mehal Churiwal, Timothy Daniel, Emily Sternberg-Schoeman, Oluwatofunmi Akinwunmi, and Daniella Longhi
2023
Julian Maldonado, Nadia Goldberg, Nivedita Ravi, Madhav Nekkar, and Anne Berhe
2022 
Temitope Akinade, Sofia Ali, Jacob Dubner, Olufemi Olatidoye, Gabrielle Wimer
2021
Lotanna Ezenekwe, Amir Hassan, Alicia Li, Karl Reis, Jackson Roberts, Helen Woolcock, Wisdom Elorm Yevudza
2020
Alani Estrella, Catherine Lowenthal, Catherine Myong, Alex Northrop, Thomas Wagner
2019 
Alexander Bulteel, Victor Gustavo Castano Iraheta, Teresa Logue, Kelsey Clayman, Matthew Cohen