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Prior to medical school, Dr. Sharma graduated magna cum laude with honors in biology and a minor in the biological basis of behavior and healthcare management. At Penn, she served as a research peer advisor for the Center for Undergraduate Research and Fellowships.

At Perelman, Dr. Sharma was actively involved in various initiatives that demonstrated her commitment to healthcare innovation and community service. She has worked with the Penn Medicine/Wharton Fund for Health and Wharton Investment Venture Associates, exploring the intersection of business and medicine. Additionally, Dr. Sharma co-founded an accelerator for social determinants of health startups through Penn HealthX, demonstrating her dedication to addressing these factors.

Dr. Sharma's research experience includes working at the Center for Surgery and Health Economics, where she has contributed to advancing knowledge in the field of surgery and health economics. She was awarded two research fellowships as an undergraduate and three research fellowships in medical school, by the Agnew Surgical Society, the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Patient Safety, and the Center for the University of Pennsylvania's Dermatology Oncology Center. 

Dr. Sharma has authored 20+ peer-reviewed journal articles in surgery, oncology, anesthesia, gastroenterology, and dermatology, including several first-author publications. She has been published in numerous selective journals, including the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the Journal of General Internal Medicine, Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, and others. She has also presented oral and poster presentations at multiple conferences, including the International Association for Health Professions Education Conference, Physicians for Human Rights National Student Conference, and the Society for Investigative Dermatology Annual Meeting. She has also been featured in several academic and media publications.

Dr. Sharma's approach to mentoring is characterized by her enthusiasm, empathy, and dedication to helping others achieve their goals. She is excited to work with pre-med students from diverse backgrounds and provide personalized guidance and support throughout the research process. Having supervised and led eight research projects over the course of her career, Dr. Sharma has helped guide students through research in immunology, cancer & tumor biology, cell biology, and health policy, economics, services, and outcomes. Students she has worked with have had their work published in the American Medical Student Research Journal, the International Journal of Medical Students, and the Stanford Undergraduate Research Journal. 

Dr. Sharma strongly believes in individualized coaching approaches and supporting non-traditional paths in medicine or "medicine plus" research interests. She is a firm believer in maximizing productivity through deliverables. Her passion for mentoring and experience in research advising make her an invaluable coach for anyone looking for guidance towards research success.

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After earning a BS in microbiology from the University of California, Davis, in just three years, Dr. Ramini spent three formative gap years gaining hands-on clinical and research experience. This included working full-time in biopharmaceutical research and as an eye recovery technician, performing independent corneal recoveries for transplant. This experience provided Dr. Ramini with unique insight into research from a perspective outside of academics.

During his medical school education at Loyola Stritch School of Medicine, Dr. Ramini maintained excellent academic performance while continuing research activities. He has been a Lead Author on multiple publications and has been published in journals such as Cornea, Current Eye Research, Arthroplasty Today, and The Ocular Surface. Dr. Ramini was awarded the Student Training in Approaches to Research (STAR) Scholarship and the Zale Ophthalmology Scholarship.

Dr. Ramini has experience guiding students in many areas of research, including biomedical and clinical information, data science, microbiology, infectious disease, and physiology. He also has experience guiding students through research across molecular, integrative, systems, and quantitative biology. Students Dr. Ramini has coached have been accepted to multiple top medical schools, including NYU, the University of Chicago, Northwestern University, UCLA, UCSF, and UC Davis, among others. They have also published their research in the Journal of Undergraduate Research, the Journal of Global Health, and the Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 

Throughout his years of research experience, Dr. Ramini has gained proficiency not only in planning projects from start to finish but also in data analysis, manuscript composition, and much more. He delivers individualized, student-focused guidance while maintaining open communication with students.

Dr. Irani’s path to medicine began with an early commitment to service and academic excellence, culminating in a BS in honors psychology, a minor in nutrition and food science, and recognition as a Phi Beta Kappa scholar. Participation in Wayne State's MedStart BS/MD program laid the groundwork for a career shaped by both strong scholarship and deep community engagement. Dr. Irani received multiple recognitions during her time at Wayne State, including the Wayne State University Presidential Scholarship, Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) Award, and Fulbright U.S. Student Program Award. 

At the University of Michigan, Dr. Irani completed a dual MD/MPH program, taking a year to focus on public health research in epidemiology. Her research portfolio spans neuroscience, pediatrics, pulmonary medicine, surgery, medical education, global health, and obstetrics and gynecology. Dr. Irani has authored numerous peer-reviewed publications in journals including Academic Medicine, American Journal of Surgery, Maternal and Child Health Journal, Pediatric Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine, and the International Journal of Gynecology & Obstetrics, and has presented her work nationally and internationally. Her global health research in Ghana on numeracy and home blood pressure monitoring in pregnancy has been recognized with a Young Investigator Award from the International Society for the Study of Hypertension in Pregnancy. In Ghana, she also worked as an international research collaborator and mentor.

Dr. Irani has held multiple research mentorship roles. She worked as a research assistant in Wayne State University’s Ofen Lab at the Institute of Gerontology, focusing on neuroscience and developmental cognition research. As an undergraduate research mentor at Wayne State University and the University of Michigan, Dr. Irani mentored undergraduate and high school students participating in pipeline and research programs, including Doctors of Tomorrow and Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program-affiliated projects. In addition to her work as a research coordinator, Dr. Irani has also served as a graduate research assistant at the University of Michigan School of Public Health and the University of Michigan Medical School & Michigan Medicine in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Surgery, Pulmonology, and Medical Education. These experiences allowed her to mentor trainees at the undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, and medical student levels.

Dr. Irani has also held multiple primary leadership roles in research, including serving as Lead and Senior Author, Project Lead, and grant-supported Investigator across medical education, surgical education, global health, and obstetrics research. Dr. Irani’s achievements have been recognized with numerous honors, including induction into the Gold Humanism Honor Society, a full-tuition Dean’s Scholarship for her MPH, and National Institutes of Health and global health research awards. Across her clinical, research, and leadership work, she brings a sustained commitment to compassionate care, rigorous scholarship, and advancing equity in medicine.

In addition to her research experiences, Dr. Irani has held extensive leadership roles focused on diversity, equity, and pipeline development in medicine. She served as Director of Operations for the Doctors of Tomorrow medical pipeline program, where she helped expand access for underrepresented students and co-authored nationally recognized work on virtual pipeline models during the COVID-19 pandemic. At the University of Michigan, she served in multiple leadership positions within the Student Diversity Council, contributed to institutional initiatives supporting student wellness and equity, and coordinated educational programming across the medical school.

Dr. Irani has led or supervised 15 research projects and has experience guiding students through research in behavioral and social sciences in health, neuroscience, public health, health policy, economics, and services. She also has experience guiding students through outcomes research, biomedical informatics, clinical informatics, and data science disciplines. Students she has mentored have been accepted to Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, the Medical College of Wisconsin, Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Albert Einstein School of Medicine, Texas Tech School of Medicine, and the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. Students she has worked with have published their research in Medical Dialogue Review, Social Moments: A Student Journal of Social Relations, and the Journal of Undergraduate Research.

Dr. Irani is known for her approachability, encouragement, and an unwavering commitment to student success. Her mentoring style is to see every student as a whole person and to bring both expert insight and genuine enthusiasm to each student’s research mentorship journey.

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