Impact Stories

Celebrating decades of support for UW Medicine, Bryan and Christine White receive the 2026 Brotman Leadership Award for helping advance breakthrough science and discovery.

Genevieve L. Pagalilauan, MD ’00, Res. ’03, Chief Res. ’04, the incoming president of the UW School of Medicine Alumni Association, shares her journey in medicine.

For Christine Koch, recipient of a 2026 Brotman Leadership Award, her giving is part of a team effort to improve mental health and rural care.

A transformative gift will change the lives of students in the Medical Laboratory Science program — and allow this vital specialty to grow.

What began as a question for Peter and Christine Koch grew into a powerful commitment to mental health, scholarship support and generational impact through planned giving.

In the field of orthopedic surgery, only 6% of surgeons nationwide are women. Carolina Pavlenco, a fourth-year medical student, is on a mission to change the playbook.

The Cancer Vaccine Institute at UW Medicine is harnessing the immune system to treat and prevent cancer.

Patrick Hewes was determined to flip the script on a childhood defined by trauma. Scholarships gave him the chance to write a new one for himself — and others.

How support from his family, a drive to serve and the generosity of scholarship donors have shaped fourth-year student Caleb Allred’s journey into medicine.

Scholarships have supported Julia Merritt, Alaska WWAMI, MS3, in her unconventional path to medical school and her dream of returning to Alaska to serve her local community.

Scholarship support is making it possible for this aspiring rural physician, Pearl Griffiths, to say yes to her dream of improving the health of underserved communities.

For third-year medical student Alfred Albear, emergency medicine is more than a passion — it’s a way to keep patients from falling through the cracks.