We are proud to welcome the University of Colorado School of Medicine Class of 2029 at our annual Matriculation Ceremony, taking place Friday, July 25, at 9 a.m.
This momentous event marks a meaningful milestone as our incoming students receive their white coats and take the Hippocratic Oath—a symbol of their commitment to the medical profession and the beginning of their journey toward becoming compassionate, skilled health care professionals.
Meet some of our new students by exploring the stories below.
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For Incoming Student Trinity Brigham, a Passion for Medicine Runs in the Family
Trinity Brigham has long had an interest in medicine.
“It began with my own family. My granny was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease around the time I was born, so I never really got to know her,” says the incoming University of Colorado School of Medicine student. “Then, in high school, my aunt got lung cancer. She never smoked a day in her life. From there, my interest really started to grow because I was curious about so many aspects of these diseases and why certain diseases impact some people and not others.”
Incoming CU Med Student Seeks the Intersection Between Medicine and Policy
It wasn’t one lightning bolt moment where Jaydep Halder knew he was destined for a career in medicine, but rather a series of small glimmers that kept guiding him toward a unique path, carved by his desire to combine policy and health care.
The incoming University of Colorado School of Medicine student, who will be part of the Colorado Springs LIC Program, says those flashes of a future in medicine started early. At 11 years old, a primary care physician became a beacon of hope for Halder during a period of allergic dermatitis.
CU’s PIKE-PREP Program Prepared Brooke Linden for the CU School of Medicine’s MD-PhD Program
Brooke Linden won’t need a map to find her way around campus when she begins her first year as a student in the University of Colorado School of Medicine later this month.
Linden has spent the past two years on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus as a student in the PIKE-PREP program, a mentoring and research training experience that prepares post-baccalaureate students to enroll and succeed in a top-tier PhD or MD-PhD program and commit to a career in biomedical research alongside patient care.
Incoming CU Medical Student Aims to Become a ‘Jack of All Trades’ to Advance Science and Patient Care
Whether conducting research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo or rock climbing above the Pacific Ocean in Canada, Cameron Meikle follows where adventure calls. Now, he’s preparing to embark on one of his biggest adventures yet — joining the University of Colorado School of Medicine to become a physician.
Raised in the small rural town of Hamilton, Montana, Meikle found a passion for science at a young age, thanks to the frequent at-home science experiments created by his dad, an ecologist. But his desire to become a doctor didn’t come until later, after a series of research projects that took him to different continents and an experience as an environmental educator.
