Feb 27, 2024
Supporting Untapped Potential and Brilliance: The Dr. Chika Oriuwa Award for the Advancement of Black Health
![Chika Oriuwa](/sites/default/files/styles/scale_width_1750/public/assets/news/image/Oriuwa.Home%20Page%20Image.jpg?itok=2FNaiJfO)
Christie Vuong
While a medical student, Chika Oriuwa (MD '20), served as an ambassador with Temerty Medicine’s Black Student Application Program and was named valedictorian for the MD Class of 2020 — the first Black woman to become Temerty Medicine’s sole valedictorian.