UChicago Medicine Administrative Fellowship

Samantha Martinez (2022 – 2024) is from Franklin Lakes, NJ, and a recent graduate from the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health. She was awarded the John and Kathleen Gorman Public Health Humanitarian Award for her work to increase health literacy strategy in historically marginalized and immigrant communities. During her matriculation, Samantha led an initiative with the Chief Diversity Officer and senior executive leadership of the Mount Sinai Health System, in New York City to improve patient health outcomes impacted by racial disparities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Under Congressman Adriano Espaillat, Samantha developed a program that increased vaccination rates in New York’s 13th district when vaccine hesitancy due to historical mistrust and social determinants were prevalent. As an Executive Intern at New Jersey’s Englewood Health System, Samantha worked in the Breast Center to strategize workflow efficiencies and decrease patient treatment delays to ensure better results and outcomes. Samantha completed a B.S. in Biology at The George Washington University with a minor in Business Administration. Her professional interests include patient experience, and operational improvement, community health, diversity, equity, and inclusion, and social determinants of health.

 Jasmine Reid (2022 – 2024) is originally from Cincinnati, Ohio and attended Vanderbilt University where she obtained her bachelor’s degree in Medicine Health and Society with a minor in Corporate Strategy. After completing her bachelors, she worked as a patient advocate in Dallas, Texas for four years helping patients better understand their health insurance. Jasmine then earned her Master of Health Administration at the Ohio State University. While in the master’s program, she was a member of the winning team for the National Association of Health Service Executives (NAHSE) 26th Annual Everett V. Fox Student Case Competition and completed her administrative residency at the Cleveland Clinic in their Digestive Disease and Surgery Institute. Both her work experience in Dallas and her residency have sparked a passion for improving access to health services and enhancing the patient experience, especially for marginalized communities. Her professional interests include population health, patient access, clinical operations, and patient experience.