2022
![Anne Xuan-Lan](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/anguyen.png)
Anne Xuan-Lan Nguyen
MD, CM Candidate
Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
McGill University, Canada
"Outside of research and clinic, I enjoy coaching flag football, competing in national ultimate frisbee tournaments and playing hockey with friends."
![Burak](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/bmergen-cropped.png)
Burak Mergen
MD, FEBO
Cornea
University of Health Sciences, Basaksehir Cam and Sakura City Hospital, Turkey
"I can guess the local wine varietals by tasting."
![Cris Martin](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/cjmartin.png)
Cris Martin Jacoba
MD
Retina
Beetham Eye Institute, Joslin Diabetes Center, Harvard Department of Ophthalmology, US
"I love standup and improv comedy. I want to do training and participate in a show one day!"
![Claudia](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/cthieme_cropped.png)
Claudia Thieme
MD, FEBO
Glaucoma
University Hospital Bielefeld, Germany
"My true passions are travelling and discovering new cultures and languages."
![Eman](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/ealzghoul_cropped.png)
Eman Alzghoul
PhD Candidate
Visual Psychophysics/Physiological Optics
University of New South Wales, Australia
"I can spend half of my life exploring historical places, and the other half living by the ocean!"
![Ester](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/ereina-torres.png)
Ester Reina-Torres
PhD
Glaucoma
Imperial College London, United Kingdom
"When I was a child, I wanted to be an archaeologist and an astronaut later on, it looks like I always wanted to discover things."
![Itika](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/igarg_cropped.png)
Itika Garg
MD
Retina
Harvard Retinal Imaging Lab, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, US
"Meditation is my daily morning practice. I undertook two 10-days long Vipassana silent meditation retreats, which have been the best and most important life-changing experience to date."
![Janelle](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/jtong.png)
Janelle Tong
BSci, BOptom
Glaucoma
University of New South Wales, Australia
"Despite being very uncoordinated and injury-prone, I’ve surprisingly never broken any bones!"
![Maria](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/mgelmi_cropped.png)
Maria Gelmi
MD
Pathology/Oncology
Leiden University Medical Center, Netherlands
"I love musical theatre and if I could travel in time, I would go back to 2015 and watch “Hamilton” with the original cast on Broadway."
![Paul](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/pmccann-cropped.png)
Paul McCann
MBChB, MRes, PhD
Clinical/Epidemiologic Research
Department of Ophthalmology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, US
"In my spare time, I enjoy cycling and hiking in the Colorado outdoors."
![Tsai-Chu](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/tcyeh_cropped.png)
Tsai-Chu Yeh
MD, MTM
Retina
Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan
"I was found to have active perfect pitch when I was 5 years old, and am able to name any musical note played."
![Xiao](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/xlin_cropped.png)
Xiao Lin
MBBS, MS
Cornea
University of Houston, College of Optometry, US
"I burst into laughter by a joke that is not funny at all."
![Yanhui](/globalassets/arvo/education/science-communication-fellowship/meet-the-scicomm-fellows/2021-2022/yma.png)
Yanhui Ma
PhD
Glaucoma
The Ohio State University, US
"I did my academic training across 4 countries including China, Germany, United Kingdom, and United States."