Saniya
Gayake
Medical Student
The University of Texas at Austin
Saniya Gayake is a second-year M.D. candidate at Dell Medical School. She graduated from Rice University in 2021 with a B.A. in Anthropology. She currently serves as the Vice Chief of Partnerships at her medical school's student-run clinic, C.D. Doyle Clinic. She is passionate about community health initiatives that work towards health equity for underserved populations.
Presenting at the Nexus Summit:
Background: C.D. Doyle Clinic (CDD) is a student-run free clinic (SRFC) that provides acute, episodic care at the Esperanza Community, a 200-member emergency shelter complex serving those experiencing homelessness. The Foundations for Interprofessional Collaborative Practice (FICP) course teaches interprofessional education to medical, pharmacy, nursing, and social work students. A hackathon is a time-bound event where teams collectively prototype solutions for diverse problems. CDD’s Community Hackathon took place in an FICP class with prompts reflecting CDD’s challenges. Our research aims…