Jacob (Jake) Qurashi

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Home Institution
The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
D.C. Internship
DC Health– State Health Planning and Development Agency
Biography

Jacob “Jake” Qurashi is pursuing a joint degree in medicine and public health at The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He graduated from Texas Woman’s University with a Bachelor of Science in nursing. His work experiences include caring for critically ill children at level-one trauma centers and aboard fixed and rotor-wing aircrafts as a flight nurse. As an aspiring pediatric intensivist and transport medical director, Qurashi plans to use his experiences with the Archer Fellowship to shape emergency medical services regulation and improve access to critical resources for children.