Ashley Peko, MD, MS Medical School:  University of Denver Graduate (MS): University of Denver Undergraduate:  University of Southern California

Ashley Peko has earned the Chambers Scholarship, Schwartz Scholarship, Pustmueller Grant for Undergraduate Research, and the Biological Sciences Chair Award. She participated in several research projects in molecular biology while pursuing her Masters program at the University of Denver, resulting in two publications. Ashley has demonstrated commendable leadership abilities while at Keck, serving as the co-president of the emergency medicine journal club at USC, as the director of the Health Education L.A.C.E.R., and on the national membership committee for AAEM. She worked as a mentor in a violence intervention program and was an interviewer for the USC/Keck School of Medicine admissions committee.