Medical Student
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Iona Palmer is a second year medical student at the University of Louisville School of Medicine in Louisville, Kentucky. She graduated from the University of Louisville’s College of Arts and Sciences in 2022 with Bachelor of Arts degrees in Psychology and Sociology.
Iona serves as the pharmacology course representative for her class and is Student Council Vice President of the UofL School of Medicine. She also holds leadership roles in a variety of local student interest groups, including Otolaryngology, Oncology, and the Association of Women Surgeons.
Research interests of Iona’s include the role of systemic inflammation on surgical outcomes, quality of life outcomes in head and neck cancer patients, ethical implications of complex care, and medical access for uninsured / underinsured populations.