Katlin Wilson (Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians) Fourth-Year Medical Student

Katie Wilson (she/her) is a Luiseño/Payómkawichum fourth-year medical student at the University of Minnesota and completed a Post-Sophomore Fellowship in Pathology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at University of Minnesota. She received her BS in Chemistry with a concentration in Biochemistry from University of California, Irvine and a MS in Applied Life Sciences from Keck Graduate Institute in Claremont, CA. She was selected as the 2024-2025 Udall Foundation Native American graduate fellow in Tribal policy and served as vice chair of the AMA Committee for American Indian Affairs, advocating for equitable care for AI/AN populations. She also serves on the executive board for the Association of Native American Medical Students and is the founder of the Native Dermatology National Society. An aspiring dermatologist and dermatopathologist, her current research focuses on disparities in the diagnosis and management of cutaneous malignancies in AI/AN people in partnership with Tribal Epidemiology Centers nationally. She is also a member of the International Coalition for Culturally Sensitive Death Investigations, advocating for justice and equitable care in the death investigations of Native people.