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Graduate Archer Fellowship Program

Alumni Ambassadors

“Archer Fellow Alumni Ambassadors are official Archer Center representatives who are available to speak with prospective fellows, current fellows, faculty, and staff about their experience as Archer Fellows in Washington, D.C. They serve prospective and current students of the Archer Fellowship Program by giving advice and sharing their experiences through the application process and during the fellowship semester.”

The Archer Center

UTHealth Houston Archer Center Alumni Ambassadors 2024-2025

Grace Drew

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston & UTHealth Houston School of Public Health

Internship: National Center for Health Research

About: Grace Drew is an MD/MPH candidate with a bachelor’s degree in biology with minors in women’s and gender studies and creative writing from The University of Texas at Austin. Through the Graduate Archer Fellowship Program, Drew completed an internship with the National Center for Health Research. Drew is interested in the intersection of women’s health, public health, and health policy. She currently serves as president of Medical Students for Choice and plans to use her experience as a Graduate Archer Fellow to inform women’s health policy and strengthen her role as a future physician-advocate.

Contact: [email protected]

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Likhit Agrawal

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Internship: U.S. House of Representatives, E&C Committee

About: Likhit Agrawal is a medical student at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's McGovern Medical School. He graduated from The University of Texas at Dallas with a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience, where he first realized his passion for the intersection of medicine and policy. As an undergraduate Archer Fellow, Agrawal was a health policy intern at the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Following that life-changing experience, he served as a legislative aide for the Texas House of Representatives during the 88th Texas Legislative Session. In the graduate fellowship, Agrawal interned for the US House of Representatives Energy & Commerce Committee- Health Subcommittee. He has a strong passion for systems-level healthcare changes and is excited to pursue those discussions in the future.

Contact: [email protected]

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