Seeing Double
Three sets of twins plus another pair of siblings are among the 184 students in the Jacobs School Class of 2027. Photo by Douglas Levere; Original story by Ellen Goldbaum.
First-year medical students often hear that finding a study partner can be helpful in getting through the rigorous curriculum. This year, several first-year students at the Jacobs School are starting off with a “study buddy” they’ve known all their lives. Three pairs of twins plus another pair of siblings are among the 184 students in the Jacobs School Class of 2027.
“As far as I know, this happy coincidence is totally unprecedented,” says Dori R. Marshall, MD ’97, BA ’92, former associate dean and director of medical admissions in the Jacobs School. “We are delighted that these high-achieving siblings have decided that the Jacobs School is the best place for them to pursue—together—their dreams of becoming physicians.”
In the photo above, clockwise from top right are Marisa Warren, Camryn Warren; Josef Iqbal, Hannah Iqbal; Stephen Dhillon, Eric Dhillon; Chidera Anameze, Chidalu Anameze.
The Warren, Iqbal and Anameze twins already knew each other before the first day of classes. The Warrens and Anamezes met during the Jacobs School’s Collaborative Learning and Integrated Mentoring in the Biosciences Undergraduate Program (CLIMB UP), an interdisciplinary, summer research program, and the Anamezes graduated from Canisius University’s pre-med undergraduate program with the Iqbal twins.
