PROJECT: A comprehensive mobile health screening protocol for chronic eye diseases designed for use in low-resource settings, titled Integrated Screening Eye Exams – Los Angeles (iSEE-LA).

Karla Murillo is a first-generation medical student at the UCLA Program in Medical Education — Leadership and Advocacy (PRIME-LA). She was raised in Bakersfield, CA, and is the daughter of Mexican immigrants.

During her time as an undergraduate student at UCLA, she was involved in Latinxs/Chicanxs for Community Medicine (LCCM), UCLA High AIMS, and the Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture (CESLAC). During her enrichment years, she worked for UC Davis Prep Medico, mentoring first-year undergraduate students and continued working with CESLAC.

In 2020, Murillo started medical school with the PRIME-LA dual program which trains future physicians dedicated to addressing health disparities. She continues to mentor pre-medical students under represented in medicine through her past role as UCLA Latino Medical Student Association Co-Chair and present role as a UCLA High AIMS Graduate Mentor.

Murillo also volunteers with UCLA Mobile Eye Clinic to deliver free vision care to under-resourced communities in Greater Los Angeles. She intends to become an ophthalmologist and continue to engage in ophthalmic epidemiologic research to impact policy and provide equitable vision care to underresourced communities.

She obtained a Bachelor of Science in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, Community and Culture at UCLA in 2017.