Caroline Castleman is a second-year medical student at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, Tennessee. She studied the history of science at Princeton University and was connected with William Way and the PAOHP during her senior thesis research, which focused on the development of AIDS origin theories during the 1980s and 1990s. In medical school, she continues to be engaged in history and LGBTQ+ advocacy, serving as co-president of the History of Medicine and Surgery Society and education & research chair of Pride in Medicine. She hopes to be involved in more projects like the PAOHP throughout her career to increase engagement with medical history, particularly among physicians.
