Aahana Nigam

I’m a highly disciplined and self-motivated medical student with a lifelong passion for biology and medicine. Academic excellence gives me real personal fulfilment, and I’ve consistently pursued it with focus and integrity, earning multiple distinctions at Trinity College Dublin. I’ve gained broad clinical experience across Ireland and abroad, and have a strong interest in both research and public health. I stand firmly by my values and speak up when something isn’t right. Confident in public speaking—shaped by years of acting and MUN—I’m committed to lifelong learning, compassionate care, and making a meaningful difference through medicine.

• Research project: "The impact of an insourcing teledermatology initiative on patient pathways for melanoma and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma", 1st author, affiliated with St James Hospital Dublin.
• Research project: "Placental Histology in Neonatal Encephalopathy: A Systematic Review" affiliated with Crumlin Children's Hospital, Dublin

My interests include team sports like touch rugby, basketball and ultimate frisbee, where I enjoy challenging my health and pushing my limits. I thrive in acting and public speaking, having performed lead roles in school plays and won ‘Best Delegate’ at Model UN. Additionally, I have recently started enjoying dancing and creative painting as a source of stress relief. These hobbies have strengthened my teamwork, confidence, and communication skills outside of medicine.

Trinity Student Medical Journal, 2025 [1st author] - What is the evidence for the efficacy of Intralipid in reversal of cardio toxicity due to amide local anaesthetics - levobupivacaine and bupivacaine?

• Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support (ACLS) - (2023)
• Basic Life Support (BLS) -(2024)

• Project Arts 360 - involved the delivery of education and lifestyle skills to rohingya refugees [2017-2019]
• 24 Hour Race - fund/awareness raising process for human trafficking victims [2020]
• Social Justice project - organized the public awareness project for PAWS (animal sheltering charity) for the procurement of canned foods/monetary donations [2020]
• Discovery Week - yearly project in which I would spend a week in locations such as Cambodia, Malaysia, Pangkor island to aid in volunteering work such as educating locals, planting trees and taking care of abandoned animals in animal shelters [2015-2021]
• Teddy Bear hospital - a pediatric event organised by trinity to help sick and healthy kids to experience the role of a doctor [2025]