Ryon Arrington & Rosalind Byrd
Studying together leads to matching together
Byrd has a passion for public health. Her research explores how intersectionality affects one’s lived experiences and, consequently, one’s health.
“During my time at Emory, I have grown as an advocate, clinician and researcher,” she says. “Speaking up to bring attention to issues impacting myself and other students has given me the confidence to champion my patients’ needs, too. As a person who thrives being in the community of others, I have been fortunate to have my support system expand beyond the School of Medicine and into the broader Atlanta community.”
For the last three years, Byrd has been dating Ryon Arrington, MBA, also a 2024 MD candidate at Emory. The two are matching as a couple. The couples match allows two residency applicants to link their rank order lists, usually to obtain positions in the same geographic location.
The couple learned on Match Day that they will remain at Emory, matching in internal medicine for Byrd and cardiothoracic surgery for Arrington.
Arrington is originally from St. Louis, Missouri. He attended Washington University in St. Louis where he earned a bachelor of arts degree in biochemistry and molecular biology. He is a first-generation college student and attributes much of his success to his family: “Growing up in the city of St. Louis, my family focused on education as a means of changing my circumstances.”
While Arrington was finishing his undergraduate degree, his stepfather…
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