Olivia Collier, OMS II

Olivia Collier is a second-year medical student at A.T. Still University of Health Sciences, Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine (ATSU-KCOM) in Kirksville, Missouri. She was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, and has two younger sisters. After completing high school at Cor Jesu Academy, she attended Rockhurst University in Kansas City, Missouri, and graduated in 2021 with a bachelor's degree in Biology and Psychology. While at Rockhurst, she played on the Women's Lacrosse team. She was a captain during her senior year.

After graduating college, she took two gap years before matriculating to medical school. During this time, she worked as a medical scribe in the emergency department of a rural hospital outside of St. Louis, as a high school lacrosse assistant coach, and as a volunteer at Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital. She also took time during these gap years to travel. In July of 2022, she did a road trip out West and visited ten different National Parks, camping along the way. Then, in April of 2023, she backpacked across Europe, visiting ten countries and sixteen cities.

Since matriculating to ATSU-KCOM, she has been able to continue traveling by taking part in a Medical Mission Trip to Uganda, Africa, in March 2024. This year, she will be traveling to Vietnam for another Medical Mission Trip during spring break. Not only has she continued traveling, but she has also been able to continue playing sports. She is the Co-Chair for Intramurals and organizes all of the intramural sports. In addition to traveling and playing sports, she also started kickboxing at a local Jiu-Jitsu gym. She has been able to continue serving the community by partaking in various service activities, mainly through her role as the Vice President of the nationally recognized service fraternity, Sigma Sigma Phi, Alpha Chapter.

Olivia discloses that she has no relevant financial relationships with any organization producing, marketing, reselling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by or used on patients relative to the content of this presentation.