Reflecting on a Summer of Health Policy & Human Rights Work

Grace Wang, COL ’26, Plano, TX

This summer, I had the privilege of interning at The Judge David L. Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law, a legal-advocacy organization based in Washington, DC. This opportunity perfectly combined my interests in legal …

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Reflection: Pfizer Breakthrough Fellowship

Matthew Landell, COL ’23, Rosedale, NY/USA

This summer I was named a Breakthrough Fellow at Pfizer Pharmaceuticals on the Medical Excellence Team. As a fellow this summer, I completed the first component from Pfizer’s initiative to advance students of Black/African …

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A Summer of Research and Learning

Anusha Keshireddy, SEAS ’23. Chesterfield, NJ

This summer I had the opportunity to continue my research at the Richardson Lab in the Department of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine. I first joined the Richardson Lab in January of …

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From Simulation to Real-life Practice in Healthcare

Clarissa Yee, NUR ’23, Staten Island, NY

A piece of advice I always hear since the start of my nursing education from my instructors to other fellow nurses is that to be a “good” nurse comes a lot from experience. …

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Send Alerts, Save Lives: Propelling Emergency Alerting Further with FEMA

Jayden Huynh-Vuong, WH ’25, Glen Allen, VA

You’re sitting on your couch with a bag of chips (hopefully, kettle-cooked), trying to catch up on your favorite Netflix show, when you hear booming, vehement alarms coming from your phone. It causes …

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Life in the Mouse House

Hong Yu Liu, COL ’24, Broomall, PA

This summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to work in the Yang Lab which is part of Cancer Biology at the Perelman School of Medicine. The lab is interested in the role of …

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Summer at a Nurse Extern at NYU Langone Health

Daniel Huynh, NUR ’23, Portland, Oregon

This summer, I had the opportunity to complete a 9-week Nursing Externship on the Solid Organ Transplant Floor at NYU Lagone Health’s Kimmel Pavillion. This floor focused on patients mainly receiving kidney and liver …

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Brain and Behavior

Amishi Mahajan, COL ’25, West Bloomfield, MI

This summer, I spent my time on a different side of Penn’s campus: the Perelman School of Medicine. Though I enjoyed my morning coffee runs at Starbucks and lunches at Gia Pronto’s Kitchen, …

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PhD Career Exploration Fellow Spotlight: Julia Tasca

(Hosted by Janssen)

Describe your experience working with your host:

My host was Dr. Sheng Gao, the Director of Immunology Translational Sciences at Janssen Pharmaceuticals. I am extremely fortunate to have been paired with an attentive, knowledgeable, and caring host …

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“Heart” Work – Nursing on a Telemetry Unit in NYC

Sophie Ouyang, NUR’23, New Hyde Park, NY

This summer I had the opportunity to work as a student nurse intern on a telemetry unit at the Mount Sinai Morningside hospital in Manhattan. Telemetry refers to heart rhythm monitoring. Along with …

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