Stephanie Hychar

Stephanie is an undergraduate design student and global health intern. She is currently working on the AMR Human Impact project under the supervision of Prof. Shital Desai.

Aaranee Sritharan

As a fourth year global health student, Aaranee is extremely passionate about the human rights and humanitarian work internationally. With previous experience as a research assistant with international NGOs focusing on humanitarian crises, her interest lies in helping those in marginalized and vulnerable communities affected by armed conflict. Currently, she and her team are working […]

Faiza Wali

Faiza is currently working as a research assistant at the Dahdaleh Institute. She is working on the Experiential Learning in Global Health project.

Rita Zhan

Rita is a design student. She is a global health intern currently working on knowledge dissemination on wet markets (zoonosis) under the supervision of Shital Desai and Wendy S. Wong.

Stefan Vranjes

Stefan Vranjes is a third-year design student at York University. Under the direction of Shital Desai, he is exploring how prompts and cues in an augmented reality (AR) environment can serve as assistive technology to make everyday tasks possible for people with dementia. In practice, he is a multidisciplinary designer, but he enjoys working in […]

Laura Logan

Laura is a third-year digital media student at York University. She is working as a research assistant under the supervision of Shital Desai. She is analyzing how people with chronic pain respond to and manage their pain.

Mirianna Georges

Mirianna is currently completing a BA in Global Health at York University. Before studying at York, she graduated with a Bachelor of Humanities with a minor in Biology from Carleton University. As a research assistant with the Global and Environmental Health Lab at the Dahdaleh Institute, Mirianna will be working with Prof. Godfred Boateng to […]

Internship Program: 2022-2023 Year In Review

Over the course of the 2022-2023 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute worked with numerous exceptional students through an Internship Program. Our Global Health Interns benefited from the unique opportunity to participate in various of stages of a research project, and gained valuable experience and insight into the field of critical global health research. Congratulations and thank […]

Gabriel Fezza

Over the last seven months, Gabriel has had the incredible opportunity to support the research activities of the Global Strategy Lab in both the Antimicrobial Resistance Policy Acceleration and Global Legal Epidemiology Streams. Under the supervision of Prof. Poirier and Dr. Rogers Van Katwyk, some of his responsibilities includes conducting literature searches on the use […]

Safiyyah Ameer

Safiyyah Ameer is a second-year student pursuing an Honours Bachelor of Science in Global Health, specializing in disease prevention and health promotion. She is a global health intern working with Prof. Godfred Boateng in the Global and Environmental Health Lab. She will be analyzing the exposure to particulate matter, and its effect on hypertension on […]