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Published on May 15, 2025

Over the course of the 2024-2025 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute collaborated with a group of outstanding students as part of the Internship Program. In recent years, our internship program has expanded to include research positions across disciplines progressing towards novel and innovative global health research. Through this program, our global health interns have the unique opportunity to participate in various stages of a research project and gain valuable hands-on experience and insights.
Congratulations and thank you to all the interns for contributing to another successful year!
2024/2025 Interns

Experiential Learning
Guided by faculty and research fellows, interns explored a broad spectrum of urgent global health challenges, learning how to approach them with effectiveness, equity, and excellence. The program, coordinated by Theresa Dinh, paired trainees with researchers and supported them throughout their experiential learning journey.
This year, five interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2025 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 16:
- Sarah Merghani & Sophia Bryan Carbonell, The Power of Climate Cafés in Universities (3:30-10:46)
- Hanna Lum-Gerry, Supporting Social Scientists in the Field of Tuberculosis Research (11:15-16:32)
- Syed Haider, Working on Detecting Anomalies for Dementia Oriented Patients (17:02-23:32)
- Ailiya Rizwan, Exploring the Nutritional Impacts of Energy Insecurity on Afro-Colombian Households (23:50-30:06)
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Global Health Foresighting, Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
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Syed Haider, Artificial Intelligence Activity Recognition Research Assistant, Global Health Intern - Active
Sophia Bryan-Carbonell, Wellness Impact Lab, Global Health Intern - Active Shaista Alokozai, Design and Dissemination, Global Health Intern [FW23-24; S24; FW24-25] - Alum Sarah Merghani, Wellness Impact Lab, Global Health Intern - Active Ravjot Chana, Global Health and Humanitarianism, Global Health Intern [FW23-24;S24;FW24-25] - Alum Nurzha Abam, Global Health Intern, Experiential Learning [W25] - Alum Nicole Okojie, Global Health Intern, Global Foresighting [W25] - Alum Lisa Freire, Global Health Intern, Research Assistant, Knowledge Translation - Active Lauren Corridore, Global Health Intern, Wellness Impact Lab - Active Laura J. Rosa Pereira, Global Legal Epidemiology, Global Health Intern [FW23-24; S24; FW24-25] - Alum Kris Marianne Collado, Maternal Health and Climate Change Research Assistant, Global Health Intern [FW24-25] - Alum Kanako Isobe, Planetary Health, Global Health Intern [S23;FW23-24;S24;F24] - Alum Hasti Rejali, Global Health Intern, Global Health & Humanitarianism - Active Hanna Lum-Gerry, Global Health Intern, Global Health Foresighting - Active Gurher Sidhu, Social Science & Health Innovation for Tuberculosis, Global Health Intern [FW22-23; S23; FW23-24; S24; FW24-25] - Alum Bramjot Aheer, Global and Environmental Health Lab, Global Health Intern [FW23-24;S24; FW24-25] - Alum Basit Ilyas, Microfluidic Droplet Generation of Imprinted Polymers, Global Health Intern - Alum Arabi Rajan, Global Food System & Policy, Global Health Intern [S24;F24] - Alum Ailiya Rizwan, Global and Environmental Health Lab, Global Health Intern - Active |
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