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Published on May 14, 2026
Over the course of the 2025-2026 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!
2025–2026 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, seven interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2026 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 22:
- Hanna Hemmati Roozbehani, Youth Voices in Climate Governance: Exploring Youth Perceptions and Participation in Global Climate Spaces – 3:44
- Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh and Yasmin Husen, Mapping Mediators and Moderators in the Relationship Between Extreme Heat Exposure and Mental Health in LMICs – 13:02
- Gordane Calloo, Shelter to Survival: Unpacking the Health Impacts of Housing Insecurity Across the Life Course – 28:38
- Esha Mahmood, Behind the Scenes: My Experience as a Global Health Special Projects Assistant – 51:48
- Lisa Freire, Knowledge Translation: The Science of Communication – 57:36
- Kritnaaz Arora, Mapping Gendered Differences in Smoking Behaviors: A Global Intersectional Scoping Review – 1:04:28
Watch the full symposium here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-V1BJzOU2o
Themes | Global Health & Humanitarianism, Global Health Foresighting, Planetary Health |
Status | Active |
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Theresa Dinh, Institute Coordinator - Active
Zoe Omenka, Global Health Intern, SSHIFTB [SU25, FW25/26, SU26] - Alum Yuanrong (Anna) Yang, Global Health Intern, BioCAM4 Social Media Coordinator [FW25-26] - Alum Yasmin Husen, Global Health Intern, Planetary Health - Active Tove Buhlmann, Global Health Intern, Global Health Special Projects Research Assistant - Active Sophia Bryan-Carbonell, Wellness Impact Lab, Lab Coordinator, Global Health Intern [FW24-25; S25; FW25-26 - Alum Sheria Sawi, Global Health Intern, Global Health and Humanitarianism - Alum Sarah Merghani, Global Health Intern, Lab Coordinator and Research Assistant - Active Sadra Taghizadehtoossi, Global Health Intern, Research Assistant, Wellness Impact Lab - Active Sabrina Sam, Global Health Intern, Climate Change and Health in Guatemala Research Assistant [FW25-26] - Alum Paul De La Cruz, Global Health Intern, BioCAM4 [FW25-26] - Alum Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh, Global Health Intern, Planetary Health - Active Lisa Freire, Global Health Intern, Research Assistant, Knowledge Translation - Active Lauren Corridore, Global Health Intern, Research Assistant, Wellness Impact Lab [W25, SU25, FW25/26] - Alum Kritnaaz Arora, Global Health Intern, Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant II [FW 25/26, SU26] - Alum Hannah Wilcox, Global Health Intern, Global Legal Epidemiology Research Assistant [FW25-26] - Alum Hanna Lum-Gerry, Global Health Intern, Global Health Foresighting [FW25-26] - Alum Hanna Hemmati Roozbehani, School of Global Health, Global Health Intern [S25; FW25-26; S26] - Alum Hafsa Ugas, Global Health Intern, Global Governance of the Pandemic Treaty [FW25-26] - Alum Gia Vu, Global Health Intern, Global and Environmental Health Lab [FW 25/26] - Alum Esha Mahmood, Global Health Intern, Advancing Equitable Global Health Research Partnerships - Active Ali Rezaei, Global Health Intern, Safe Water Optimization Tool [FW 25/26] - Alum |
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