Learning how health systems work, and where they leave children out.
My research asks why safety information doesn’t reach the people who need it, across languages, cultures, and state lines. My 2026 programs gave me the science behind those questions.
Research
Interview study
India and the United States, 2026
Interviews with experts from India’s National Institute of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on cross-cultural gaps in public-health communication, and how the two systems collaborate.
Internship
Public-health intern, ELOS
Created a lead-poisoning awareness campaign, and wrote a bilingual English–French paper on how language and culture shape the way health messages are understood.
Programs
Summer Scholar
A week-long online course in epidemiology, infectious disease, outbreak response, and emergency preparedness, with labs, assignments, and interviews with public-health professionals.
Center for Food Allergy & Asthma Research
Selected for the 2026 Ambassadors cohort. I presented a proposal for a restaurant allergy-certification program to more than 50 attendees.
Class of 2026
Completed Lehigh University’s Summer Engineering Institute, a summer program that introduces high school students to engineering. My research there focused on cybersecurity: preventing phishing attacks in the banking sector.
Participant
Completed NeuroCamp, an introduction to neuroscience hosted by the Rice Neuroscience Society.