11 Items
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Technology, Interview/Profile
Cecilia Wallace (USA, UWC-USA, Oberlin College ’19) graduated with a biology major and computer science minor, launching a career dedicated to healthcare equity and serving vulnerable populations.
Alumni, College/University Partners, UWC High Schools, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Henrietta Audrey Ohenewaa Afari (Ghana, UWC Atlantic, Harvard College ’11) is transforming cardiovascular care for women across sub-Saharan Africa.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
A biophysics and critical diaspora studies double major, Eli Lesher (USA, UWC Thailand, Johns Hopkins University ’27) has immersed themself in humanitarian aid research at Johns Hopkins.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
A research fellow in cardiology for the past three years at the Jackson Laboratory in Bar Harbor, Maine, Raheem Khadour (Syria, UWC Mahindra College, College of the Atlantic ’25) has been chosen to present his work at two national science conferences, and is a contributing author to a paper published in the Journal of Immunology.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, News Item
Angel-lee Randone (Thailand, UWC Thailand, Rochester ’24) works as a researcher investigating the long-term effects of repeated concussions on athletes at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.
Current Scholars, UWC High Schools, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
When Aylin Ak ’24 (Germany, UWC in Mostar) learned that her grandfather had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s she became passionate about “research that improves human health by discovering actionable solutions to complicated diseases.”
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Melvin Osei Opoku ’26 (Ghana, UWC-USA) works in a lab at the University of Florida where he helps investigate how certain bacteria can produce organic chemicals called terpenoids.
College/University Partners, Current Scholars, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Among those who made an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden last December for the annual Nobel Week Dialogue was Nico Quijano Franco (Colombia, UWC-USA, Earlham ’23.5).
Alumni, College/University Partners, Education & Research, Health & Medicine, Interview/Profile
Francis Poitier (Bahamas, Pearson College UWC, University of Richmond ’14) is working with the World Health Organization to develop a planning tool for maternal, newborn, and adolescent health that can address inequities in reaching vulnerable and marginalized communities at the subdistrict level.
Alumni, College/University Partners, Health & Medicine, Social Impact, Interview/Profile
As a representative of the Sahrawi, the displaced people of Western Sahara, Senia Bachir-Abderahman (Western Sahara, UWC Red Cross Nordic, Mt Holyoke ’10) never takes her work lightly.
