Announcing the 2020 ReMed Fellows
Congratulations to the 2020 ReMed Fellows
Reimagine Medicine is an innovative summer fellowship for rising juniors and seniors preparing for health professions. The goal of ReMed is to foster the character, imagination, and practices needed to work effectively in contexts of human suffering and healing. The curriculum uses graphic art, music, expressive writing, embodiment & puppetry, improvisation, mindfulness and non-traditional hospital shadowing to explore themes often ignored in traditional medical education. In the historic summer of 2020, the program will be conducted virtually and will also address COVID-19 and the medical and ethical challenges highlighted by the global pandemic.
Caroline Anderson
Caroline Anderson, a junior Biology major (concentrating in Genomics, with a certificate in Science & Society) is from Jacksonville, FL. She is in Navy ROTC, researches Salmonella in the Ko lab, and is working on her master scuba diver certification this summer.
Sydney Aquilina
Sydney Aquilina is a senior from Leesburg, VA, majoring in Philosophy with Minors in Global Health and Chemistry. She loves Jesus, dancing, hiking, playing the oboe, and her research on childhood trauma.
Max Beck
Max Beck is a senior from Wilmington, DE, pursing an interdepartmental major in cultural anthropology and neuroscience. Outside the classroom, he loves surfing, trying new restaurants in Durham, and relaxing in Duke Gardens.
Janelle Carmichael
Janelle Carmichael is a senior from Atlanta, GA, majoring in Psychology with a Neuroscience minor. Her interests include music, dance, and volunteering in Durham. She hopes to become a neurologist.
RaKavius Chambers
RaKavius Chambers, a senior Biology major minoring in Chemistry is from Opelika, AL. He loves to cook (despite mixed results), enjoys researching fungi in the Vilgalys lab, and plans to become the nation’s top cardio-thoracic surgeon.
Sean Cho
Sean Cho, a senior biology major from Pleasanton, CA, loves seeing new places and the quesadillas at Sazón, conducts stem cell research, and is interested in a career in orthopaedics.
Bree Collins
Bree Collins, a senior Visual Arts major from Cleveland, OH, loves sunny days, reading, and painting; researches biosynthetic pathways in tomato at the Sun Lab; and is working toward a career as an OB/GYN.
Maleah Densby
Maleah Densby is a junior pre-med Sociology major with minors in Chemistry and Japanese. She grew up in San Francisco, CA. She loves to knit, watch Netflix and read comics. She’s a Cardea Fellow, and a member of Nakisai and Future Is Now.
Karan Desai
Karan Desai, a junior studyng Neuroscience and Computer Science, is from Columbus, OH. He is passionate about mental health, Christopher Nolan films, and mint chocolate chip ice cream.
Dakota Douglas
Dakota Douglas is a junior studying biology and global health, from Indian Trail, NC. She dreams to attain her MD/PhD. She spends her free time painting, playing trumpet, reading, and explaining that Indian Trail is 30 minutes from Charlotte.
Maddie Fowler
Maddie Fowler is a senior Program II major in Disability Studies and Ethical Mental Health Care from Chapel Hill, NC, who loves hiking and playing the piccolo during Duke basketball games, and hopes to become a doctor to advocate for disability justice in the medical field.
Margaret Gaw
Margaret Gaw, a junior English major, is from Nashville, TN. She is part of the Bass Connections team studying women-inspired strategies for health empowering prevention of cervical cancer, and she loves hiking, reading, and rapping to the musical Hamilton.
Julie Hwang
Julie Hwang, senior from Seoul, South Korea, is pursuing an interdepartmental major titled “Visual Media in Narrative Medicine.” She is fascinated by the wonders of photography, finds joy in spending time with children, and hopes for a career in pediatrics.
Arthi Kozhumam
Arthi Kozhumam is a senior Global Health and Biology major from Austin, TX, working towards a career as a physician and global health researcher. You’ll find her conducting research with DGHI and the School of Nursing, or playing percussion in Duke Cancer Center.
Margaret Lim
Margaret Lim is a junior Biology major from Ringgold, GA. She researches in the Purves Urinary Dysfunction lab, loves playing violin and piano, and enjoys solving crossword puzzles.
Sydny Long
Sydny Long, a senior Psychology major from Fort Mill, SC, researches perspective-taking in kids and expressive writing, loves restoring vintage toys, and wants to become a pediatric oncologist.
Rebecca Melaku
Rebecca Melaku, from Indian Trail, NC, is a junior Biology/Global Health double-major with a Chemistry minor. She enjoys painting, reading, and exploring new places. Rebecca’s coolest Duke experience was researching hydrogen fuel technology (and secretly developing rocket fuel for an outer space venture).
Mihir Patel
Mihir Patel is a senior from Indianapolis, IN. He is majoring in biology and aspires to become an oncologist. Currently, he does hospice app development research and cancer biology research. For fun, he enjoys watching sports and graphic design.
Fabiana Peña Medina
Fabiana Peña Medina, a junior from Orange County, CA, is majoring in Evolutionary Anthropology and minoring in Spanish and Chemistry. She loves to read and go on runs, helps with ecotoxicology research at the DiGiulio Lab, and plans to take a gap year before attending medical school.
Maria Pita
Maria Pita, a senior Cultural Anthropology major born in Caracas, Venezuela, and raised in Miami, FL, lover of books and beer, researches the effects of medical discrimination on pursuance of breast cancer follow-up care, and aspires to a career in medicine.
Natalie Rincon
Natalie Rincon, a junior from Tampa, Florida, is a Neuroscience major who dabbles in linguistics and music. She is energized by singing and laughing with others, is happiest under the sun, and is interested in addressing healthcare disparities.
Jein Eleanor Seo
Jein Eleanor Seo, from Detroit, MI, is a junior studying biology and global health. She loves cold brew coffee, the outdoors, and her Bass Connections research in global neurosurgical outcomes.
Clarke Shead
Clarke Shead is a junior from St. Louis, MO, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chemistry and African and African American Studies. She is interested in studying health disparities affecting minority communities. In her free time, she enjoys sharing laughs over new foods with friends and playing piano.
Katie Waeldner
Katie Waeldner, a senior majoring in Cultural Anthropology from Yarmouth, ME, loves spending time outside with friends. She hopes to address public health, particularly the health disparities driven by malnutrition and food insecurity, through a career in medicine.
Peter Wang
Peter Wang is a senior biology major and chemistry minor from Boston, MA. He loves music and plays the piano and violin, and is also a big football and basketball fan. He thinks cats are truly the best.
Jack Welsby
Jack Welsby, a junior Biology major with a concentration in Biochemistry and minors in Chemistry and Music, is from Chapel Hill, NC. Jack enjoys playing soccer, performing with the Duke symphony, and tinkering with bikes.
Sree Yellanki
Sree Yellanki is a junior Psychology major from Newark, DE, who enjoys eating, traveling, and playing tennis and basketball.
Danah Younis
Danah Younis, a junior from Miami, FL, majoring in Public Policy and minoring in Arabic Language, is passionate about her work with the Kenan Refugee Project, loves Arabic and Spanish music, and is interested in refugee and immigrant healthcare.
Esther Zhang
Esther Zhang is a junior from Basking Ridge, NJ, majoring in Neuroscience with a minor in Psychology. She loves playing the guitar and ukulele, has a dog named Teddy, and researches vision in the Field Lab.
Alice Zhou
Alice Zhou, a junior majoring in biology (with history and sociology minors) is from Singapore (although her hometown is Lake Forest, IL). She is passionate about flute, dance and all things food related and hopes to attend medical school after graduating from Duke.