Health Humanities Student Fellowships

Student fellows at the Cultural Studies Association Conference in June 2023The Health Humanities Lab offers fellowships to graduate and undergraduate students with an interest in the inter- and transdisciplinary study of health and healthcare inequities.

The Health Humanities Lab has been granted a Transformative Learning Fund: VIP Award for 2023-25 research fellowships and activities. The 2023-24 fellows are supporting the work of the East Marshall Street Well Oral History Project. In 2024-25, the fellows will collaborate with faculty research fellows and with the Office of Health Equity’s Black Maternal Health Project. Calls for fellows are posted in the spring.

The Health Humanities Lab Student Fellowships are supported by the Office of Health Equity, the Honors College, and the East Marshall Street Well Project. The HHL has been awarded additional funding from the Transformative Learning Fund: Vertically Integrated Projects.

REAL Designation

The Health Humanities Lab undergraduate research fellowships have been designated as a REAL Level 4 experiential learning activity. This fellowship opportunity engages students in transformative, career building activities that connect classroom knowledge to real-world experiences, create novel approaches to complex problems, and contribute actions that benefit our educational, professional, and civil communities. The designation will be noted on students’ transcripts.

To learn more about VCU REAL, ask your academic advisor, or contact us at real@vcu.edu.

Current Fellows: 2023-24

Naomi Begunov

Naomi Begunov
Psychology, minor in Sociology

Arya Hanjagi

Arya Hanjagi
Biology

Abeer Haroun

Abeer Haroun
Interdisciplinary Science, minor in Psychology

I-Kamilah Hiwott

I-Kamilah Hiwott
African American Studies and History

Rome Kamarouthu

Rome Kamarouthu
Financial Technology, minor in Psychology

Cynthia Lin

Cynthia Lin
Urban Studies and History

Neha Potla

Neha Potla
Biology, minor in Chemistry (Guaranteed Medicine Program)

Michael Verner

Michael Verner
Social Work

Olivia Washington

Olivia Washington
Psychology and Sociology, concentration in Applied Psychology

Micah White

Micah White
Ph.D. candidate, Counseling Psychology

Sunday Wright

Sunday Wright
Biology and Bioinformatics, concentrations in biological and genomic sciences

Previous Fellows