Health Humanities Student Fellowships
The 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
Psychology, minor in Sociology
Biology
Interdisciplinary Science, minor in Psychology
African American Studies and History
Financial Technology, minor in Psychology
Urban Studies and History
Biology, minor in Chemistry (Guaranteed Medicine Program)
Social Work
Psychology and Sociology, concentration in Applied Psychology
PhD candidate, Counseling Psychology
Biology and Bioinformatics, concentrations in biological and genomic sciences
Previous Fellows
The 2022-23 Graduate/Undergraduate Student Fellows created modules on Clinical Trials and Mental Health Disparities for the History and Health program.
- Naomi Begunov, Psychology major / Sociology minor at VCU
- Jayla Davis, African American Studies major Psychology minor
- Emma Geisler, Interdisciplinary Studies major with focuses in Sociology, Psychology, and Spanish
- Linda Hamrick, Graduate Assistant
- Arya Hanjagi, Biology major, the Honors College
- Abeer Haroun, Interdisciplinary Science major / Psychology minor
- Rome Kamarouthu, Financial Technology major / Psychology minor
- Neha Potla, Guaranteed Medicine student, the Honors College
- Grace Smith, Biology, Chemistry, and Spanish major on the premed track