Writing 101: Communicating Science
Status: Completed
Start and End Date: (Fall 2019)
Description and GC Focus Connection:
This course provides an introduction to communicating scientific issues with the community. The course focuses on controversial scientific topics that have historical seen pushback form the non-scientific community (such as: vaccines, stem cell therapy). The underlying issues is first identified, followed by historical, demographical, and cultural approach to dissect the issue. We, then, learned about ways to address the issue, using different techniques to communicate the bioethical issue. As a final project of the course, I investigated the controversy of stem cell therapy using these approaches. Ultimately, I created a newsletter that aims to address concerns with stem cell therapy and disseminated it throughout the first-year community. This course introduced me to bioethics and how to communicate controversial scientific topics.
Health Policy 395: Wearables Data for COVID-19
Status: Completed
Start and End Date: (Fall 2020 – Spring 2021)
Description and GC Focus Connection:
As part of the Covidentity Project, our team sought to use wearable technology to detect early symptoms of COVID-19. In our initial data analysis, we identified a demographic imbalance in the study participants. We had a significantly lower African American and Hispanic Latino population in our study. In an effort to bridge health equity and create technology that is fit for all, my goal was to identify barriers for minority groups to participate in the study and address these issues. In addition, to address concerns about the study, I also partook in community events such as Black-19 and Latin-19 to engage our community partners. This course introduced me to health policy and health equity. https://covidentify.covid19.duke.edu/
Psychology 208: Behavioral Aspects of Health
Status: Completed
Start and End Date: (Fall 2021)
Description and GC Focus Connection:
This course introduced me to how psychosocial behaviors in our lives alter our health. While considering the genetics and biology of our body, it is also important to realize how our environment can alter our genes and body in shaping our health. The interdisciplinary connection between biology and the environment is crucial to understanding our body as a whole.
