Root of it All In the film, once the main character (Beet) finds herself alone, no longer surrounded by her potato family, her body starts to fall apart. The damage done by the knife and… Lindsay Olson
Stages – Illness, Determination, and Contentment The piece is composed of three sections: Illness, Determination, and Contentment. Inspired by our patients’ ability to navigate their illness and learn to live with a chronic condition, we based… Sabrina Wang, Scott Zheng
Script My APPLE program was Community Partners, but unfortunately my patient had to discontinue her participation, so I instead based my project on the patients I met over the phone while… Gabrielle Sejourne
Praying Hands I was told that Ms. A has diabetes, fibromyalgia, and gastroesophageal reflux disease. But our conversations do not focus on her aches and pains. Ms. A instead talks about her… Trisha Dalapati
Indefinite As we live in a global pandemic, a new generation experiences the uncertainty of a new disease course and the emotional toll that this carries. I try to remember how… Sydney Jeffs
Under One’s Wing David participated in the GOCHATS program, which pairs medical students with patients receiving treatment at the Duke Cancer Center. In his interviews with his patient, David was most profoundly struck… David Stevens
Structured Function When deciding how best to depict my patient, I knew I had to focus on the brain because of his career focus on neuropharmacology. The cloud with the flower represents… Isabel Prado
A Journey With Diabetes Breanna met her community partner, Mr. G, through Project FEED, a program that partners with dietetic interns at NC Central University and works with patients with food insecurity and/or malnutrition-related… Breanna Polascik
Canna Lily This painting was created with watercolor pencils. It was designed in layers, both layers of depth, and also four rows of increasing height from foreground to background. This was an… Camille Pierre
Dance with me Many of my conversations with my community partner focused not on his medical conditions but on his relationship with his late wife, from their first meeting to her diagnosis of… Isa DeLaura
Tactile My painting, titled Tactile, is inspired by the incredible woman I have gotten to know over the past year and her journey into her next creative phase of life. A… Miranda Xiao Morris
Managing Rhea’s community partner has spent nearly a lifetime surrounded by diabetes. Many members of his family have T2DM, and many have succumbed to the disease over the years. As he… Smaraki Rhea Dash
Together “Together” is a glass mosaic representing both the collaborative and innovative nature of the medical field. Progressing from left to right, the piece shows a progression of medical technology, first… Ian George
What You May Have Noticed This project took many forms, shapes, sizes, mediums, and trials. Nothing seemed to fit. Perhaps that was the intention. I fretted about what you might have done, Especially nowadays… Alexis Domeracki
Lost and Found We saw our patient (E) almost weekly. She lived in a group home and was burdened with numerous chronic illnesses as well as chronic pain. She did not have family… Lindsay Schlichte
Hidden Bells My patient was diagnosed with breast cancer early last year and began her journey to healing and recovery from the first day she noticed a lump in her breast as… Chinemerem Nwosu
Downsizing As medical students, we learn about a wide range of diseases affecting each organ system of the body. We learn their causes, consequences, and cures. As we learn these things,… Brooke Hoehn
Depths Untold: Honoring the life of one who was loved Filled with unassuming warmth, introspection, and humility, my APPLE partner was the rare type of person whose gentle presence leaves one brimming with gratitude for the opportunity to have known… Kira Panzer
Roundabout When I met the patient I was paired with through the Duke Hotspotting Initiative, he was recently homed after many years of struggling with housing insecurity. There were many hardships… Nicole Diaz
An Ode to Quarantine 2020 I didn’t get a chance to meet my patient until February 2020, and by the time I started working with her, COVID-19 had forced a shutdown of most activities. We… Raluca Gosman
Timeless Tobacco Seth’s community partner spent the majority of his adult life rising through the ranks at the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, eventually becoming a supervisor. As he stepped off of… Seth Flynn
una vida en flor My project is a portrait of my patient and her story as a political advocate, mother, and leader. I was inspired by the work of Frida Kahlo and hoped to… Mason Seely
Rebirth Rebirth portrays the evolution of three emotional states that Greta (pseudonym), an African American woman, experienced following the heartbreaking and untimely loss of her child. The arc of emotions are… Gabriella Alvarez
