Health & Medicine

Angel-lee Randone, wearing black pants and a beige tank top, poses to the right of a large academic poster full of charts and pictures of the brain.

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Assessing the Effects of Head Trauma on Athletes

Angel-lee Randone (Thailand, UWC Thailand, Rochester ’24) works as a researcher investigating the long-term effects of repeated concussions on athletes at the University of Rochester’s Strong Memorial Hospital.

Aylin Ak, wearing a black blazer and white blouse, poses for a photo in front of a data-heavy academic poster mounted to a tri-pod in a conference room with other posters.

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Researching for Solutions to Complex Diseases

When Aylin Ak ’24 (Germany, UWC in Mostar) learned that her grandfather had been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s she became passionate about “research that improves human health by discovering actionable solutions to complicated diseases.”

Melvin Osei Opoku, wearing a white lab coat, using an electric pipette to put liquid in a vial. Behind him are shelves of supplies in a research laboratory.

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Digging Deep into Research and Neural Engineering

Melvin Osei Opoku ’26 (Ghana, UWC-USA) works in a lab at the University of Florida where he helps investigate how certain bacteria can produce organic chemicals called terpenoids.

Nico Quijano Franco, wearing a black short-sleeve shirt, smiles for a portrait while standing in front of a tree trunk to his left, and a green lawn leading back to a brick building on his right.

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A “Future Nobel Laureate” Focuses on Global Health

Among those who made an all-expenses-paid trip to Sweden last December for the annual Nobel Week Dialogue was Nico Quijano Franco (Colombia, UWC-USA, Earlham ’23.5).

Francis Poitier, wearing a blue blazer and white button-down, sits at a conference table and listens intently to something offscreen.

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Addressing the Complexities of Improving Public Health

Francis Poitier (Bahamas, Pearson College UWC, University of Richmond ’14) is working with the World Health Organization to develop a planning tool for maternal, newborn, and adolescent health that can address inequities in reaching vulnerable and marginalized communities at the subdistrict level.

Senia Bachir-Abderahman, wearing a gray and purple patterned abaya, stands and faces the camera in front of a tent put up in a vast desert.

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Speaking and Working for the Sahrawi People

As a representative of the Sahrawi, the displaced people of Western Sahara, Senia Bachir-Abderahman (Western Sahara, UWC Red Cross Nordic, Mt Holyoke ’10) never takes her work lightly.

Sandra Ofori, wearing large gold earrings and a red, pink, and white floral shirt, poses smiling for a photo in front of a blurred classroom background.

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Interest in Biomedical Engineering Leads Student to Pediatric Hospital Internship

Trinity College’s Sandra Ofori completed a research internship at Scottish Rite for Children in Dallas, Texas, and spoke about the experience.