Graduates & Research
Each year, our fourth-year students complete artistic and research projects exploring a topic of their choosing related to medical humanities and ethics. Recent graduates’ research projects are listed below. Those projects designated with an * received the 2024 Karff Awards.
We encourage our students to consider publishing their work and research. Medical humanities students have published reflections written during third-year journals, collaborated on essays and research papers with faculty, and submitted opinion pieces to various publications. Those interested in publishing may consider some of these medical student publication venues.
| Naahanna Akahara How the American Healthcare System Turns Its Back on African Immigrants: A Podcast Series |
Ashley Ikwuagwu Reflecting Diversity: Navigating Racial Concordant Care, Medical School Recruitment, and Artistic Perspectives in Medicine |
| Isabela Bumanlag Honoring Filipino-American Nurses During the Covid-19 Pandemic |
Shelby Irwin Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Exploring At-Risk Populations and Potential Avenues for Change |
| Christopher Busby Creative Writing: A Tool to Combat Physician Burnout |
Mena Kozman The Medical Humanistic Aspects of Visual Impairment |
| Camille Cardenas Give It to Me Straight, Doc: Exploring the Impact of Euphemisms in the Healthcare Setting |
Katherine Lambert The Dark Side of Ballet: How Mental Health of Ballet Dancers Is Portrayed in the Media |
| Purujit Chatterjee Beyond the Boundaries: The Pediatrician’s Role in Advocating for LGBTQ+ Youth* |
Kathleen Langan An Examination of Burden and Burnout in Family Caregivers |
| Audrey Chong Companionship as Medicine: How Animals Health |
Johnny Manukian Enhancing Doctor-Patient Communication |
| Bronson Ciavarra Exploring the Intersection of Philosophy of Mind and Neurosurgery: Bridging the Gap for Enhanced Understanding and Patient Care* |
Sung-Hoon Park Nurturing the Doctor-Patient Relationship: Perspective-Taking, Getting, and Experiencing – A Musical Composition |
| Eleanor Davis An Analysis of Non-Religious Versus Religious Hospital Systems Financial Decisions |
Catherine Perez Cultural Humility: Acknowledging Biases While Embracing Diversity and Differences to Improve Delivery of Care in Current America |
| Gabriel del Carmen On the Problem of Medical Nihilism and Its Solutions |
Vanessa Phung Ars Moriendi: The Past, Present, and Future |
| Dwight Fan Lost in Conversation: Addressing and Navigating the Patient-Communication Conundrum in Healthcare |
Jackson Rogers The Limits of Medicine in the Works of Walker Percy |
| Anna Fiedler The Impact of Friendship on Medical Students |
Emma Stenz The Psychology of Blindness and Its Relationship to the Patient-Provider Relationship |
| Miles Holmes From Melody to Mindfulness: Music Therapy in Modern Psychiatry |
Taylor Wolfenberger Music as Medicine |