Didi Odinkemelu says that her involvement with the Vanderbilt Institute of Global Health (VIGH) has been nothing short of exciting. She spent a summer in Liberia, working with Liberian nurse anesthetists to better understand the challenges in training anesthesiology providers in the country. She reports that her mentors at VIGH continue to go above and beyond to support her interests. Didi says it has been truly inspiring to learn from and alongside people who walk the walk of true global health partnership, and are equally committed to ensuring better health for humans around the world. She is currently applying into anesthesiology residency, and global health will be a central focus of her future work.

Hannah S. Carlile is pursuing an M.Ed. in International Education Policy and Management, but loves everything interdisciplinary because she appreciates problem solving from systems thinking. As such,  she is completing graduate certificates in both Global Health and Caribbean and Latin American Studies. Hannah is a Foreign Language and Areas Studies (FLAS) Fellow, which has given her deeper insight into Caribbean cultures and languages, especially Haitian Creole. She was also a Fellow with Columbia University's Center for Public Research and Leadership, serving as a student education research consultant for a semester on Bill and Melinda Gates new Networks for School Improvement initiative.