Madison (Maddie) and Erin are implementing ONE HEALTHy Community project and are partnering with multiple secondary schools in Westmoreland County. Maddie and Erin are teaching students about the connection between environmental health, human health, and animal health with support from One Health lesson plans. With Westmoreland County residents’ relatively high risk of exposure to Lyme Read More >>
Current Fellows
Katherine Du 2024-2025
Katherine is working with the Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children to implement Mindful Exchanges. Her project is bringing mental wellness education to vision-impaired youth. The goal of the project is to design and deliver mental health sessions for youth with unique needs, especially those who may be able to access mainstream resources or learn Read More >>
Puja Dutta 2024-2025
Puja is working with South Hills Interfaith Ministry on her project Working with Wellness. The goal of Puja’s project is to educate children of refugee and immigrant families on nutrition and mindful movement while empowering them to integrate what they learn into their daily lives. Through interactive workshops, children are learning more about making and Read More >>
Sierra Johnson & Tierney Lyons 2024-2025
Sierra and Tierney are continuing to implement HEAR-UP (Hearing Education and Resources for Underserved Populations). This project, in its 7th year, provides free audiological services to patients who cannot afford it or access it elsewhere. Sierra and Tierney are continuing to provide hearing services, including hearing tests and hearing aid fittings, to patients at the Read More >>
Sydney Lewis 2024-2025
Sydney is implementing Dance It Out at the Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania. Her project is addressing health disparities among underserved children in Pittsburgh by providing them with access to a wellness program centered around various styles of dance. Through dance, Sydney is fostering community inclusion through self-expression, goal-setting strategies, and developing confidence in Read More >>
Madhumita Mahesh 2024-2025
Madhumita (Madhu) is implementing MINUTES in partnership with Pittsburgh Public Elementary Schools. Her project supports support individuals with marginalized identities at the poles of the lifespan who are going through transitions in their developmental identity-formation processes, through community-based trauma-informed mental health programming. Madhu’s service project focuses on developing and implementing targeted group therapy sessions on topics Read More >>
Carla Medina Gil 2024-2025
Carla is implementing Empowerment of Health Literacy at the Birmingham Free Clinic. The goal of her project is to increase health literacy for Spanish- and English-speaking children on the management and pathophysiology of childhood asthma and diabetes. Carla is reading the children’s pharmacy books as well as recording and publishing the readings for free online Read More >>
Saania Mehrin 2024-2025
Saania is continuing the project Managing Oral Health in Special Needs Populations at Achieva. Her project empowers and supports people with disabilities and their families throughout their lives. People with disabilities are at higher risk for developing oral diseases. With that in mind, Saania is educating families and caregivers on the importance of dental health. Read More >>
Brittany Nelson 2024-2025
Brittany is continuing Breaking Down Breast Cancer, now in its 4th year, at Primary Care Health Services. She is educating women on breast cancer screening guidelines, what to do if you find a lump, hereditary breast cancer resources, and survey screening tools. Brittany is also providing cervical cancer education, including how to get a pap Read More >>
Mira Patel & Kristen Shen 2024-2025
Mira and Kristen are continuing Operation Healthy Smiles, now in its 2nd year at HEARTH. The project is continuing to educate underserved children across the Pittsburgh region by focusing on enhancing oral health care and understanding the impact of nutrition and diet on dental health. Their project tailors resources and personalized plans to meet the unique Read More >>
Gabriel Quinteros 2024-2025
Gabriel is working with the Latino population in Pittsburgh to provide mental health support through outdoor activities and physical activity. Inc onjunction with Casa San Jose, Gabriel’s project is weaving in a realistic framework of mental health practices that encourage participants to identify how their participation is helping their mental health. Sessions incorporate team building, Read More >>
Pooja Tallapaneni 2024-2025
Pooja’s project, Nourish and Flourish (previously Good Mood Foods), focuses on empowering underserved communities through increasing health literacy surrounding nutrition, providing access to healthy foods, and iterative feasibility testing of personalized behavioral health solutions to improve mental and physical health. Through interactive food demonstrations, nutrition information sessions, and one one-on-one SMART goal setting at a Read More >>
