1. Who have you talked to, and how did you approach them? What did you take away from your conversations?During my time in Seville, I had the opportunity to speak informally with both clinic staff at the Santa Justa Clinic and locals I encountered while backpacking through southern Spain, Portugal, and Andorra. At the clinic,Continue reading “Data Collecting and Knowledge Co-Construction By Caroline Ceaser”
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Data Collecting and Knowledge Co-Construction By Jordyn Bain
This summer, I’ve been collecting data through a mix of interviews and observations focused on refugee support services in the Czech Republic and Poland. I am incredibly grateful to have had the opportunity to interview a representative from the Organization for Aid to Refugees (OPU) in Prague. From the outset, the organization demonstrated remarkable opennessContinue reading “Data Collecting and Knowledge Co-Construction By Jordyn Bain”
Data Collecting and Knowledge Co-Construction By Frances Alicea
By Frances Alicea I’ve spoken with a few veterans about their experiences navigating the healthcare system, and also chatted with some staff members about their day-to-day responsibilities. I approached these conversations respectfully and casually, listening closely and asking follow-up questions only when they seemed open to sharing more. One thing that stood out in myContinue reading “Data Collecting and Knowledge Co-Construction By Frances Alicea”
Doing Right Matters More
By Shiv Patel This summer has a lot of my assumptions about what it truly looks like to “do good” in a community. I used to think that doing good was doing tangible impact, helping underserved populations gain access to care, or improving health outcomes through innovation. But now, I believe that doing good isContinue reading “Doing Right Matters More”
Building Knowledge Through Stories
By Shiv Patel Collecting data this summer hasn’t seemed like spreadsheets or MRIs all-day. It has been a sense of talk, observation, and reflective thinking after days of being in clinical settings. My data is people: what people say, how people make choices, and what tensions arise when innovation meets reality. So far, I’ve conductedContinue reading “Building Knowledge Through Stories”
My News
By Shiv Patel This week’s blog invites me to reflect under the metaphor of a compass. Here’s where I’m currently standing. N = New Information One of the most surprising realizations I’ve had is how tenuous equity conversations are in precision oncology. I began this summer thinking the biggest challenge would be technical access – i.e., cost or availability of genomic classifiers in low-resource communities. That is certainly part of the calculus, but I have come toContinue reading “My News”
Try It All
By Shiv Patel Three activities I would like to do this summer: Two skills I’m actively working on this summer: Quote: “The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” – Rumi Engaging in this work – a project on disparities in cancer care – consistently evokes heavy emotions: sadness, anger, and helplessness. AndContinue reading “Try It All”
Redefining Community by Raymond Vickers
My cultural environment is what one would expect one in an urban area of Germany to be like. Different food, different people, even different weather (although at times it seems hotter than back home). Sometimes it’s so different I feel like I’m a kid again, because I can’t speak the language or cultural instincts yet.Continue reading “Redefining Community by Raymond Vickers”
Redefining Community by Josiah Rivette
Living and working in Washington, D.C. this summer has been one of the most exciting experiences I have had so far. Being in the nation’s capital has given me access to so many museums, gardens, monuments, and cultural spaces that I would not normally be able to visit in one place. I have taken fullContinue reading “Redefining Community by Josiah Rivette”
Public Participation in the U.S. by Kaetlyn Patnaude
Since I officially begin my experience in Delft next week, I’ll touch back on this week’s prompt more directly in the next few blogs. This week I’ve been working towards my capstone via independent research and through interviews with two U.S. urban planners. These interviews will serve as a foundation for my comparisons between U.S.Continue reading “Public Participation in the U.S. by Kaetlyn Patnaude”
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