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Published on May 14, 2026

Over the course of the 2025-2026 academic year, the Dahdaleh Institute collaborated with a group of outstanding students as part of the Internship Program. In recent years, our internship program has expanded to include research positions across disciplines progressing towards novel and innovative global health research. Through this program, our global health interns have the unique opportunity to participate in various stages of a research project and gain valuable hands-on experience and insights.

Congratulations and thank you to all the interns for contributing to another successful year!

2025–2026 Interns

Experiential Learning

Guided by faculty and research fellows, interns explored a broad spectrum of urgent global health challenges, learning how to approach them with effectiveness, equity, and excellence. The program, coordinated by Theresa Dinh, paired trainees with researchers and supported them throughout their experiential learning journey.

This year, seven interns shared their experience in the internship program at the 2026 Dahdaleh Institute Intern Symposium on April 22:

• Hanna Hemmati Roozbehani, Youth Voices in Climate Governance: Exploring Youth Perceptions and Participation in Global Climate Spaces –
• Mahnoosh Jalilzadeh and Yasmin Husen, Mapping Mediators and Moderators in the Relationship Between Extreme Heat Exposure and Mental Health in LMICs –
• Gordane Calloo, Shelter to Survival: Unpacking the Health Impacts of Housing Insecurity Across the Life Course –
• Esha Mahmood, Behind the Scenes: My Experience as a Global Health Special Projects Assistant –
• Lisa Freire, Knowledge Translation: The Science of Communication – Ìý
• Kritnaaz Arora, Mapping Gendered Differences in Smoking Behaviors: A Global Intersectional Scoping Review –

Watch the full symposium here:

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