Duke Cardea Fellows Program

Cardea Fellows Retreat
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Chem99 with Dr. Dorian Canelas
Chem99 with Dr. Dorian Canelas
Chem99 with Dr. Dorian Canelas
Chem99 with Dr. Dorian Canelas
Chem99 with Dr. Dorian Canelas

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The Cardea Fellows Program is a four-year, undergraduate fellowship for highly motivated students who are committed to pursuing health-related careers. The program is designed to enhance the competitive success of students by forming a living-learning community to help establish a critical foundation in the natural sciences for each fellow. The goal is to enable our fellows to prepare competitive applications to medical school and other health professions schools.

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Highlighted Fellows

Temi Adekunle

Atlanta, Georgia

I am currently a senior majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chemistry on the pre-med track. I'm pursuing this coursework because I enjoy learning about mental health and how that affects how physicians interact with their patients. On-campus, I'm a SAGE peer facilitator, I work in a social psychology research lab that focuses on diversity and differing identities, I am the Vice President of DukeHAND, and am the President of the Minority Association of Pre-medical students. These activities...
Monica Desjardins

Chandler, Arizona

Monica is a member of the Navajo Nation, she belongs to the One-Walks-Around Clan, born to the Haitian People, and is from Chandler, Arizona. She is a 2020 Udall Scholar, and a David M. Rubenstein Scholar studying Psychology and Global Health. Monica's current interests lie in mental health disparities among Native American communities. She aims to improve the effectiveness and accessibility of mental health services by researching the intersection between race and health, then ultimately...
Jalisa Jackson

Nashville, Tennessee

I am a senior studying psychology and African and African American studies. I aspire to be a Clinical Psychologist and one day hope to open my own center for services including but beyond mental health. I want to educate and uplift underserved, and often marginalized, communities by providing mental health services. I have strong interests in child, adolescent and young adult populations. This fall, I plan to work on my senior thesis examining students’ coping preferences, strategies and self-...
Fabi Peña Medina

Orange County, California

Academic Interests: Evolutionary Anthropology major, Chemistry and Spanish minors As a junior at Duke, I am studying Evolutionary Anthropology as a major and working toward Chemistry and Spanish minors. My innate interests in the human body and helping people, combined with my own positive experiences with healthcare, have encouraged me to pursue a career in medicine which is why I am pursuing a Pre-Med track at Duke. Throughout middle school and high school, I was involved in...
Victoria Priester

Burtonsville, Maryland

I am studying to be a veterinarian at a zoo, aquarium or conservation center, but have always loved reading and writing. I am double-majoring in English and biology with the hope of writing for a scientific publication along with practicing veterinary medicine. At Duke, I combine writing and science by working in the veterinary department at Duke Lemur Center and working as a blogger for Duke Research Blog, where I attend talks by professors or scientists and do short write-ups about their...
Tatayana Richardson

Atlanta, Georgia

My Name is Tatayana Richardson, I hail from Atlanta, GA. I am a double Major in Religion and African American Studies with a Minor in Cultural Anthropology. I am heavily interested in the Hematology field, with a focus on Sickle Cell (both adult and Pediatric). To foster these interests I have spent the past three years working on Sickle Research in various formats and settings. I currently shadow in and work as a lab tech in the Arepally Lab, focusing on Sickle Cell proteins and antibodies,...
Diana Carolina Sierra Correa

Medellin, Colombia

As a product of two cultures, I grew up understanding that there is more to the world than what I am exposed to. As a result, I have dedicated my educational and professional career to understanding how people think and how their social and physical environment shapes their wellbeing. I am particularly interested in understanding ways to improve nutrition and food security in underserved communities, which I have begun to do as a volunteer for Repurpose IT, an NGO that provides educational...