Pre-med and business student helps coordinate first government-approved drone delivery of medication during a rural health clinic.

Haleigh Bass, ’17, swallowed by scrubs, watches doctors perform open-heart surgery. But this isn’t just any surgical room. Bass scored the internship most pre-med students pine after.

Pre-health student gains empathy and a greater understanding of addiction and mental-health issues through her work at a substance-abuse treatment center.

Senior’s interest in HIV/AIDS leads to global health internship

Emma Materne, ’14, came to Richmond to study business but soon discovered that science and medical school are her passions.

Matthew Purdy, ’14, follows his passion for the biological sciences as a summer intern at the Cardiovascular Research Foundation, while preparing for medical school.

Adelaide Burton, '12, volunteered with World Pediatric Project to complete service hours for her Justice and Civil Society class. When she needed an internship for the summer, she emailed the director of volunteers.  

Through the U.S. Department of State’s Critical Language Scholarship program, biology major Simrun Bal, ’13, spent the summer in Chandigarh, India, learning Punjabi and coming face-to-face with issues of health care and poverty.

When MaryGrace Apostoli, ’11, realized her interests were too broad to fit into a single academic department, she didn’t let it stop her from following her passion for studying health care around the world.

Erin Brodell, ’11, spent much of her college experience preparing for a career in the medical field by shadowing dentists and assisting with research. But she still found time for a creative outlet.

Although senior Eric Piasecki’s two passions are seemingly quite different, he said he found that his musical experiences have made him that much better as an interpreter.

Farren Billue, ’12, says that one of the best things a person can have in life is a beautiful smile.

Thanks in part to a close encounter with a Peruvian parasite, John Stafford, ’11, decided to pursue a career as a bilingual health-care advocate and practitioner.

Blanca Flores, '13, joined a living-learning community in order to learn more about Richmond's Hispanic community and find out what role she could play in it. Along the way, she learned a little about herself.

Over the past eight years, Dr. John Vaughan has seen the students he’s mentored graduate, complete medical school and begin their residencies.