Hugh H. Bartlett

The program provided me the opportunity to expand my education past the formal construction of a biological sciences major and to pursue academic interests which would have otherwise been unattainable.

hhb217@lehigh.edu

Honors Project: 

Madness, Medicine, and Witchcraft: An Exploration of Mental Illness in Rural Uganda
Undergraduate
2017
B.S. Biology

"St. Luke's Biomedical Externship - Observation program at St. Luke's hospital. Observe in five clinical rotations - internal medicine, emergency medicine, OB/GYN, general surgery, and pediatrics.

H.E.A.R.T.s Link Clinic Volunteer - Clinic seeks to address health concerns and social determinants of health of the indigent population of South Bethlehem. In clinic I work alongside Temple St. Luke's medical students and St. Luke's residents and attending physicians.

Recipient of the GELH grant and Strohl grant to conduct research about social perceptions of mental illness in Bududa, Uganda

Williams Prize Winner for a publication in The Lehigh Review titled ""Mental health and religious beliefs in Ghana: An intersection between faith and science.""

Biological research in Dr. Cundall's Lab studying the extensibility of the lower jaw of Macrostomatan snakes.

Executive Committee member of Beta-Iota chapter of Kappa Sigma fraternity from Fall 2014 - Spring 2016.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute SEA-PHAGES program - Worked in lab to study isolate and describe a unique bacteriophage."

Personal Narratives (Fall 2013), What the @#$% is dignity? (Fall 2016)