Past Steve Miller Fellowship Awardees

Below, you'll find the past winners of the Steve Miller Fellowship, awarded by the Department of Pediatrics since 2009 to medical students conducting research projects that explore aspects of humanism in medicine.

2024

  • Harrison Fillmore and Hannah Weinstein, (VP&S 2025)
    Project: Sustainable Futures through Environmental Justice:  Incorporating a Climate Health Curriculum into MCY and D&I
  • Joshua Dawson and Michelle Batlle, (VP&S 2025)
    Project: Pick Up Sports and Health: A Service-Learning Model to Promote Health Literacy and Health Careers Among School-aged Children in Upper Manhattan
  • Paul Lewis, (VP&S 2025)
    Project: Adolescents Caring for Community by Promoting Literacy on Insurance, Stroke, Health Education, Emergencies, and Dementia (ACComPLISHED): A Community Health Worker Program

2023

  • Alan Mograby and Anthony Sulvetta, (CDM 2025)
    Project: "Effects of a Supplemental Oral Health Mini-Course on Columbia VP&S Students: A Pilot Study"
  • Omid Cohensedgh and Ann-Sophie van Wingerden, (VP&S 2024)
    Project: "OBGYN Care for Trans, Gender-Diverse, and Intersex Individuals"

2022

  • Jeremiah Douchee (VP&S 2025)
    Project: “Just Care in the Justice System.”

2021

  • Caroline Cherston (VP&S 2022)
    Project: “Developing a Pilot VP&S Curriculum on Trauma-Informed Care.”
  • Todd Jones (VP&S 2022)
    Project: “Post Intensive-Care Syndrome.”

2020

  • Zach Pitkowsky (VP&S 2022)
    Project: “Using a Child Life Approach with Pediatric Patients and Families.”
  • Teddy Goetz (VP&S 2021)
    Project: “Professional Identify Formation.”
  • Amanda Wang (VP&S 2023)
    Project: “Understanding Food Insecurity in Northern Manhattan:  A Mixed-Methods Approach.”

2019

  • Rebekah Boyd and Angela Chang (VP&S 2022)
    Project: “Interdisciplinary Refugee Partnership in Health.”
  • Rachel MacLean (VP&S 2020)
    Project: “The Companion Project.”
  • Catherine Kernie (VP&S 2022)
    Project: “Development of a Service-Learning Partnership between VP&S and Gigi’s Playhouse.”

2018

  • Vibhu Krishna (VP&S 2021)
    Project: “Humanizing the Body:  Life Drawing in Preclinical Education.”
  • Taylor Jacob O’Grady (VP&S 2021)
    Project: “Service-Learning in the VP&S Student Run Clinics:  A Pilot.”
  • Sarah Godfrey (VP&S 2018) & Gregory Karelas (VP&S 2020)
    Project: “The Public Health Commute.”

2017

  • Stanislaw Gabryszewski (MD/PhD candidate)
    Project: “Enhancing Nutrition Education in Medical School through Humanistic Approaches.”
  • Dua Hassan (VP&S 2018)
    Project: “Fighting for Equality in Healthcare: Addressing Health Disparities and Implicit Bias through Medical Education.”
  • Katrina Kostro (VP&S 2020)
    Project: “Meditation and Relaxation Skills Workshop for Medical Students, Patients, and Caregivers: A Shared Practice for Mindfulness, Empathy, and Mutual Healing.”
  • Dylan Marshall (VP&S 2018)
    Project: “Emotional Intelligence: Fostering Relationships Essential to Making the Practice of Medicine Sustainably Meaningful, thus Preventing Medical Student Burnout.”

2016

  • Amulya Iyer (VP&S 2017)
    Project: “Exploring the Relationship between Hospitalized Patients and their Medical Students: A Qualitative Study.”
  • Subha Perni & Lauren Pollack (VP&S 2017)
    Project: “Moral Distress in Caring for Older Adults during Early Clinical Training.”
  • Patrick van Nieuwenhuizen (VP&S 2017)
    Project: “Democratizing Medical Education:  An Open Access Platform for Preclinical Sciences.”

2015

  • Jemma Benson (VP&S 2018) & Christopher Clayton (VP&S 2018)
    Project: “Digame Bienvenidos:  Washington Heights Pre-Orientation Program.”
    Project Mentor: Ana Esteban, MD, Project Mentor
  • Erica Cao (VP&S 2018)
    Project: “The Benefits of Music and Service-Learning:  An Intervention Program for Medical Students and At-Risk Youth.”
    Project Mentor: Deepthiman Gowda, MD, MPH, Project Mentor

2014

  • Erin Elbel (VP&S 2017)
    Project: “Development & Piloting of an Educational Module for Medical Students in Hospital-Based Interdisciplinary Communication and Quality Improvement.”
    Project Mentor: Robert V. Sideli, MD
  • Jessica Calihan (VP&S 2017)
    Project: “Developing a Humanistic Cross-School Training for Examining Asylum Seekers.”
    Project Mentor: Michael J. Devlin, MD

2013

  • Zeena Audi (VP&S 2014)
    Project: “Lang Scholar Community Ambassador Internship.”
    Project Mentor: Marina Catallozzi, MD
  • Hannah Roberts (VP&S 2016)
    Project: “Medical Students’ Perceptions of Dementia Patients (before and after attending a non-clinical arts-centered session).”
    Project Mentor: Dr. James Nobel

2012

  • Jonathan D. Hansen (VP&S 2012)
    Project: “The 21stCentury Lecture Hall.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Boyd Richards
  • Lily Mundy (VP&S 2015), Katherine Nash (VP&S 2015), & Michael Steinhaus (VP&S 2015)
    Project: “Washington Heights Immersion Program.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Christine Krause

2011

  • Cecilia Fix (VP&S 2014)
    Project: “Similarities and Differences between the Health Care System in New York and the Dominican Republic.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Delphine Taylor
  • Haley Masterson (VP&S 2014)
    Project: “Assessing the Effect of the VP&S Psychiatric Rotation on Student Perceptions of the Mentally Ill.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Janice Cutler

2010

  • Jon Hatoun (VP&S 2012) & Yuna Larrabee (VP&S 2011)
    Project: “Ethics: Truth-Telling & the Major Clinical Year (MCY) in Medical School.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Paul Lee
  • Eliza Miller (VP&S 2012)
    Project: "Narrative Medicine Curriculum.”
    Project Mentor: Dr. Rita Charon