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Graduate Intern Projects

Sleep Equity Project is an ideal place for passionate graduate students across various fields (Public Health, Social Work) who are seeking to expand their knowledge about a range of areas that include health literacy, public health, community interventions, informatics, and program development.

This page highlights the interns who have worked at the Sleep Equity Project to complete their degree requirements. Each intern has worked hard to learn about an array of issues related to sleep health disparities and sleep disorders, including the social determinants of health.  This new knowledge was combined with their previous experience and coursework to complete a project.  View a sample here of their engaging work.

Sleep Equity Project Interns 

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Hemaila Tariq 

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Spring and Fall 2023

  • School Start Times and Sleep Analysis 

  • Sleep Disorders Roadmap​

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Andrew Hou

Northwestern University

Undergraduate

Fall 2023 and Spring 2024

  • Neuroscience and Sleep

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Carolyn Nettles 

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Summer 2024 and Spring 2025

  • Sleep Apnea in the African American Community

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Sohil Amin, MD 

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Spring 2025

  • Guide on Approaching Sleep Medicine: Medical Student and Resident Primer

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Varshne Ketheswaran

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Summer 2025

  • Sleep and Women's Health (Southeast Asia)

  • Environment and Sleep

  • Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome and Sleep Apnea

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Anna Horn

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Fall 2025

  • Environmental and Occupational Science 

Shikha Patel

University of Illinois at Springfield

School of Public Health 

Spring 2026

  • Enviornmental assessment brief of sleep health inequities

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Scott Miller, PA-C 

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Fall 2023

  • Sleep Apnea Journey Informatics 

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Dhruv Patel

Loyola University Chicago

Undergraduate

Spring 2024

  • Sleep and Public Health

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​Maria Albright MD

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Fall 2024

  • Global Sleep Health

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Daniela Cervantes

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Summer 2025

  • Interest in Maternal and Infant Health and Sleep

  • Interest in Cardiometabolic impact of sleep disorders among the Latino Community

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Lucia Large

University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health 

Fall 2025

  • Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Joi Way, MD

Florida Atlantic University

School of Public Health 

Spring 2026

  • Evidence Informed Health Education Framework around sleep equity

Golden Justice Scales
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Amal Rahman

University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign

School of Public Health 

Spring 2026

  • Health Literacy and updating Sleep Equity Project website for readability and consistency

 Previous Intern Institutions

University of 
Illinois--Chicago
UIC

University of 
Illinois-Springfield
UIS

University of 
Illinois-Urbana Champaign
UIUC

Florida Atlantic University

Florida Atlantic 
University

Loyola University 
Chicago 
Undergraduate

Northwestern 
University
Undergraduate

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