Research and Service Funding for GELS members
GELS members are often invited to apply for a grant from the Inamori Center to help fund an experiential learning project. These projects have typically involved travel that relates to a student's development as an ethical leader and a responsible global citizen.
Some previously funded projects examples:
- Amanda Li worked on a wellness program to support her fellow Burmese-American community members in Seattle, Washington to encourage advocacy and civic engagement and share lessons on technology health and public safety.
- Isaac Opoku assessed the levels of dehydration within the greater Cleveland area around transit locations using a pilot wearable called DRINK in collaboration with the Population Health Institute at MetroHealth and the Chester Summer Scholars Program.
- Luke Kiosk supported research and education initiatives, including literature reviews, clinical ethics reading group, and observing the 24/7 clinical ethics consultation service with th Center for Biomedical Ethics —a collaboration between The MetroHealth System and the Department of Bioethics at the CWRU School of Medicine.
- JD Harrison, Third Federal Summer Ethics Fellow and Amanda Martinez Moreno, Baker-Nord Summer Ethics Fellow collaborated to support the efforts of Councilwoman Stephanie Howse and the Ward 7 Cleveland City Council. Ward 7 includes Asia Town, Downtown, Midtown, Hough and the St. Clair-Superior neighborhoods.
- Olivia Thomas reviewed lessons for community health promoter candidates to ensure that they align with the most up to date Ministry of Health policies and protocols in Nicaragua.
- Issac Opoku was in a medical brigade to Honduras to serve at a clinic and aid with the distribution of needed medical equipment to the most vulnerable communities in that area, specifically, clinics near Ojo de Agua, Yuscarán.
- Sophie Taus conducted field work in Singapore to analyze the city-state through the lens of social geography and explore how the international community can ethically support the continued recovery and prevention of colonization and military occupation in the region.
- Feyi Rufai served as a Third Federal Ethics Fellow at Invest in Children and helped organize and analyze the racial justice components of proposals from Pre-Kindergarten programs.
- Mai Segawa created an activity for University Hospitals child craniofacial patients to help introduce ethics and living with purpose and serves as an introduction to goal setting and personal values.
- Annie Du volunteered and raised funds and supply donations with Give Essential and facilitated matches between essential workers and donors. She also developed support for Lotus House, Inc., a women’s shelter located in Miami, Florida that shelters over 500 women, youth, and children every night and over 1000 annually.
- Grace Zhang was able to expand Phone-A-Friend endeavors in Indianapolis to provide social relief for the elderly via bi-weekly phone calls, grocery runs, and prescription pick-ups to include monthly book clubs, newsletters, and holiday presents.
- Salma Shire addressed the glaring disparity in educational access by holding Health Education Sessions on COVID-19 for middle school students in Southern, Ohio with a focus on communities with Somalian refugees.
- Elise Travis created an IRB-approved research survey to study awareness of student mental health allowing her to join the statewide conversation on mental health during the pandemic.