Danielle Herman

Undergraduate: Princeton University (2018)

About me: I developed my interest in global health through my experience as a leader of a global health student organization in college. One of the main philosophies of our group was to respect the autonomy of our partner grassroots organization. We acknowledged that our partners had the greatest awareness of the challenges facing their community as well as the resources available to address them. A group of students visited our partner clinic in Kapeeka, Uganda each year for annual goal setting for the partnership. Together with our partner, we were able to identify the need for a vaccine refrigerator and portable ultrasound machine and to raise the necessary funds to improve community health and maternal and fetal health with these machines. I am passionate about women's health and hope to address inequities in maternal/fetal outcomes during my career.