Student Scholar Spotlight – DeShala McDuffie
Student Scholar Spotlight – DeShala McDuffie
Featured student work during their time as a college scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences.
DeShala McDuffie
My program title is “Racial Disparities in Public Health.” I am also on a pre-medicine track, so the goal of my project is to view the healthcare system from a social science perspective.
Most of the time, pre-medicine focuses on hard science in terms of health and the details that are involved in human life. However, my program serves to combine the hard sciences with coursework that heavily speaks to social and psychological determinants of health.
My senior project is titled “Influence of Marital Status on Physical Activity among Stroke Survivors.” Approximately 795,000 people in the United States suffer from a stroke each year. One of the most critical aspects of recovery is returning to physical activity as it strongly improves the quality of life for stroke survivors.