Student Scholar Spotlight – Justin Edaugal
Student Scholar Spotlight – Justin Edaugal
Featured student work during their time as a college scholar in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Justin Edaugal
I was selected to be a fellow in the VI4 Artist-in-Residence program, a science-art collaboration among the Vanderbilt Institute for Infection, Immunology, and Inflammation, Vanderbilt University-Basic Sciences, and ArtLab. Twenty students across the nation were selected to participate in this remote fellowship. Fellows were in charge of creating art, graphical abstracts, and other visual media that communicated the research of their respective assigned labs. As a fellow, I collaborated with the David Lab from Duke University. The lab’s research investigates the human microbiome and its relationship with nutrition and disease.
My artwork will be used for their presentations, potential scientific journal cover art, and a digital exhibition.
Being a part of this fellowship was a dream come true! I have always had passions for both science and art and this remote fellowship allowed me the opportunity to directly merge the two, as well as give me the flexibility to complete summer classes and obtain clinical experience on the side. Studying the David Lab’s scientific literature while creating artwork showed me how both science and art go hand and hand. It challenged me to analyze and synthesize biological research from an interdisciplinary perspective and be able to communicate it through visual work. I’m extremely grateful for the VI4 Artist-in-Residence program and look forward