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Programs in Engagement

SWAP Student Reflections 2025-26

Science Writing Advancing Global and Planetary Health (SWAP), or PEDS 238/EBS 239, leverages Stanford expertise and faculty-student teams to develop evidence-based strategies, partnerships, and messaging to influence policy and grassroots actions that protect people and the planet. Following are select student reflections about their projects from the 2025-26 year.

Cover photo by Alexandra Medina.

2025-26 Projects

Projects from the 2025-26 year included:

  • Dengue fever dynamics and community education in Guatemala with Dr. Erin Mordecai and Talya Shragai
  • Fact sheets and comics to increase Schistosomiasis awareness among farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa with Dr. Giulio De Leo
  • Improving health and environmental challenges of a cooking fuel crisis faced by Rohingya refugees in Myanmar with Dr. Christopher LeBoa
  • Video storytelling to inform how conflict affects the provision of healthcare in Africa with Dr. Ruth Gibson
  • Black Soldier Fly Farms in Kenya with Dr. Desiree LaBeaud and Amelia Meyer
  • Website-Based Storytelling for the Tequio Kollektiv Co-Lab with Drs. Nicole Franz and Xavier Basurto
  • Bridging the Gap Between Water Policy and Urban Gardening: Edward Apraku, PhD. Candidate
  • Communicating Planetary Health Innovation in Indonesia with Dr. Joelle Rosser and Kavita Coombe
  • Bilingual Health Education for Central Valley Farmworkers with Drs. Shuchi Anand and Marimar Contreras Nieves

Student Reflections

Raising Awareness for the Rohingya Cooking Fuel Crisis: By Chloe Chan and Gavin Nalu

Read Chloe's Reflection

Bridging the Gap Between Water Policy and Urban Gardening: By Edward Apraku

Read Edward's reflection

Addressing the Risk of Schistosomiasis Transmission in Africa: By Casey Greene

Read Casey's reflection

Global Health, Policy, and Digital Communication in Africa: By Tim Jing

Read Tim's reflection

Science Communication for the Tequio Kollektiv Co-Lab: By Sophia Sanders

Read Sophia's Reflection

Bilingual Health Education for Central Valley Farmworkers: By Sou Min Shin

Read Sou Min's Reflection

Communicating Planetary Health Innovation in Indonesia: By Meerashree Sundara Raju

Read Meerashree's Reflection

Black Soldier Fly Farms in Kenya: By Jamie JudahBram

Read Jamie's Reflection