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Aretha Boakye-Donkor

Rush University
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Biographical Info

Aretha was born and raised in Ghana before moving to Tampa, FL. She majored in Health Science with a Public Health concentration while at the University of Florida (Go Gators!). Shortly after graduation, Aretha relocated to Chicago to start medical school at Rush Medical College. She was Vice President of the Student National Medical Association at Rush and student leader of Oakley Square Wellness Program, where she and her team led weekly wellness initiatives for women residents of the mixed-income housing. Aretha was selected as a Summer Research Fellow with a dedicated month in Ghana to study pediatric sepsis at various institutions. In her final year at Rush, Aretha founded Building Blocks: Pediatric Scholars Program to create a space for underrepresented minorities in medicine to interface with medicine  through mentorship, clinical engagement, community service and didactics. In addition to her extracurricular passions, Aretha was awarded the Rush Medical College Clinical Excellence Award. Brunching and planting are two of her favorite ways to practice self-care.

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Updated 7 months ago.