Hey there. My name is Douglas Terry. I am a senior Biology and Psychology double major with a general fascination with the mind. I have spent my college summers doing research in a behavioral neuroscience lab, I am on the … Read more

My name is Nadia Peyravian and I am senior biology and psychology double major at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as well as a 2015 Karen M. Gil Intern. By my graduation in May 2016, I will … Read more

My name is Samantha Asofsky, and I have had the pleasure of interning at 3C Family Services under the mentorship of Dr. Lori Schweickert and Dr. Lorie Ritschel. 3C Family Services is a large and dynamic clinical practice that provides … Read more

My favorite part of the Gil Internship is probably the dual working-learning approach. I am currently working on a research project at UNC’s Neuro Image and Research Analysis Labs (NIRAL) and learning under the direct guidance of Dr. Sarah Short … Read more

As a Gil Intern, I have spent the past 10 weeks of the semester working under Dr. Pete Duquette at The Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities (CIDD). Unlike most of the other interns, my time spent at the CIDD is … Read more

Through the Gil Internship, I have spent the semester working as a Clinical Intern at Veritas Collaborative, a treatment offering care to children and adolescents with eating disorders. My role as an intern has been somewhat unique to that of … Read more

This semester, I am fortunate enough to be working as a Gil Intern at the UNC Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders (CEED). Founded in 2003, CEED is a comprehensive eating disorder research and treatment center. CEED is world renowned … Read more

My time working under Nancy Kueffer within the Exceptional Children (EC) Division of Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools (CHCCS) has so far been nothing short of an exceptional experience. Mrs. Kueffer’s position as the District Coordinator of Behavioral Support Programs … Read more

In the last few weeks I have had the pleasure of working under the supervision of Dr. Ayse Belger and Dr. Alana Campbell at UNC Hospital’s Neurocognition and Imaging Research Laboratory (NIRL). NIRL is interested in exploring the functional anatomy … Read more

My time as a Gil intern prepared me more for the graduate and professional world than any other class or experience throughout my time at UNC.  I interned at the Neurocognition and Imaging Research Lab (NIRL) in the department of … Read more