Balancing Medical Research & Hospital Work

Enam Fiattor '21, as a student at Northeastern University, completed a co-op experience in Accra, Ghana that helped her connect to her roots and explore a path in the world of public health. 

Photo above by Alyssa Stone/Northeastern University

Read more in Northeastern Global News:

Malaria and maternity wards: This Northeastern student balances medical research and hospital work during Ghana co-op

Enam Fiattor, a first-generation Ghanaian-American, wanted a co-op experience to connect her to her roots and decide what path to take in the world of public health. These co-ops helped her with both.

Fiattor worked two days a week at Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research in Accra. There, she was in the immunology department doing research for the national malaria elimination program. The other three days of the week, she spent at Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital, a government hospital in Accra, working alongside doctors in the obstetrics and gynecology department.

Read Enam's profile on the Northeastern College of Science site, Enam Fiattor '25, Biology.

Enam graduated from Northeastern University in the Spring of 2025 with a Bachelor of Science, Biology and Global Health Minor.

Congratulations, Enam! We're excited to see what you do next.