First-year student Michelle Mantilla, Yale MD-PhD '33, shared that she is an avid knitter and that her work, Penicillin Pacman, was created during her Attacks and Defenses course. The headband is made of wool fiber and features the chemical structure of penicillin.
Ral Vandenhoudt, a graduating student at Yale School of Public Health (YSPH), said that Chickenpox was inspired by the intersection of science and art within the medical humanities. The artwork combines these elements in the form of a chicken.
Jasmine Jiang, MD ’27, explained that her inspiration for In Remembrance came from the labor and delivery unit at Yale New Haven Hospital. "Whenever there is perinatal loss at YNHH, a turquoise sign bearing a white Calla Lily is posted on the labor room door, mostly as a gentle reminder to those entering of what the family is going through. I saw such a sign as a student on my Maternal Fetal Medicine rotation, pausing briefly each time I passed by as I took in the weight of its significance. The Calla Lily symbolizes purity, rebirth, and resurrection, and is often used in the context of miscarriage or stillbirth. The three blooming lilies represent each trimester of gestation. The butterfly’s turquoise hues match the color of the sign I once saw on my rotation. The composition partially references a historical painting by George Cochran Lambdin. This painting is in honor of the lives carried but never held and is dedicated to those who have experienced perinatal bereavement."
Patterned Beauties: The Marks We Share by Lenique Huggins, MD ’27, was inspired by a woman Huggins met who was receiving phototherapy. Huggins used pen and pencil on paper to create a celebration of the patterns found on the body and in nature.
YSPH student Megan Tachev’s piece Respite was an ode to liminal spaces. Tachev remarked that places like staircases offer a calm and quiet respite that has always entranced her, and this work highlights these often-overlooked areas.