Kayla Bucci ‘25

Kayla Bucci is a senior from Avon Lake, Ohio majoring in science preprofessional studies and minoring in anthropology and health, humanities, and society, with the goal of attending medical school. She has research interests in global health, public health, and medical anthropology. Bucci is currently working under Dr. Vania Smith-Oka in the Culture of Medicine Lab. The lab focuses on medical anthropology, specifically topics such as medical spaces, women’s reproductive health and cesareans, obstetric violence, and mentorship in the medical field. This year, Bucci is working on two projects in the Culture of Medicine Lab. She is conducting deductive analysis on a data set about the effect of ecological stoves on Indigenous women’s respiratory health and gender empowerment in Mexico. She is also analyzing Cesarean data from Mexico and South Bend using ArcGIS. This year Bucci is also serving as the lab co-manager where she will be a mentor and point of contact for underclassmen.