Abroad: London, England, Fall 2025
Enanu Smart is working with Professor Joyce Adams who dedicates her research to Focused Postpartum Care (Focused-PPC). This program provides an innovative, integrated group postpartum care, education, and support model for women up to one year after delivery. Smart aids in creating data collection materials, study materials/documents, and data collection. Additionally, Smart helps with data analysis, grant applications, manuscript writing, and report writing. This research aligns with Smart’s passion for providing more readily available medical care regardless of financial situation. During the summer of 2024, Smart was working as a research assistant with the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria (UICOMP). Smart partook in cancer research under the Dr. Malchenko-Soares lab which specializes in intercellular mitochondrial transfer between cancer cells and astrocytes. Smart has continued to explore her interest in medicine by shadowing various physicians during the summer of 2025. Additionally, she gained hands on experience during the 2024-2025 through her volunteering as a roomer at Beacon Memorial outpatient center in South Bend Indiana.