Intern Blog

Hi everyone! My name is Siri Dommata, and I am a senior from Apex, North Carolina, studying Neuroscience and Medicine, Literature, and Culture. For as long as I can remember, I have loved two things: learning about people and asking questions. I’ve always wanted to know why — why someone saves the green Skittles for last, why we knock on wood when we hope for something good, and as I grew older, why we connect with stories, how people carry their joy and difficulty, and how t

In the Chapel Hill area, December 3rd at 2:30 PM? If so, make sure to stop by our Fall 2025 Gil Interns Showcase located on the first floor of Howell Hall. Here you will be able to ask interns about the work that they conducted throughout the semester at their worksites and learn more about the Karen M. Gil Internship Program. Excited to see you then!

Hello! My name is Yuthika Sathyanarayanan (she/her). I am a junior at UNC-Chapel Hill majoring in Psychology and Biology and minoring in Social and Economic Justice. My interest in psychology and psychiatry began in middle school, when I started to learn more about human behavior and recent clinical psychology research. However, this interest in psychology probably stemmed from a much younger age, a time when I was a kid watching detective and spy shows, reading Sherlock and

Hello all! My name is Darian Du (he/him pronouns), and I’m currently an undergraduate junior at UNC-Chapel Hill pursuing a major in Psychology working at the Morse Clinic in Durham, NC. Though I wasn’t always passionate about psychology and mental health, my love for it began in high school, enrolling in AP Psych, (misguidedly) thinking that it could help resolve my mental health challenges. While indeed, there were some tangentially-related habits and/or techniques that I wo