Nzia Hall has felt drawn to adult neurology for quite some time. As president of the Student Interest Group in Neurology, she helped revive the organization’s UNC chapter and now finds herself in the midst of applying to multiple neurology residency programs.
During her neurology acting internship, Hall met Dr. Deanna Saylor, a member of the Institute for Global Health and Infectious Diseases, whose work in Zambia spans years and impacts countless lives. When Saylor invited Hall to join her on the next trip to the southern Africa country, Hall didn’t think twice.
“A lot of the global health electives that we have at UNC are tailored to OB/GYN or internal medicine,” said Hall, a fourth-year student from Durham, North Carolina. “But this was specifically neurology which is what I’m interested in. That made it even more of an exciting opportunity.”