{"id":425,"date":"2026-04-30T14:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/?p=425"},"modified":"2026-04-30T14:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T14:58:38","slug":"gil-interns-reflection-closing-the-gap-with-communityrx-kidney-health","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/2026\/04\/30\/gil-interns-reflection-closing-the-gap-with-communityrx-kidney-health\/","title":{"rendered":"Gil Intern&#8217;s reflection: &#8220;Closing the Gap&#8221; with CommunityRx-Kidney Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Karenna Barmada, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently completed their internship at the Center for Thriving Communities through the <a href=\"https:\/\/psychology.unc.edu\/gil-internship\/\">Karen M. Gil Internship Program<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Karenna posted reflections about her time at the Center for Thriving Communities working on the CommunityRx-Kidney Health (CRx-K) project.<\/p>\n<p>Read her reflections,<a href=\"https:\/\/gilinternshipblog.web.unc.edu\/2026\/04\/22\/closing-the-gap-clinical-trials-and-community-health-at-the-center-for-thriving-communities-with-karenna-barmada\/\"> &#8220;Closing the Gap: Clinical Trials and Community Health at the Center for Thriving Communities with Karenna Barmada.&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_427\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption alignnone\" style=\"width: 310px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-427 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1466\/2026\/04\/Barmada-Karenna-headshot-500x500-1-300x300.avif\" alt=\"Headshot of a smiling woman with long brown hair looking at the camera\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1466\/2026\/04\/Barmada-Karenna-headshot-500x500-1-300x300.avif 300w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1466\/2026\/04\/Barmada-Karenna-headshot-500x500-1-150x150.avif 150w, https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/thrivingcommunities\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1466\/2026\/04\/Barmada-Karenna-headshot-500x500-1.avif 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Karenna Barmada, Spring 2026 Gil Intern at the Center for Thriving Communities<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Karenna Barmada, a senior at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, recently completed their internship at the Center for Thriving Communities through the Karen M. 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