CIRP REU ALUMNI STORIES
CHOP REU Training Testimonial - Natalie Maston - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Akiva S. Cohen, PhD; Rebecca Somach, PhD Candidate
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
Throughout my REU internship this summer, I gained knowledge and skills I never knew I could. I was fully immersed for 10 weeks in a Neuroscience laboratory studying the various impacts of mild traumatic brain injury in rodent models. Working under the mentorship of Dr. Akiva S. Cohen and Rebecca Somach, I learned various new technique…
CHOP REU Training Testimonial - Paula Kramer - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Valentina Graci, PhD; Laura Prosser, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
During the REU program, I worked on two different projects with Dr. Laura Prosser and Dr. Valentina Graci. These projects make the best use of the phrase “working in a multidisciplinary team.” One project identified the most reliable metrics to quantify coordination in children with cerebral palsy and to measure the degree of impairmen…
CHOP REU Training Testimonial - Zoe Lapaglia - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, PhD; Hillary Kapa, MPH
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
Throughout the summer I worked alongside Rachel K. Myers, PhD, and Hillary M. Kapa, MPH, on various projects. I was able to gain valuable hands-on experience with both qualitative and quantitative data. Although I worked on multiple projects this summer, one of the main ones was the “Formative Evaluation of the CHOP Violence Interventi…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Adia Glen - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
My 2022 REU experience at CHOP was incredibly insightful. This summer was the first in-person experience since the beginning of the pandemic. This permitted for a stronger connection between my mentors and the other REU students.
During my time at CIRP I had the opportunity to meet with other researchers and/or doctors at CHOP. These…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Bethany Williams - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
In my REU experience at CIRP, I gained many valuable hard and soft skills that I can carry with me back to the classroom and into my future career. I had the honor of working with Jalaj Maheshwari, MSE on a computational engineering project analyzing pediatric occupants in car crashes using finite element models.
My work looked at var…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Liana Hill - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Elizabeth Walshe, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
During the summer of 2022, I had the opportunity to be a part of the Injury Science REU program at CIRP under the mentorship of Elizabeth Walshe, PhD. The main project I worked on focused on analyzing the feedback about implementing a virtual driving assessment (VDA) within driving schools in Ohio.
I developed many skills relating to…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Michaela Olabisi - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Lauren O'Malley, MPH; Morgan O'Donald, MPH, NRP
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in an internship with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention. Through the program, I was able to be a part of the Cellular Car Seat (CCS) Study Team under Morgan O'Donald, Lauren O'Malley, Haley Bishop, and Emma Sartin.
My work with this team consisted of recruitment, enrollmen…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Rebecca Fallick - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Lauren O'Malley, MPH; Christine Norris, BA
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2022)
As a participant in the 2022 REU program at CIRP, I had the opportunity to learn about research and gain experience working on two projects within the Epidemiology team. I worked on planning for the New Jersey Safety and Health Outcomes (NJ-SHO) Resource Center with Lauren O’Malley, Christine Norris, Allison Curry, and Kristi Metzger.…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Angelica Torres - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Valentina Graci, PhD; Madeline Griffith, MS
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"During my summer at CIRP, I was exposed to brand new experiences. Thanks to the mentorship of Valentina Graci, PhD and Madeline Griffith, MS, I worked on a project that investigated two countermeasures to ensure a person is in the proper position during a motor vehicle crash -- one being an acoustic startling pre-stimulus (ASPS)…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Brianna Falby - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Thomas Seacrist, MBE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"During the summer of 2021, I was honored to have been given the opportunity to be a part of the Injury Science REU program at CIRP. Under the guidance of my mentor, Thomas Seacrist, MBE, the main project I worked on came from a national survey about having Active Safety Technology (AST) in vehicles to help reduce crashes.
I ran…