CIRP REU ALUMNI STORIES
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…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Carolena Muno - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, PhD, MS
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"Through my REU internship this summer I was able to develop a broad range of skills and perspectives. Through work on the Violence Intervention Program (VIP)'s main research project, which is a formative evaluation of the program, I learned about and practiced multiple steps in the qualitative coding process, from codebook devel…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Drayton L. Murray - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): J. Christopher Edgar, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"In my 2021 Summer REU internship at CIRP, I gained valuable experience and developed useful skills in the field of research. To start, I was able to learn up close and see the overall process of how a study is run. I learned what goes into it, who does what, and how important good communication and teamwork is to the success of…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Julia Duchossois - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Declan Patton, PhD; Emma Sartin, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"This summer, I had the opportunity to participate in an internship with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention(CIRP). Through the program, I was able to be a part of research on two teams: the Head Impact Sensor team under Declan Patton, Colin Huber, Kristy Arbogast and Divya Jain, and the AHT Intervention team under Laur…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Meredith Bloss - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Valentina Graci, PhD; Laura Prosser, PT, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2021)
"I developed a variety of technical and professional skills during my time in the CIRP REU program. Working on studies on selective motor control in young children with cerebral palsy under the guidance of Drs. Laura Prosser and Valentina Graci allowed me to contribute to various stages of the research process and deepen my understandi…
REU Training Testimonial - Tamera Stanley - Summer 2021
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen S. Leff, PhD; Sandhyaa Iyengar, MD, MPH; Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2021)
"This past summer I had the pleasure of being able to participate in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP). Though this was a remote program, I still found the experience to be cultivating. Through the program, I had the opportunity of working under the…