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…

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…

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…

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…

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, enro…

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 Metz…

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)…

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…

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…

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…