CIRP REU ALUMNI STORIES
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Katie Casty - Summer 2013
CHOP Mentor(s): Yi-Ching Lee, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2013)
"During my summer as an REU student at CIRP, I worked with Dr. Yi-Ching Lee on a study aimed at understanding the effects of peer passengers on teenage drivers’ responses to stressful traffic events and risk-taking tendencies. I focused on understanding how teenage participant pairs interacted with each other and on analyzing drive…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Amanda Parks - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen Leff, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012)
"During the summer of 2012, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates intern under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Leff. I worked on several community-based participatory research projects over the summer, but my main responsibilities included assisting with literature…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Danielle Grams - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Jessica Mirman, PhD; Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2012)
“In the summer of 2012, I was a Research Experiences for Undergraduates intern at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention. Under the direction of Dr. Jessica Mirman, I assisted on a psychology-based study evaluating the proper use of car seats. Throughout the summer I gained experience with a variety of components of the re…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Elizabeth Hedges - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Mark Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012)
"During the summer of 2012 I was a Research Experiences for Undergraduates intern at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention under the mentorship of Dr. Mark Zonfrillo. I had the opportunity to work on several projects including compiling an extensive literature review on how age at injury affects functional outcome following…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Jessica Harrington - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD; Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012) "In my time as an intern at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention, I worked under the mentorship of Dr. Aditya Belwadi primarily on the Rollover Project which seeks to determine the sources and risk of injury sustained by children in motor vehicle rollover crashes. My focus with the project was to aid in the development…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Julianne Lewis - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012)
"During the summer of 2012, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) intern under the mentorship of Dr. Allison E. Curry. I was involved in the epidemiologic evaluation of a teen driver Graduated Driver Licensing (GDL) law. One of…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Nishi Mehta - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD; Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012)
"During my time at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention, I was involved in studies targeting secondary prevention of posttraumatic stress and the promotion of optimal recovery in children and families experiencing acute medical trauma or chronic illness. This instilled in me a passion for translational research, and I am i…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Oluwabukola Famakinwa - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Jessica Mirman, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012)"During the summer of 2012, I worked on the TeenDrivingPlan(TDP) project with Dr. Jessica Mirman for 10 weeks. As one of the eight REU interns, I was able to have my first hands-on clinical research experience where I learned a great deal about translational research. My specific tasks were coding information into a qualitative data…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Gabrielle Loeb - Summer 2011
CHOP Mentor(s): Dr. Flaura Winston
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2011)
"Since participating in REU in the summer of 2011 under the mentorship of Dr. Flaura Winston, my research at CIRP has enabled me to gain further experience by presenting at the American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and by training nonprofits to use the same online dissemination techniques that gave us such success with www.…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Alec McGinley - Summer 2011
CHOP Mentor(s): Mark Zonfrillo, MD, MSCE; Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2011)
"My work at CIRP began as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates program and continued throughout my senior year at the University of Pennsylvania. Working with Dr. Mark Zonfrillo, Dr. Kristy Arbogast, and their team, my primary focus was the project ‘Minds Matter: Improving Pediatric Concussion Management.’ The mentor…