CIRP REU ALUMNI STORIES
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Paul Wynkoop - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Laura Prosser, PT, PhD; Ozell Sanders, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
"During my summer with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, I had the opportunity to work on a project that focused on developing a new method for quantifying a major impairment -- selective motor control -- in cerebral palsy (CP). Under the mentorship of Dr.…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Vivianna Plancarte - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel K. Myers, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
“I am a rising junior and Psychology major at Pomona College. My summer at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student offered me tremendous professional growth. I worked under the mentorship of Dr. Rachel K. Myers on the Autism ETA (Evaluating Transportati…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial -- Madeline Gonzalez - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
“During my time at CIRP, I worked with Dr. Catherine McDonald and the rest of the concussion team on a project investigating post-injury driving behaviors in adolescents after getting a concussion. My main responsibilities included data cleaning and analysis using SPSS. I had a little experience using SPSS before, but this summer…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial -- Meta Austin - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Valentina Graci, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
"This summer I worked with Dr. Valentina Graci as part of CIRP’s biomedical engineering core. My primary project was data processing and analysis for the SLATE study, which allowed me to apply my background in mechanical engineering to human subjects research. My specific task within the SLATE study was to characterize and a…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial -- Nalia Pope - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Megan S. Ryerson, PhD; Carrie Sauer, AICP
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
"This past summer, I took part in a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP). I worked with my Principal Investigator Dr. Megan S. Ryerson under the mentorship of Carrie Sauer, AICP, director of the Center for Safe Mobility at the University of Pennsylvania. I s…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Aileen Kangavary - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Elizabeth Walshe, PhD; Chelsea Ward McIntosh, MS
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
“During the summer of 2018, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program under the mentorship of Dr. Elizabeth Walshe and Chelsea Ward McIntosh. My team and I worked on several projects where I gained an abundance of skills that I will brin…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Catherine Krawiec - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD, CPST; Seri Park, PhD, PTP; Valentina Graci, PhD; Thomas Seacrist, MBE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
"During my summer with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, I had the opportunity to work on two projects regarding pedestrian and driver safety. Under the mentorship of Dr. Aditya Belwadi and Dr. Seri Park, a collaborator from Villanova Univers…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Elana Kaplan - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN; Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
"Throughout the summer of 2018, I had the privilege of working with Dr. Catherine McDonald and Dr. Kristy Arbogast at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student. As an intern working with the concussion team, I was able to pursue my interest in the diagnosi…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Gabriel Nah - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Akiva S. Cohen, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
"During the summer of 2018, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program under the mentorship of Dr. Akiva S. Cohen. While working with Dr. Cohen, I learned new techniques and how to use new machinery with which I was not familiar prio…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Mirjam Keochakian - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Aimee Palumbo, PhD, MPH
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
"This summer, I worked under the mentorship of Dr. Aimee Palumbo as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) where I was part of the Epidemiology Team. My work consisted of coming up with a personal research question linked to bike share crash numbers and to c…