Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
"During the summer of 2017 I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) intern. Under the mentorship of Dr. Catherine McDonald, I gained experience in child passenger safety and adolescent driving behaviors research on two collaborative teams. My role was to…
CIRP REU ALUMNI STORIES
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Erin Kennedy - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Nicole Daly - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
“During the summer of 2017 I was given the wonderful opportunity to work with Dr. Catherine McDonald at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student. During that time, I worked on her web-based intervention for risky driving project to evaluate its feasibilit…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Ridhi Sahani - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Thomas Seacrist, MBE
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
"Being a part of the Center for Injury Research and Prevention during the summer of 2017 was truly an invaluable experience. I am extremely grateful for the opportunity to work under the mentorship of Thomas Seacrist and with everyone involved in the REU program. As a Biomedical Engineering major, I worked in the Engineering Core…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Tristan Gilbert - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD, CPST
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
“During the summer of 2017, I worked as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) student at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP). I worked on several projects with Dr. Aditya Belwadi as a mentor. These ranged from product design focus groups to driving simulator…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Veronica Valencia - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Kristy Arbogast, PhD; Ronnie Kessler, MSEd
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
My time at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention enriched my research experience and exposed me to a career in big data analysis, including the possibility to help combine future data sources to help generate more insight into hospital and clinical care provided by CHOP. This summer I primarily spent my time extracting da…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Lauren D'Arinzo - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Kristy Arbogast, PhD; Allison E. Curry, PhD, MPH
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2016)
"During my summer at CIRP as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Intern, I worked under two PIs, Dr. Allison E. Curry and Dr. Kristy Arbogast. With Dr. Curry’s team, I have been involved in a follow-up query to the team’s former conclusion that adolescents with ADHD are at a higher risk for adverse driving outcomes th…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Benjamin Varone - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2016)
"During the summer of 2016, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Intern. I had the privilege to work under the mentorship of Dr. Aditya Belwadi. A project I worked on was the Side Impact Project, focusing on performing data analysis using MATLAB. I was…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Cleanthe (Cleo) Kordomenos - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen Leff, PhD, Tracy Waasdorp PhD, MEd, and Krista Mehari
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2016)
"During the summer of 2016 I had the opportunity to join the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program. Under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Leff, Dr. Tracy Waasdorp, and Dr. Krista Mehari, I gained invaluable experience in the field of injury science rese…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Ethan Douglas - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Thomas Seacrist, MBE; Kristy Arbogast, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2016)
"During the summer of 2016 I was given the opportunity to work at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) under the tutelage of Thomas Seacrist and Dr. Kristy Arbogast. As a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) intern and a member of the Engineering Core at CIRP, I was fortunate to be able to contribute…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Kendall Seigworth - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Kristy Arbogast, PhD; Ronni Kessler, MSEd
Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2016)
"I was granted the wonderful opportunity to work on the Natural History of Youth Concussions project with Kristy Arbogast, PhD and Ronni Kessler, MSEd. My primary work has been abstracting data from medical charts for retrospective analysis of children treated for one or multiple concussions within the CHOP network from July 1, 20…