Student & Trainee Testimonials
Training Testimonial - Angela Nanayakkara - Summer 2025
CHOP Mentor(s): Caroline Glavin, DSW, LCSW
This past year, I had the pleasure of interning with the Community Violence and Trauma Support (CVTS) team under Caroline Glavin, DSW, LCSW. In this role, I provided supportive counseling and conducted intakes for children experiencing trauma-related symptoms. Over the course of my time here, I worked within a multidisciplinary team that included case managers, community health workers, violence p…
REU Training Testimonial - Sheridan Lyles - Summer 2024
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, PhD, MS; Hillary Kapa, MPH
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Student (Summer 2024)"This summer, I was given the opportunity to gain research experience under the mentorship of Rachel Myers, PhD, and Hilary Kapa, MPH. I worked on a qualitative community-based participatory research project focusing on the implementation of trauma-informed practices in community-based organizations. Throughout the summer, I learned more…
CHOP REU Training Testimonial - Zoe Lapaglia - Summer 2022
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, PhD; Hillary Kapa, MPH
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 Intervention…
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 develop…
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 m…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Camara Seals - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen Leff, PhD; Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
"This past summer yielded so many wonderful opportunities for me as I was able to participate in the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP).Through the program, I had the pleasure of working under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Leff and Dr. Tracy Waasdorp of…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Ilissa Kaufman - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2019)
“During the summer of 2019 I had had the opportunity to research bullying with a specific focus on bystander behavior in urban communities as part of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at CIRP. Under the mentorship of Dr. Tracy Waasdorp, I was able to conduct thorough literature reviews, create my own resea…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Hadley McVeigh - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Christine Norris, BA
Digital Communications Intern (Summer 2019)
"During the summer of 2019, I had the opportunity to work at CIRP as Digital Communications Intern with the Outreach and Advocacy team. In this role, I learned so much about how to translate research and data into information that can aid audiences like medical professionals, stakeholders, and parents. Writing is something that I really enjoy, so I was…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Leila Graham - Summer 2019
CHOP Mentor(s): Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD; Kristen Kohser, MSW, LSW
CIRP Summer Intern (2019)
"In the summer of 2019, I was an intern at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) under the mentorship of Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams and Kristen Kohser, MSW, LSW. I spent the majority of my time at CIRP coding videos of ER training simulations for trauma-informed care (TIC) and family-centered care (FCC) behaviors. Throughout my time on this project, I helped D…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Ananda Easley - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd; Stephen Leff, PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2018)
"During the summer of 2018, I had the incredible opportunity to participate in the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program under the mentorship of Dr. Tracy Waasdorp and Dr. Stephen Leff. As part of the Behavioral Science discipline's PRAISE team, I took part in exami…
