Student & Trainee Testimonials
CIRP Training Testimonial - Rania Mansour, MPH Candidate - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Allison E. Curry, PhD
Graduate Research Assistant (2018)
"As a graduate research assistant working with Dr. Allison Curry's team, I was honored to attend the 2018 Lifesavers National Conference on Highway Safety Priorities as a Traffic Safety Scholar. The conference consisted of an extremely diverse crowd of public health professionals, law enforcement officers, transportation engineers, citizen advocates, and many ot…
CIRP Training Testimonial – Tatijana Taylor-Fehlinger - Summer 2018
CHOP Mentor(s): Catherine McDonald, PhD, RN, FAAN
CIRP Co-op and CChIPS Intern (2017-2018)
"During 2017, the junior year of my undergraduate program, I interned at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) through Drexel University's Cooperative Education (Co-op) Program. I assisted Dr. Catherine McDonald on the Web-Based Intervention to Prevent Risky Driving project as well as on other teen driving safety studies. My primary responsi…
CIRP REU Training Testimonial - Brianna Beulah - Summer 2017
CHOP Mentor(s): Tracy Waasdorp, PhD, MEd; Stephen Leff,PhD
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (Summer 2017)
"During the summer of 2017, I had the opportunity to join the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) intern. I was privileged in having the tutelage of Dr. Tracy Waasdorp and Dr. Stephen Leff, with the PRAISE Team of the Violence Prevention Initiative (VPI), under whom…
CIRP Training Testimonial - Amani Abdallah, MPH - Summer 2016
CHOP Mentor(s): Jessica Mirman, PhD; Suzanne Hill; Christine Norris
Clinical Research Assistant (Spring 2016)
"During my time as a Research Assistant at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention at CHOP, I had the opportunity of joining the TeenDrivingPlan (TDP) program team. I was mentored by Jessica Mirman, Suzanne Hill, and Christine Norris, all of whom are exceptionally talented in what they do. Throughout my internship, I supported the program developmen…
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 - Emily Sykes - Summer 2015
CHOP Mentor(s): Katie Halkyard, MPH
Injury Research Intern/Research Assistant (2015-2016)
"I joined CIRP in April 2015 as a Drexel University co-op student and continued to work as a Research Assistant while finishing my bachelor's degree in Psychology. I became a Clinical Research Coordinator in July 2016. Working at CIRP I coordinate and support several research projects, including: a Teen Outreach Evaluation for Driving Safety gr…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Alicia Abraczinskas - Summer 2015
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD
Injury Research Intern (Spring 2015)
"While studying Biomedical Engineering at Drexel University in Spring of 2015, I had the pleasure of working with Dr. Aditya Belwadi at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP). Under his mentorship I developed a quantitative visual analysis to assess the effectiveness of supplemental restraint systems (SRS) in mitigating injury in lateral crashes…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Christian Parker - Summer 2015
CHOP Mentor(s): Helen Loeb, PhD
Injury Research Intern (October 2014-September 2015)
"As a Drexel student, I alternate seasonally between classes and co-op internships. My first co-op, now over a year ago, took place on the eleventh floor of an externally unremarkable high-rise in the Science Center section of Market Street, at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention. Between October of 2014 and September of 2015, I worke…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Cristal Lopez - Summer 2015
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD; Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD; Kristen Kohser, LMSW
Injury Research Intern (Summer 2015)
"During the summer of 2015, I worked with the Post-injury Care and Recovery team at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) under the mentorship of Dr. Meghan Marsac, Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams, and Kristen Kohser. My time at CIRP allowed me to gain research skills while assisting with projects, such as…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Genna Clayman - Summer 2015
CHOP Mentor(s): Jessica H. Mirman, PhD
Injury Research Intern (Summer 2015)
"In the summer of 2015, I joined the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a research intern under the mentorship of Dr. Jessica Mirman and Megan Fisher-Thiel. I spent the majority of my time working on a research study that aimed to determine the long-term effectiveness of TeenDrivingPlan, a web-based program that was developed by scientists at C…
