PhD Student (2011) "As a PhD student at the Association of Dutch Burn Centres/Utrecht University in the Netherlands, I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams, Dr. Meghan Marsac and their team on behavioral research projects in the fall of 2011. I helped pilot test an innovative web-based intervention for children who have recently experienced a medical trauma and helped compose a…

Research Assistant (2011-2012)                                                             …

Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2011) "During my summer internship at CIRP, I helped evaluate the effectiveness of a violence prevention program for adolescents in West and Southwest Philadelphia and gained a great appreciation for community-based participatory research. I was inspired by my coworkers' passion for working with and helping the community, as well as my pe…

Research Assistant (2011-2012) "My internship with CIRP was spent as a research assistant working under the guidance of Thomas Seacrist on Pediatric Biomechanics research. Our area of study focused on head and spinal kinematics of pediatric volunteers. My primary responsibility was to analyze data gathered by low-speed sled tests using motion analysis software. I am now finishing my Mechanical Eng…

CIRP Co-Op (2011)                                             "I recently graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Digital Media Design program. During the summer of 2011, I…

CIRP Co-op (2010)  "During my time at CIRP I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Meghan Marsac, Kristen Kohser, and Dr. Nancy Kassam-Adams. I was exposed to many different projects that gave me invaluable insight into what I wish to do with my career. I was able to work on projects that gave me experience in data collection and research design, as well as one-on-one interaction with sick chi…

Summer Student Volunteer (2010) Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2011) "While working at CIRP during the summer of 2010, and as an REU student during the summer of 2011, I worked with Dr. Joel Fein on the ‘Safe Neighborhood Tips’ project. I assisted in several steps of the project, from helping edit the tips to assessing potential dissemination methods and eventually ru…

Summer work-study (June 2010-August 2010) Research assistant (August 2010-September 2011) Research coordinator (September 2011-June 2013) “I first started working at CIRP as a work-study student during the summer of 2010 on the NCOSS project. From there, I moved on to a Research Assistant position and then to my final role as a Research Coordinator for a year and a half. I was given the opportun…

CIRP Co-op (2009) "During my time at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) at CHOP,  I worked on a project measuring child seat belt fits in accident-prone vehicles in an effort to help design a safer seat belt for children. My mentors, Shresta Mari-Gowda, MS and Dr. Flaura Winston, taught me the importance of professionalism and multidisciplinary teamwork in solving complex h…

CIRP Trainee Research Assistant (2009-2010)                                                           …