Bethesda, Maryland, United States
-Child Track Intern with the Charleston Consortium Internship Program at MUSC -Rotations: National Crime Victims Research and Treatment Center, Trauma Resilience and Recovery Program, Community Outreach Program, Head Start Mental Health Consultation & Treatment Program
• Broadly interested in the ways in which stress impacts children and families, as well as the development, implementation, evaluation, and dissemination of preventive interventions • Involved in four studies: (a) Family Cognitive Behavioral Prevention of Depression in Youth and Parents; (b) Coping and Communication in Child Cancer; (c) Stress, Parenting, and Cognitive Function in Children with Sickle Cell Disease; and (d) Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Adolescent Mental Health • Contribute to research design, intervention development, IRB applications, co-leading group interventions, cognitive testing, semi-structured diagnostic interviewing, data management, participant recruitment, and direct observation coding of parent-child interactions Stress and Coping Research Lab website: http://vkc.mc.vanderbilt.edu/stressandcoping/
•Coordinated longitudinal study of 500+ children and families: organized recruitment, coordinated participant payment, managed data in SPSS and online databases, and supervised two colleagues •Coordinated autism study: operated EEG, administered intelligence tests, and supervised three colleagues; created social story to help acclimate subjects with autism to lab environment •Developed two individual projects resulting in three poster presentations at national conferences; conducted literature searches and assisted in manuscript preparation; performed data coding; created alumni database •NIH Academy member (competitive fellowship aimed at addressing health disparities in Washington, DC): attended various health-related seminars, contributed to journal clubs, and completed diversity training; designed and implemented a community outreach program at a preparatory high school for at-risk youth focused on health behavior modification (e.g., nutrition, exercise, mindfulness); presented program design and results at NIH symposium
•Conducted a study to evaluate the effectiveness of services for at-risk youth for the Orange County Department of Social Services •Maintained contact with liaisons from 10 programs; facilitated participant scheduling; administered youth surveys and family interviews to over 500 participants •Assisted in editing "Adolescence in the 21st Century: Constants and Challenges"