Student & Trainee Testimonials
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Alexa Stern - Summer 2013
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD
Alexa Stern CHOP CIRP
Research Assistant (January-May 2013)  "While interning at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention during my senior year at the University of Pennsylvania, I assisted with studies examining how children and their families cope with acute medical trauma and interventions to promote psychosocial adjustment in children who have experienced acute medical events. I also aided in the distribu…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Annie Ferris - Summer 2013
CHOP Mentor(s): Dennis Durbin, MD, MSCE; Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
Annie Ferris CHOP CIRP
Research Assistant (2012-2013) "I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) as a Research Assistant for a year and a half while I was applying to medical school. From day 1, everyone at the center was helpful and encouraging to me as a new employee and a future medical student. Dr. Dennis Durbin, Dr. Mark Zonfrillo, and Dr. Flaura Winston were particularly instrumental i…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Ika Kovacikova - Summer 2013
CHOP Mentor(s): Joel A. Fein, MD, MPH
Ika Kovacikova CHOP CIRP
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012) “During my internship with Dr. Joel Fein at CIRP during the summer of 2012, I saw firsthand the importance of collaboration and communication to the multidisciplinary field of public health. I learned how to turn research results into discrete action steps that improve public health and/or inform further research. I learned that bei…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Alyssa Jones - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD
Alyssa Jones CHOP CIRP
CHOP Research Institute Summer Scholars Program (CRISSP) Student (2012)                                                      …
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Amanda Parks - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen Leff, PhD
Amanda Parks CHOP CIRP
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) Student (2012) "During the summer of 2012, I worked at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention as a Research Experiences for Undergraduates intern under the mentorship of Dr. Stephen Leff. I worked on several community-based participatory research projects over the summer, but my main responsibilities included assisting with literature…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Daniel Martinez - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Aditya Belwadi, PhD
Daniel Martinez CHOP CIRP
Drexel University STAR (Students Tackling Advanced Research) Scholar (2012-2013) "Beginning at the end of my freshman year at Drexel University, I spent a nine-month tenure with the Center for Injury Research and Prevention (CIRP) under the mentorship of Dr. Aditya Belwadi, working mainly on a 3D Child Restraint Systems (CRS) project related to pediatric biomechanics. The period of time I spent a…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Kristina Puzino - Summer 2012
CHOP Mentor(s): Jessica Mirman, PhD
Kristina Puzino CHOP CIRP
CIRP Clinical Research Assistant April 2012 – July 2013 "During my time at the Center for Injury Research and Prevention I had the opportunity to work with Dr. Flaura Winston, Dr. Jessica H Mirman, and Dr. Yi-Ching Lee on studies relating to child passenger safety, teen driving, and driving simulators. I was able to gain invaluable experience in study recruitment, data collection, qualitative dat…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Anne Bakker - Summer 2011
CHOP Mentor(s): Nancy Kassam-Adams, PhD, Meghan Marsac, PhD
Anne Bakker CHOP CIRP
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…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Dan Nessenson - Summer 2011
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD
Dan Nessenson CHOP CIRP
Research Assistant (2011-2012)                                                             …
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Gabriela Romero - Summer 2011
CHOP Mentor(s): Stephen Leff, PhD
Gabriela Romero CHOP CIRP
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…