Student & Trainee Testimonials
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Lindsey Swigart - Summer 2009
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, MS, Chrissie Forke, RN, MSN, CRNP
Lindsey Swigart CHOP CIRP
Penn Work Study Program (2009-2012)  "During my undergraduate years at the University of Pennsylvania, I was part of the Penn work study program at CIRP under Rachel Myers and Chrissie Forke. We worked on several studies surrounding relationship violence in adolescents and young adults, most recently on a study that would help college faculty and staff understand how students view and use cam…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Martekuor Dodoo - Summer 2009
CHOP Mentor(s): Rachel Myers, PhD; Joel Fein, MD
Martekuor Dodoo CIRP CHOP
Penn Work Study Program Research Assistant (2009-2012) "I joined CIRP during my undergraduate years at the University of Pennsylvania as a Research Assistant for the Philadelphia Collaborative Violence Prevention Center. During my three years, I worked on a variety of tasks, including literature searches, staffing surveys, manuscript preparation, and IRB submissions. Since leaving CIRP, I earned…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Mary Lauren Magargee - Summer 2009
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD
Mary Lauren Magargee CHOP CIRP
CIRP Research Assistant (2009)  "I spent several months working at CIRP under the mentorship of Dr. Meghan Marsac, evaluating the effectiveness of a website to help parents better understand their child's reaction to an injury from a potentially traumatic event. Since then I have graduated with a degree in Sociology from Boston College and am currently working as a research coordinator in the…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Katherine Donlon - Summer 2008
CHOP Mentor(s): Meghan Marsac, PhD
Katherine Donlon CHOP CIRP
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CIRP Training Testimonial -- Ewa Kalicka - Summer 2007
CHOP Mentor(s): Ken Ginsburg, MD, MSEd
Ewa Kalicka CHOP CIRP
CIRP Co-op (2007-2009) "I recently graduated from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine with an MS in Counseling and Clinical Psychology. I am currently working at an inpatient drug and alcohol facility as a counselor. If it was not for my internship at CIRP, I would not have the appreciation for research that I do today. The CIRP staff I had the pleasure to work with helped me better u…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Danielle Erkoboni-Wilbur - Summer 2005
CHOP Mentor(s): Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
Danielle Erkoboni-Wilbur CHOP CIRP
CIRP Research Coordinator (2005-2009) "I worked as a Research Coordinator at CIRP for over four years on both Partners for Child Passenger Safety and the Young Driver Research Initiative. For many years I also worked closely with Dr. Flaura Winston on a NHTSA-sponsored project designing an intervention promoting booster seat use in underserved communities. This work later brought me into urban nei…
CIRP Training Testimonial -- Aiko de Vries - Summer 1998
CHOP Mentor(s): Flaura Winston, MD, PhD
Aiko de Vries CHOP CIRP
CIRP Co-op (1998) “During my research year as a Dutch medical exchange student at the University of Pennsylvania, I had the opportunity to work at CIRP to study pediatric and parental psychological effects after traffic injury. Through the excellent guidance of seasoned research professionals, I was able to build a study that eventually led to a new and flourishing research line at CIRP. The atmos…