Faculty Member: Dr. Walter Truong - Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery (http://profiles.ahc.umn.edu/display/1706153 or http://www.gillettechildrens.org/care-team/walter-truong-md-pediatric-orthopedic-surgeon/)
Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare is one of the nation's Best Children's Hospitals for pediatric orthopedics. Our orthopedic surgeons treat complex orthopedic conditions resulting from cerebral palsy, osteogenesis imperfecta, spina bifida, muscular dystrophy and other lifelong conditions. Patients with common pediatric orthopedic conditions - such as scoliosis, clubfeet, hip instability, and fractures - are also cared for using evidence based medicine to promote optimal outcomes.
We have a growing research program and are continually seeking motivated and bright undergraduates who are looking for patient-related research experience. Students will have the opportunity to work closely with surgeons, clinical scientists, and research coordinators on our research efforts at Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare.
Ideal candidates should:
• be organized and able to coordinate multiple tasks
• have basic data collection/entry skills (data sheets, excel spreadsheets)
• able to have transportation to Gillette Children's Specialty Healthcare
• flexibility to attend meetings with research teams
Skills you could learn:
• Formulating, examining, and answering important research questions
• Exposure to research methodology and tools
• Designing, using, and managing REDCap databases
• Methods to search medical records (i.e., retrospective and prospective studies)
Contact: Susan Novotny, snovotny@gillettechildrens.com
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Monday, February 11, 2013
Field Work in Ecology and Epidemiology - UROP Summer Opportunity
Contact: Katey Pelican, pelicank@umn.edu
Ecosystem Health Initiative, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, CVM
Research description:
Our research group takes broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding the ecology of diseases that affect wildlife, domestic animal, and human populations. One of the pressing challenges in disease ecology is understanding how infections are spread between individuals, and how the risk of disease spread might be impacted by
variation in the landscape. So we have designed studies to find out how differences in forest habitat alter the small mammal community, and how in turn these differences in community structure shape contact rates between animals and potential for disease spread across varied landscapes.
Summer UROP opportunity:
You can be a part of our research at the (lovely, famous, and conveniently close-by) Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. The summer field work will include four weeks (1 week each in May, June, July, August) of small mammal trapping. We will mark, release, and recapture animals to estimate the abundance and diversity of small
mammals in different forest habitats. We will also collect several samples for disease screening and genetic analysis. After samples are collected and data entered, student participants will have several options to shape their involvement in the analytical stages of the research. Student projects could focus on either the ecological or epidemiological aspects of the research.
Skills you should have:
You should be organized and able to coordinate multiple tasks
You should be physically able and willing to work outdoors, hot or inclement weather possible
You should have basic data collection / entry skills (data sheets, excel spreadsheets)
Skills you could learn:
Trapping and handling small mammals
Using mark-recapture methods to estimate populations
Using GIS to map habitat variations
Collecting basic epidemiological data to monitor population health
Ecosystem Health Initiative, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, CVM
Research description:
Our research group takes broad interdisciplinary approach to understanding the ecology of diseases that affect wildlife, domestic animal, and human populations. One of the pressing challenges in disease ecology is understanding how infections are spread between individuals, and how the risk of disease spread might be impacted by
variation in the landscape. So we have designed studies to find out how differences in forest habitat alter the small mammal community, and how in turn these differences in community structure shape contact rates between animals and potential for disease spread across varied landscapes.
Summer UROP opportunity:
You can be a part of our research at the (lovely, famous, and conveniently close-by) Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve. The summer field work will include four weeks (1 week each in May, June, July, August) of small mammal trapping. We will mark, release, and recapture animals to estimate the abundance and diversity of small
mammals in different forest habitats. We will also collect several samples for disease screening and genetic analysis. After samples are collected and data entered, student participants will have several options to shape their involvement in the analytical stages of the research. Student projects could focus on either the ecological or epidemiological aspects of the research.
Skills you should have:
You should be organized and able to coordinate multiple tasks
You should be physically able and willing to work outdoors, hot or inclement weather possible
You should have basic data collection / entry skills (data sheets, excel spreadsheets)
Skills you could learn:
Trapping and handling small mammals
Using mark-recapture methods to estimate populations
Using GIS to map habitat variations
Collecting basic epidemiological data to monitor population health
Wednesday, January 23, 2013
The Legacy of Joanne Bubolz Eicher
A legacy refers to something handed down from one person to another. Through her teaching, advising, research, publications, and other academic activities, Eicher has had tremendous effect on students, colleagues, and the field of textiles and clothing, especially the socio-cultural significance of dress and textiles.
The purpose of this project is to determine the influence which she has had on her graduate students' intellectual and professional lives. Information will be obtained from her students through he design of an on-line interview and analysis of the responses. This is a qualitative method of inquiry.
In addition to satisfying the criteria for a UROP project, the outcomes of this project will be: 1) a proposal to the International textiles and Apparel Association for recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research paper (report), and 2) inclusion in a book-in-process titled "Through the Lens of a Scholar: An Intellectual Biography of Joanne Bubolz Eicher."
Contact: Gloria Williams, gwilliam@umn.edu
The purpose of this project is to determine the influence which she has had on her graduate students' intellectual and professional lives. Information will be obtained from her students through he design of an on-line interview and analysis of the responses. This is a qualitative method of inquiry.
In addition to satisfying the criteria for a UROP project, the outcomes of this project will be: 1) a proposal to the International textiles and Apparel Association for recognition of an outstanding undergraduate research paper (report), and 2) inclusion in a book-in-process titled "Through the Lens of a Scholar: An Intellectual Biography of Joanne Bubolz Eicher."
Contact: Gloria Williams, gwilliam@umn.edu
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