This summer I am working on a project titled MYHealth: Training the Next Generation of Health Researchers. MYHealth wishes to bridge the gap between youth opinion, the community, and policymakers. Through text message surveys, adolescents aged 14-24 are able to express their thoughts and feelings on an array of different public health issues. Past questionnaires…
Category: 2023 Cohort
My Research Project – Olivia Morreale
Project title: “Caregiving, Complex Family and Kinship Ties, and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias (ADRD)” Over the past three weeks, I have learned more about focus groups and other related research methods than I thought possible. Though I was apprehensive about coming into this fellowship as someone without research experience, Dr. Patterson gives me ample…
My Research Project – Emily Warden
This summer, I am working alongside Dr. Soofi and another WAGSFP student, Zara, to investigate the role that Pax2 genes play in ovarian cancer. Pax2 is a transcription factor that is fundamental for maintaining homeostasis in cells in the oviduct; this lab is looking at how alterations in oviduct cell homeostasis relates to ovarian cancer…
My Research Project – Beatrice Hadiwidjaja
My research involves professional discussion boards which exist as a platform allowing working professionals to share their opinions with anonymity. It is certain that abuse of said anonymity exist within the platform, with many people posting inappropriate and discriminatory messages. The objective of my project, otherwise known as the Blind Project, is to use Text…
A Letter to Your Future Self – Olivia Morreale
Dear Future Olivia, Hi! I am writing this letter to you during the second week of the fellowship. The past few days have been so exciting: engaging in skill-building workshops, meeting with my mentor whom I think very highly of, and starting to chip away at research projects has been pretty surreal. I feel fortunate…
A Letter to Your Future Self – Zara Bedella
Dear Future Zara, I’ve just started my summer research through the Women and Gender Summer Fellowship Program! In the few days I’ve had so far, I have already learned so many new skills and gained a lot of new experiences. Though I did research during the school year just a few months ago, this research…
Letter to Your Future Self – Beatrice Hadiwidjaja
Hi Future Beatrice! Congrats on finishing the fellowship! Right now, my project has just started, and it marks the beginning of a great relationship between me and my team. I know we’ve done research before this, but this project touches a realm of science we’ve not yet had any experience in, right? Even so, given…
A Letter To Your Future Self-Rowan Klar
Dear Future Rowan, I’m proud of you. I’m proud of you for stepping out of your comfort zone and trying something kind of scary. I’m proud of you for creating a research project that you are truly passionate about and dedicating your time and energy to creating something super cool. I hope you’re proud of…
A Letter To Future Lauren
Dear Lauren, I know we have have been well-aware transitioning into my senior year of college that this summer would be important to us. I would be a bridesmaid for the first time, I would begin a new volunteer position at the humane society, and I would cherish the memories of being with our college…
A Letter To Your Future Self – Emily Warden
I am really looking forward to working in a research lab as a part of WAGSFP! As a pre-med student studying gender & health as well as biopsychology, cognition, and neuroscience, I have had the opportunity to learn about science, health, and wellbeing in the classroom, in clinical settings, in extracurricular activities, and now in…