Mentor Areas
Psychological functioning in children and adolescents with chronic illness, including congenital heart disease, family coping in chronic illness, comorbid medical and psychiatric disorders, pediatric integrated healthcare, child and parent adjustment to adversity, pediatric medical traumatic stress, emotional development, integrated healthcare, clinical psychology training
Description:
The project involves assisting with entering clinical data from patients in the FORWARD Program in the Cardiac Center at CHOP into a database. The program follows pediatric patients with single ventricle cardiac physiology and includes evaluation from multiple medical specialties. We are looking at several physiological and psychological data points collected from patients in the clinic. Psychological data collected include measures completed patients and their parents on quality of life, emotional/behavioral functioning (BASC), and parenting stress. Specific projects students help with will vary. Interested students should contact Dr. Seivert to discuss possibilities. Volunteers would help with entering and verifying patient data in the database. There may be opportunity for mentoring on a more independent research project, including for course credit (if desired/applicable), and/or possibility of students to be co-authors on research presentations/papers.
Preferred Qualifications
Basic understanding of research methodology in social science and medicine, proficiency in Excel. Work may be able to be completed remotely; some in person meetings may be required. Students will also have to register with the CHOP non-traditional personnel (NTP) office and complete CITI research training.
Project Website
Learn more about the researcher and/or the project here. https://www.chop.edu/centers-programs/fontan-rehabilitation-wellness-activity-a…
Details:
Preferred Student Year
Second-Year, Junior, Senior
Academic Term
Fall, Spring, Summer
I prefer to have students start during the above term(s).Volunteer
Yes
Yes indicates that faculty are open to volunteers.Paid
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to paying students they engage in their research, regardless of their work-study eligibility.Work Study
No
Yes indicates that faculty are open to hiring work-study-eligible students.