Summer Interns 2000

Daniel Almirall
University of Florida
Undergraduate Major: Mathematics & Statistics

University of Michigan
Graduate Major: Biostatistics

Mentor: David Wypij Ph.D
Associate Professor
Director of Student Admissions and Advising

Department of Biostatistics

Project: Effects of Hospital Course on Eight-year Developmental Outcomes in Children with Open Heart Surgery

Binta Beard
Wellesley College
Undergraduate Major: Biological Sciences

Mentor: Stephen Gortmaker
Senior Lecturer on Sociology
Department of Health and Social Behavior

Project: Planet Health Surveying Facilities for Play Across Boston - Collaboration for Youth Physical Activity

Richisa Johnson
Jackson State University
Undergraduate Major: Psychology

Mentor: Bruce Kennedy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Health and Social Behavior

Mentor: Kimberly Lochner, Sc.D.
Research Fellow

Department of Health and Social Behavior

Project: Racial Disparities in Skin Cancer Prevention

Larry Leon
University of California at Davis
Undergraduate Major: Statistics

Harvard School of Public Health
Undergraduate Major: Biostatistics

Mentor: Paige Williams, Ph.D
Associate Professor
Department of Biostatistics

Project: Patient adherence in a clinical trial study to determine the efficacy of azithromycin prophylaxis for the primary prevention of infections in subjects with an increase CD4 cell count on Antiretroviral Therapy

Persephone Taylor
Shaw University
Major: Environmental Sciences/Chemistry

Mentor: Rosalind Wright,MPH
Instructor in Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Med. Ctr./Harvard Medical School

Project: Domestic Violence - Screening and Recognition in Clinical and Research Settings

Kelly Upshaw
New Mexico Highlands University
Major: Biology

Mentor: Louise Ryan, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biostatistics

Project: A Peak Into South Boston - Asthma Study