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Project Opportunity: Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (paid!)
Sep. 9, 2022—The Vanderbilt Kennedy Center and Vanderbilt Data Science Institute present: “Using Data Science to Investigate Important Questions in IDD Research” Friday, September 16 from 10:00 – 11:30, with catered lunch to follow. Vanderbilt Kennedy Center – Magnolia Place This workshop will include a presentation in current data science techniques with an emphasis on how they...
DSI – SRP Poster Winner Announcement – Harrison Stuart
Sep. 9, 2022—Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award 2022 Harrison Stuart, a senior with majors in Economics and Medicine, Health, and Society, presented his poster at the Undergraduate Research Fair and was selected as the winner of the Outstanding DSI – SRP Presentation Award (10 other DSI-SRP students also submitted presentations). Harrison received a DSI-SRP fellowship to...
Mid-Autumn Festival Observation
Sep. 9, 2022—The Mid-Autumn Festival is one of the most important holidays in Chinese culture and is a tradition across many Asian cultures. The Festival, dating back over 3,000 years, is often a time where families gather, give thanks, and celebrate. Come gather with your DSI family in the the DSI Common Area to enjoy traditional Moon...
AI Fridays & AI Deep Dives
Sep. 9, 2022—Do you have questions about using AI in your research, or have an idea but don’t know what to do next? Drop in any time between 11am and 1pm at the DSI Common Area! Do you want to be able to join discussions and brainstorm about applying AI models to research, or extending the capabilities...
Detection of microbiota change caused by inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) through 16S rRNA sequence analysis (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qi (Kathy) Liu to work in the laboratory of Dr. Janet Markle in the Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology during the summer of 2022. Qi (Kathy) is a senior with majors in Mathematics and Biological Sciences: Molecular & Cellular. Inborn errors of immunity (IEIs) are immunodeficiencies caused by rare genetic mutations. Because...
Discrimination and Distress: A Oaxaca-Blinder Decomposition of Sexual Minority Mental Health Disparities (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Harrison Stuart to work in the laboratory of Dr. Gilbert Gonzales, PhD, MHA in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Harrison is a senior with majors in Economics and Medicine, Health, & Society. Sexual minority adults (including gay men, lesbian women, and bisexual individuals) are...
From the Television Screen to the Ballot Box: The Effects of Entertainment Media on Political Attitudes (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Eleanor Beers to work in the laboratory of Dr. Eunji Kim in the Department of Political Science during the summer of 2022. Eleanor is a junior with a major in Political Science. This summer, Eleanor worked alongside Dr. Eunji Kim on several projects, all pertaining to the effects of entertainment media...
The Covid-19 Experience: an Analysis of Ideology and Information Spread Through Social Media (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Priya Bhatt to work in the laboratory of Jonathan Metzl in the Department of Medicine, Health, and Society during the summer of 2022. Priya is a junior with a major in Medicine, Health, & Society. In this study, Priya conducted an analyses of social media and political messaging utilizing novel data...
Outsourcing Repression: How States Mobilize Civilians for Violence (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Clara Jiang to work in the laboratory of Emily Ritter in the Department of Political Science during the summer of 2022. Clara is a senior with majors in Mathematics and Political Science. Over the summer, Clara worked on the Outsourcing Repression project to examine how race riots and US Marshal appointments...
Measuring Naturalistic Proximity as a Window Into Caregiver–Child Interaction Patterns (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Qi Shi to work in the laboratory of Kathryn Humphreys in the Department Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Qi is a junior with majors in Medicine, Health, & Society and Psychology. The TotTag, a device developed by the VU SEA Lab with a team of collaborators, is...