Peabody College
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...
District-Level Resource Allocation during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Understanding How Districts Leveraged Federal Stimulus Funds (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Jingyi Chen to work in the laboratory of Christopher Candelaria in the Department of Public Policy and Education during the summer of 2022. Jingyi is a senior with majors in Human & Organizational Development and Mathematics. Over the summer, Jingyi worked with Professor Christopher Candelaria to analyze district and school-level allocation...
Using Cluster Analysis to Understand the Relationship Between Emotion Regulation & Depression Symptoms (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Emma Boldwyn to work in the laboratory of Autumn Kujawa in the Department of Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2022. Emma is a senior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Emma used data from a project that examines adolescents’ depression symptoms in conjunction with neurological factors....
Intermittent Stimulation of the Nucleus Basalis Improves Working Memory in Aged Monkeys (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Sophia Chung to work in the laboratory of Professor Christos Constantinidis in the Department of Biomedical Engineering during the summer of 2022. Sophia is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Neuroscience. This summer, Sophia used MATLAB to analyze the behavioral data obtained from the working memory task administered to...
The Effects of a Parent-Coaching Intervention on the Temporal Dynamics of Parent-Child Interactions in Children with ASD (DSI-SRP)
Sep. 8, 2022—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Yunah Song to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology during the summer of 2022. Yunah is a junior with majors in Cognitive Studies and Child Development. Timing is an integral component of successful parent-child social interactions for both autistic children (ASD) and children who...
Wearables for Teachers: Enabling Real-Time Instructional Feedback
Aug. 25, 2021—What can I do to provide the best instructional environment for my students? What actions can I take to more effectively manage my classroom and encourage constructive behavior in my students? Vanderbilt alum and Founder and CEO of The Behavior Company Dr. Alyssa Van Camp seeks to provide support to teachers through a wearable which...
Evaluating Mindfulness-Based Songwriting Intervention in Parents of Children with Developmental Disabilities (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 15, 2021—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Zoe Crawley to work in the laboratory of Dr. Miriam Lense in the Department of Otolaryngology (VUMC) during the summer of 2021. Zoe is a senior with major in Cognitive Studies and minors in English: Creative Writing and Quantitative Methods. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to analyze preliminary data...
Third Cohort of Summer Research Fellows Welcomed
Jun. 15, 2021—
Selection Models to Improve Prediction of Response to Cognitive Behavior Therapy for Adolescent Depression (DSI-SRP)
Aug. 1, 2020—This DSI-SRP fellowship funded Anh Dao to work in the laboratory of Professor Autumn Kujawain the Department of Psychology and Human Development during the summer of 2020. Anh graduated in May 2021 with majors in Psychology and Medicine, Health, and Society. The project funded by this fellowship aimed to understand Cognitive behavioral therapy as an...
Data Science Institute welcomes 18 undergraduate fellows for virtual summer research
Jun. 5, 2020—On Monday, June 1st the Data Science Institute (DSI) welcomed its second cohort of Summer Research fellows. The summer research program (DSI – SRP) engages students who are interested in carrying out data-science-related research with a Vanderbilt faculty member and integrates them into the institute’s community of data science scholars. This year the program will...