Although this is my first blog I have been in Santa Barbara for about 10 days. I flew in on the 26th and started my first day (also the only day I’ve worked so far) at the REEF (Research Experience and Education Foundation) on the...
[caption id="attachment_11852" align="alignright" width="225"] One of the buildings near my lab at the University of Chicago.[/caption] Week One at the Learning and Communication Lab Upon my arrival to Chicago, I felt a great sense of relief. All of my built up anxiety and fear about staring this...
This week was a short, yet eventful at my internship: we only worked Monday through Wednesday because of the 4thof July. I was able to watch another SATco (Standardized assessment of trunk control) take place on a child with cerebral palsy, which involved them perform...
Hey there! It's my second week in Louisville, Kentucky at the Frazier Rehab Institute and it has been amazing. Last week, I observed stand sessions where we stand participants in wheelchairs up on their feet with the use of physical support and a metal frame....
I have made it to Mystic CT and am just starting to get my feet wet so to say. It is a beautiful location in between the town of Groton and Stonington. It is a quaint little town that reminds me a lot of Telluride. Other than the...
Hello again! This is my second week here at Oklahoma State University - and it was just as great as the last. [caption id="attachment_11831" align="alignright" width="375"] Floating Yellow Heart in Lake Carl Blackwell[/caption] To kick it off, on Monday we went over to Lake Carl Blackwell and did...
This was my final week in Miami. Last Saturday I visited the Venetian Pool in Coral Gables. It was a quick 10 minute walk. I swam around for a little while to cool off from the hot Miami weather. On Sunday I rode a bus to...
7/5/19 - Wake up. Stop alarm. Squirrels. This morning, I walked down to the squirrels, half awake, as usual. However, as soon as I got to the site, I was greeted by a vulture. It startled me so bad that I gasped out loud. I'm sure...
[caption id="attachment_11802" align="alignleft" width="300"] Files at the office for one study they are completing: TIGER -- https://www.simonssearchlight.org/research/what-we-study/[/caption] This week was my second week at the Bernier Lab. As we continued to wind down from the big DYRK1a conference, the clinicians started to review different tests they...
Hello Everyone! This week I spent all week working in the clinic at the Medical Faculty Associates building. I had the opportunity to work with cardiology and internal medicine. I got to shadow the attendees during their appointments and speak to the staff in the clinic...
7/4/19 - Before I even walked into the kitchen this morning, I was out by the site collecting data on Squirrel's A and B. Surprisingly, there were no bugs in sight - not even on B. I was confused, but maybe B had gotten too...
7/3/19 - Today was a very important day. As soon as I was finished breakfast, I made my way up to Headquarters. Cristina greeted me, discussed the experiment set up briefly, and sent me on my merry way for some data collection. I opened the...
Monday: Today when I arrived to work, after making copies of the appropriate .dll files, I uploaded my programs executable to the company's local servers so that we could begin testing across computers. Upon the first test, we found that there was a problem with my...
{VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED} 7/2/19 - I woke up this morning just like any other day. I went through my morning routine as usual - I did everything except eat breakfast. I got to Headquarters at 9:30 am, which was about a 1 mile walk. After...
7/1/19 - Hello! My name is Mercedes Martinez and I attend Dolores High School, and through the Pinhead Institute I have had the amazing opportunity to intern at the Appleton-Whittell Research Ranch in Elgin, Arizona. I actually arrived here on Friday (6/28/19) and have been...
