Status: Waiting list student #2: Melissa Sun
Intern:
Faculty Name: dr-maria-pisu
UAB Department: Medicine / Division of Preventive Medicine
UAB School: Medicine
Campus Address: Medical Towers 636, zip 4410
Telephone Number: (205) 975-7366
Email: mpisu@uab.edu or Click to Send E-Mail
For how many summers have you served as a preceptor: 3 or more
CCC Research Area: Cancer Control and Population Science
Number of hours per week that the preceptor will personally supervise or work with the intern: 10
Other faculty, staff, or graduate students who may help to supervise the intern:
1. Aquila Brown
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Title of Project: 29MP – Adapting MultiPLe behavior Interventions that eFfectively Improve (AMPLIFI) Cancer Survivor Health: Participant Assessments
Project Description:
Adapting MultiPLe Behavior Interventions that eFfectively Improve [AMPLIFI] Cancer Survivor Health is a large study of cancer survivors from Alabama, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee. AMPLIFI will test the effectiveness of lifestyle interventions (diet, weight loss, physical activity) to improve their quality of life. These interventions were previously tested and found efficacious. In AMPLIFI they are being adapted to be disseminated widely through technology.
CARES interns will participate in study assessments of participants. They will travel with a team of assessors and assist with setting up assessments, receiving participants, collect basic information, entering data, and other. By assisting assessors, students will observe and learn how to collect a variety of physical function tests and phlebotomy procedures. They will also learn about interacting with study participants and how to implement rigorous research protocols. Interns will also gain experience working with older research participants, utilize interpersonal and organizational skills to assist with the study implementation, and have the opportunity to train across similar studies to observe implementation. Travel may be involved at the study expense.
Project Status: Already up and running
Location of Project: Birmingham, AL (UAB)
Proposed Start Date: May 4, 2020
Proposed End Date: August 28, 2020
Expected work schedule for intern: Flexible, intern can largely set his or her own schedule (as for students who are instructed how to proceed and are permitted to work independently with weekly guidance) and should contribute full-time effort.
Category of Project: Community-Based or Field Research
Cancer topic: Diet and Nutrition, Obesity, Survivorship, Multiple Cancer Sites, Exercise
Does this project involve human subjects: Yes
Does this project involve animal subjects: No
Duty:
1.
Participate in participants’ assessments for the AMPLIFI study.
2.
Assist with data collection and study procedures related to assessments.
3.
Assist with assessment preparation and data (chart) organization.
Preceptor will provide intern with access to the following:
Office or desk space, Computer and printer
Likelihood that intern will be included as an author on one or more publications
related to this summer research project: Possible
Areas in which the ideal candidates will have experience:
Cancer Rates, Trends and Statistics, Clinical Trials, Interview Skills, Literature Review Skills, Scientific Writing Skills, Statistics and Data Management, basic knowledge, Survivorship
