Study and Travel Abroad Research Project
To find out about this 499 opportunity contact:
Faculty Information
| Faculty Advisor: | Mary Larimer, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences, Adjunct Professor, Psychology |
| Department: | Psychaitry and Behavioral Sciences |
| Office: | ABRC |
| Telephone: | (206) 543-3513 |
| Email: | larimer@u.washington.edu |
Does faculty advisor meet with students? | Yes |
| If yes, how often? | Monthly |
Direct supervisor of students: | Eric Pedersen |
| Supervisor Title: | Graduate Student, Psychology |
| Will 499 students participate in weekly or biweekly discussions sessions about research or project? | Yes |
Short Project Description
The Study and Travel Abroad Research project involves a longitudinal online personalized feedback intervention study designed to encourage safe and responsible decisions about alcohol use among college students studying abroad in foreign countries. Student research assistants will help design and construct intervention content, co-facilitate focus groups with students, aid in participant recruitment and retention, assist with data collection and entry, and assist in the writing of manuscripts and presentations from the obtained data.
Work Schedule
| Min. number of hours/weekstudent must work: | 3 |
| Evenings/weekends OK? | Yes |
| Times a student must bepresent/work: | TBA. Student will attend a weekly 499 meeting in Dr. Larimer’s lab. |
| Student commitment: | 2+ quarters (fall, winter, and spring). 1 quarter during the Spring of 2010 may be a possibility. |
499 Responsibilities
| Working with Data |
Working with Subjects |
Working with Animals/physiology |
| 15 |
% data entry |
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% video taping |
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% animal care |
| 10 |
% database management |
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% interview subjects |
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% animal observation |
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% encoding data |
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% scheduling appt |
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% surgical techniques |
| 20 |
% library research |
15 |
% running subjects |
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% histology |
| 15 |
% data collection |
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% child care |
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% laboratory protocols |
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% recruiting subjects |
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Other: 15% of time will be used to construct personalized feedback sheets for use in the interventions.
10% of time will be used for the student to draft sections of manuscripts from existing data of the faculty and student sponsors
Skills / Experience Preferred
There are no prerequisites for 2+ quarter commitments, though basic Excel/SPSS familiarity is helpful but not required.
**Interview required for this 499 position**
Posting Removal
06/30/2010
