Below are listed recent internships and
senior paper topics of students participating in the Science and Society
Program.
V. Morgan, HC ‘07 Major: Biology HC
Internship: Dr. Andrew Newberg at the Hospital of the University
of Pennsylvania, Division of Nuclear Medicine, summer 2005
Senior Paper: "Oxytocin, Vasopressin and the Evolution of
Religious Attachment."
B. Acharya, HC ‘06 Major: Chemistry
HC
Internship: Population and Community Development Association
(PDA), Bangkok and Phitsanulok, Thailand, summer 2005
Senior Paper: Public Health in Thailand with a focus on innovative
HIV/AIDS projects .
M. Breitbart HC '05, Major: Independent Major
in Culture, Race and Medicine HC
Internship: a clinic for underserved patients in western Massachusetts
and outreach with an HIV/AIDS organization in North Philadelphia, summer
2004
Senior paper: "Community
Health Care: Balancing Attention to Group Differences with Individualized
Care”
B. Pratt, HC '05, Major: Biology HC
Internship: University of Pennsylvania - Center for Bioethics,
summer 2004
Senior paper: "Brain fingerprinting"
S. Poon, HC '05, Major: Anthropology HC
Internship: Marian Koshland Science Museum, Washington, DC, summer
2004
Senior paper: "Observing
visitors at the Marian Koshland Science Museum, Washington, DC"
E. Davison, HC '05, Major: Psychology HC
Internship: Kokua Kalihi Valley Comprehensive Family Services
Center, Kapolei, HI, summer 2003
Senior paper:
M. Ahn, HC '04, Major: Biology
HC
Internship: Philip Jaisohn Medical Center, Philadelphia, summer
2003
Senior paper:
K. Crozier, HC '04, Major: Biology HC
Internship: APAN, Asheville, NC, summer 2003
Senior paper:
R. Bockow, HC '03, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Special Smiles Dental Clinic (for those with Physical
and Mental Disabilities), Philadelphia, PA, fall 2002
Senior paper:
A. Kern, HC '03, Major: Chemistry with Biochemistry
Concentration HC
Internship: Massachusetts State Police Crime Laboratory, Sudbury,
MA, summer '01
Senior paper: "The Epistemology of Bio-forensic Evidence
Control"
S. Li, HC '03, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Center City Health Center and Hillhouse Health Center,
Pittsburgh, PA, summer '02
Senior paper: "Health Care Disparities: Manifestations in
Chronic Illnesses"
L. McDonald, HC '03, Major: Anthropology HC
Internship: Mary's Center for Maternal and Child Care, Washington,
DC, summer '02
Senior paper: "Sex Education for Adolescents: The search
for Culturally Appropriate Programs"
A. Nwaneshiudu, HC '03, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Healthier Babies, Healthier Futures (a Child Asthma
Link Line manual and resource directory), Philadelphia, PA, Fall 2002.
Senior paper: "Asthma prevalence, risks and interventions
in African-American and Latino School Children: Analysis of urban communities
in Chicago, New York and Philadelphia".
A. Sohal, HC '03, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Jonathan Lax Immune Disorders Treatment Center, Philadelphia,
PA, summer '02
Senior paper: "The AIDS Epidemic: The Evolution and Importance
of the Physician-Patient Relationship".
J. Latterman, HC '02, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Center for Bioethics, University of Pennsylvania,
summer '00
Senior paper: "The Jesse Gelsinger Case: Expanding Mistrust
in Gene Therapy Research"
B. Mahoney, HC '02, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Bread for the City, Washington, DC, summer '01
Senior paper:
K. Gentry, HC '02, Major: Biology HC
Internships: Western Washington Oncology, Olympia, WA, &
The University of Pennsylvania's Cancer Risk Evaluation Program, Philadelphia,
PA, summer '01
Senior paper:
T. Coley, HC '01, Major: Biology HC
Internship: HIV/AIDS prevention, Global Service Corps., summer
'00
Senior paper: "The New Face of HIV and AIDS: A Connection
between African American Women and their Black Kenyan Counterparts"
P. Kinser, HC '01, Major: Biology BMC
Internship: Planned Parenthood, VA, summer '00
Senior paper: "Health Care Access and the Evolving Role
of Nurse Practitioners "
A. Flanagan, HC '01, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Bellevue Hospital, New York City, summer '00
Senior paper: "The Need for Public Hospitals: More Desperate
Than Ever"
J. Deutsch, HC '01, Major: Economics HC
Internship: AIDS Services organizations, Los Angeles, CA, summer
'00
Senior paper: "Deconstructing the HIV/AIDS Epidemic amongst
Latino Men who have Sex with Men in Los Angeles County, CA: Failures,
Barriers and Solutions"
R. Jiji, HC '00, Major: Chemistry HC
Internship: St. Christopher's Hospital, Philadelphia, PA, summer
'99
Senior paper: "Families and HIV: Challenges to Treatment of Pediatric
HIV in the Era of Triple Combination Therapy"
E. Maier, HC '00, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA,
summer '99
Senior paper: "Models of Clinical Treatment for HIV Infection"
L. Nutting, HC '00, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Santiago, Chile, summer '99
Senior paper: "Hybridity in the Popular: Mapuche Health with
Local and National Realities"
B. Subedi, HC '00, Major: Biology HC
Internship:Community Asthma Prevention Program, Children's Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA, summer '99
Senior paper: "Pediatric Asthma Treatment in a West Philadelphia
Clinic"
J. Beck, HC '99, Major: Social Medicine (Independent
Major) HC
Internship: University of Minnesota, Department of Pediatric
and Adolescent Medicine, summer '98
Senior paper: "Parenting Children with Chronic Illness: Moving
from Deficiency to Success"
L. Goldman, HC '99, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Ethics Committee, Hospital at SUNY Stony Brook, NY,
summer '98
Senior paper: "Theory vs. Practice in Decisions Regarding Withholding
and Withdrawing Life-Sustaining Treatment"
M. Stoeckle, HC '99, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Bioethicist, University of California, San Francisco,
CA, summer '98
Senior paper: "The Medical Futility Debate and the Search for
Policy Guidelines"
M. Wachterman, HC '00, Major: Psychology HC
Internship: Babies Milk Fund Clinic, Cincinnati, Ohio, summer
'98
Senior paper: "Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP): An
Advocate's Struggle to Create Connection"
N. Bergsten, HC '98, Major: Biology HC
Internship: University of Pennsylvania Medical School, Philadelphia,
PA, fall '97
Senior paper: "Breast Cancer Epidemiology"
L. Bracci, HC '98, Major: Biology HC
Internship: HIV Early Intervention Clinic, St. Joseph's Hospital,
Philadelphia, PA, summer '97
Senior paper: "AIDS: Injection Drug Use and Needle Exchange"
W. Brimfield, HC '98, Major: Biology HC
Internship: Maternity Care Coalition, Philadelphia, PA, summer
'97
Senior paper: "Changes in Medicaid and Women's Health: Pre-Natal
Care, Women with HIV, Family Planning"
L. Morges, HC '98, Major: Biology HC
Internship: ChesPenn Health Services, Crozer Community Division,
Chester, PA, fall '97
Senior paper: "Managing Disease: AIDS in Chester, Pennsylvania"
