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Welcome to theOffice of Undergraduate ResearchCurrent Opportunities:Please scroll down to see which opportunities are compatible with your major, field of interest, or future career objectives, then contact Dr. Capilouto for an appointment. Opportunities below are open to all majors!_____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity: Video Self-Monitoring as a Teaching Tool for Undergraduate and Graduate SLP Students Division/Department:
Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty Mentor:
Joneen Lowman
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability:
Summer and Fall 2013 Description: Prerequisites: Any major in good standing with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. Date Posted: 3/29/13 _____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity:
Orofacial Sensorimotor Assessment in Healthy Adults Division/Department:
Communication Sciences & Disorders Faculty Mentor:
Richard Andreatta/ Nicole Etter
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: Spring,
Summer, and Fall 2013 Description: Prerequisites: Any major in good standing with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. Date Posted: 3/18/13 _____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity:
Family Quality of Life in the Context of Children with Disabilities Division/Department:
Human Health Sciences Faculty Mentor:
Stephen Firsing or office (859)218-0490
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: Spring and
Summer, 2013 Description: Prerequisites: Interest in disability and health, research methods, biostatistics, and service delivery systems. Prefer person with SPSS experience, but not required. Person will need to complete Human Subject Protection (HSP) Training. Date Posted: 3/18/13 _____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity:
Cellular mechanisms of skeletal muscle atrophy Division/Department:
Physical Therapy/Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Mentor:
Esther Dupont-Versteegden, Ph.D., (859) 218-0592
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: Spring,
Summer, and Fall 2013 Description: Date Posted: 1/08/13 _____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity:
Social Network Analysis After Stroke Division/Department:
Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Mentor:
Sarah Campbell, MS, (859) 218-0876
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: 1 or 2 students needed Summer 2013 Description: Date Posted: 3/19/13 _____________________________________________________________ Title of Opportunity:
Shared Book Learning as a Strategy for Language Development Division/Department:
Communication Sciences and Disorders Faculty Mentor:
Donna S. Morris, (859) 218-0554
Position Type: Academic Credit Position Availability: Spring 2013 Description: Prerequisites: Must be registered for CSD 481 in the same semester you plan to receive credit for HSE 595 Date Posted: 9/6/12 _____________________________________________________________ Division/Department:
Communication Sciences and Disorders/Dept. of Rehab Sciences Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Joseph C. Stemple, joseph.stemple@uky.edu
Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: Spring & Summer 2013 Description: In older individuals, changes in the laryngeal muscles may compromise voice quality, impairing the ability to communicate and diminishing the ability to remain socially active and engaged. This project examines the muscle biophysiological changes that occur as a function of exercise and training using a well-accepted animal model for aging. We are using chronic electrical stimulation as a fictive endurance "exercise" program in aging rat laryngeal muscle to characterize the morphological, metabolic, and functional changes consequent to the fictive exercise model.
Students will acquire experience in various aspects of the research process including, but not limited to, experimental procedures, data collection, data analysis, and data interpretation. Students will be trained to run the daily experimental protocol (morning/afternoon) and will help with data processing and analysis (histology, histochemistry, and immunohistochemistry). Prerequisites: Student must be able to commit 5-8 hours per week. Any major in good standing with a minimum of a 3.0 GPA. Date Posted: 7/20/12 _____________________________________________________________ Division/Department: Division
of Physical Therapy / Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Mentor:
Dr. Scott Livingston
Position Type:
Academic credit or volunteer Position Availability:
Description: Current research in the
Concussion Assessment Research Lab (CARL) involves the acute
assessment of concussions among middle school, high school,
and collegiate athletes. Our aim is to quantify the
electrophysiological changes associated with mild traumatic
brain injury (TBI) or concussion and determine the
clinical utility of motor evoked potentials (or MEPs)
following sports-related concussion. Evoked responses are
elicited through a technique known as transcranial magnetic
stimulation (or TMS) and recorded as motor responses through
surface electromyography (or EMG). Investigation of MEPs in
an athletic population will increase our understanding of
the pathophysiology of concussive injuries and, ultimately,
will assist in the management and safe return to play of the
athlete with mild TBI. Additional research in the CARL includes balance
and postural stability assessments post-concussion and correlating these
results with MEP changes. We are evaluating the motor and vestibular
contributions to postural stability/balance among athletes post-concussion.
Deficits in balance and stability after concussion have been well-documented
in the medical literature, but it remains unknown to what extent motor
and/or vestibular dysfunction may play a role. Results from this type of
study will improve our ability to identify athletes who have sustained a
concussion, and should also provide valuable information that can be used in
designing effective rehabilitation programs.
______________________________________________________ Division/Department: Physical Therapy/Dept
of Rehab Sciences Faculty Mentor:
Brian Noehren, PhD Phone: 859-218-0581 Position Type: Academic Credit Position Availability: Description: We are focused on understanding the underlying
mechanisms in several common injuries that occur in the lower extremity.
We use a variety of methods to answer our questions such as 3D motion
capture, strength assessment and clinical measurements. We also use
and develop computer code to process and analyze the data we collect.
Students working in our lab serve in a variety of capacities such as
observing clinical evaluations, assisting in data collections and processing
data. The undergraduate students working in our lab gain an understanding
of anatomy, common clinical assessment techniques, and joint mechanics.
Leadership opportunities also exist for students who return for a second
semester to develop and present an abstract at a regional or national
conference and to help train and supervise newer students. We are looking
for students who have a good attention to detail, strong work ethic, are
interested in a future career in a medical field and enjoy working in a team
environment.
______________________________________________________ Division/Department: Communication Sciences and Disorders/Rehabilitation Sciences Faculty Mentor: Gilson Capilouto, PhD/Katie Maddy Phone: 859-218-0555 Position Type: Academic Credit or Volunteer Position Availability: Description: Currently, there is limited research in the area of discourse production of individuals with non-aphasic brain injury (NABI). Coelho et al. (2005) looked at the discourse production of individuals with non-aphasic traumatic brain injury (TBI). Results indicated that participants with TBI demonstrate relatively preserved within sentence processes in discourse, but impairments were noted for between-sentence processes. Peach & Schaude (1986) reported opposite findings for persons with NABI. The purpose of the current study is to analyze the between-sentence processes of local coherence, global coherence and cohesion in the context of a recount task in individuals with NABI and healthy controls. The student will assist in the analyses of local coherence, global coherence and cohesion and help to establish inter- and intra- rater reliability for all measures of interest. Skills obtained will prepare the student for discourse analyses in the clinical setting.
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