Tag Archives: research credit

Research Opportunity: Corporate governance study focusing on the board of director effectiveness

Con­tact Name: David Park

Con­tact Email: upark[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Foster School of Business

Descrip­tion:

We are looking for motivated undergraduate research assistants to assist our developing study on mechanisms behind the board of director effectiveness in corporate governance. Corporate governance is a topic that interests many scholars in different fields such as management, finance, economics, public policy and laws. The primary focus in this study is the role of outside directors in critical decision-making.

Primary areas that the students will work on are data collection and literature review.

There are several benefits of being part of our project. First, students will have a great opportunity to involve with research and prepare for graduate programs. Second, they will learn about the topic in depth. Lastly, Foster students may receive MGMT 499 credits.

For those who are interested in a longer commitment (more than two quarters), and who demonstrate ability and interest, can have the opportunities to be involved in other interesting projects, developing their own projects and data management/analysis.

Please contact David Park (upark[at]uw.edu) for more information.

Require­ments:

Minimum number of hours/week: 6 (2 credits)
Although being able to commit six hours per week is the only requirement, there are several other preferred, but not required, skills/experiences:

  1. junior standing or above
  2. working knowledge of UW libraries online research database
  3. prior research experience

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: Foster Business School Laboratory

Con­tact Name: Dr. Chris Barnes

Con­tact Email: chris24b[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Management & Organization

Descrip­tion:

Two professors and a doctoral student in organizational behavior are conducting a laboratory study that examines how people’s moods influence whether and how they voice their opinions. Subjects will participate in a virtual teams exercise within the laboratory. Research assistants will have the opportunity to participate in academic research in the business field and a psychological study in a laboratory.

Technology will play a role in this experiment. Research Assistants will also have access to a professor and a doctoral student if they have other particular interests.

Responsibilities are to facilitate the laboratory study for approximately 2-4 hours per week from now until March 7th.  The hours will occur during the school day and we can negotiate the time of day that works for you. Approximately 2 hours of training is needed before beginning.

There is no compensation for this position but you will obtain academic research experience and can earn class credit if you’re interested.

 

Require­ments:

Dependable and conscientious.  We’re seeking research assistants who will attend the sessions they commit to and to follow the protocol for the experiment closely.

View this post­ing in the database.

Research Opportunity: Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Longevity Mutants

Con­tact Name: Dr. Jafari

Con­tact Email: celltimer[at]gmail.com

Depart­ment: Pathology

Descrip­tion:

I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Kaeberlein lab, http://kaeberleinlab.org/people/ali-jafari looking for an enthusiastic and hard working student who wants to expand his/her knowledge and gain laboratory experiences and enjoy finding answers to some biological questions.

This position is not a paid position, but you can receive credit and your contribution will be appreciated by mentioning in the authors section of to be published paper(s).

The project is on the role of the mitochondria in longevity and development. My team is dissecting the mechanisms by which mitochondrial electron transport chain (ETC) dysfunction result in slowing aging (longevity). In the first step, we are using EMS/ENU mutagenesis suppressor screen to detect the genetic pathways that are involved in the developmental delay in isp-1(qm150). Having success in the mutagenesis suppressor screen, we expand our knowledge in molecular mechanisms that regulate the isp-1(qm150) and other ETC mutants development and lifespan.

Research in the Kaeberlein Lab is focused on developing therapies for age-associated diseases by targeting the pathways that regulate aging. I use the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that is considered as one of the best studied invertebrate aging models. Our lab has a very happy, friendly, supportive, and productive atmosphere.

I have around 10 years experience in C. elegans field and I can teach my skills from basic nematode maintenance, making double or triple mutants, behavior analyses, immunostaining, to microscopy and molecular biology to you. In addition, I have done medicine and can relate the knowledge of invertebrate organisms to human.

Require­ments:

At least six months experience of biological science laboratory work (not lab courses)
Or a student who has an award or scholarship ending this year or 2015 (regardless of previous lab experience)

To apply, see application requirements via this post­ing in the database.

Research Opportunity: Protein Therapy for Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Disease

Con­tact Name: Wei-Ming Chien

Con­tact Email: chienw[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Cardiology

Descrip­tion:

Our research goal is to develop novel protein-based therapies for cardiac and skeletal muscle disorders, to be tested in cell culture and live mouse models.  Students will work with a graduate student and post-doc in the lab to assist with experimental material preparation, particularly protein induction and purification.  Applicants should provide the following information in no more than a few sentences per question.

1) Contact information (name, email or phone):
2) Current Program of Study and Year:
3) Why are you interested in this position?
4) Past lab experience if any, describe briefly:
5) What do you hope to gain from working in the Chin Lab?
6) What are your hobbies?
7) Where do you hope to be in:
a. 5 years from now?
b. 10 years from now?
8) What are your strengths and weaknesses?
9) What is your availability in terms of time per week and duration of commitment?

Require­ments:

The student should commit for at least one year.  Hours spent in lab can be registered for undergraduate research credit.  Previous coursework in Chemistry or Biochemistry or lab experience are preferred but not required.

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: RAD/iCAD – Alcohol-related Cognition (retraining and assessment)

Con­tact Name: Melissa Gasser

Con­tact Email: mlgasser[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Descrip­tion:

Project RAD is studying how implicit associations about alcohol affect alcohol use and whether these implicit associations can be retrained. Data collection for the first of two studies, looking at the implicit alcohol associations most strongly connected to heavy drinking, was completed in spring 2011. The second study, attempting to retrain those associations, launched in fall 2011. The pilot version of this study was completed in Spring 2012 and the modified full-scale version began in Fall 2012.

Project iCAD: The overarching objective of the project is to improve the prediction of hazardous in college students. This first of three studies, launched in Fall 2013, will take place online over the course of 2 years at 3 month intervals and include approximately 500 first and second year underclassmen. Dual process models posit that both explicit (slow, reflective) cognitive processes and implicit (fast, reflexive) cognitive processes contribute to addictive behaviors. However, alcohol research has emphasized explicit processes, which may leave implicit processes unaccounted for which may become increasingly important as addictive behaviors become established.

Research assistants will play an important primary role in running the remaining participants in the lab, conducting data analysis on the large data sets from Project RAD and will be trained in the use of computer software to design and deliver IATs (Implicit Association Tests; see Project Implicit’s website for examples) and other questionnaires. Research assistants may also assist in scheduling and conduct literature searches on relevant research topics, as well as assisting in manuscript and poster preparation as needed.

Require­ments:

2 or more credits for two consecutive quarters due to the training involved in working with our team

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: Asian Languages & Literature

Con­tact Name: Amy Ohta

Con­tact Email: aohta[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Asian Languages & Literature

Descrip­tion:

This assistant may help with two different Interview research studies: 1) Study of Japanese language teaching and learning (interviews with Japanese language teachers and students), and 2) Study of bilingual development of children raised in Japanese/non-Japanese bilingual homes (interviews with parents, adult children, grandparents).

Assistant will: Learn transcription methodology. Transcribe interviews.

Interviews are in English, in general. Some interviews have code-switching into Japanese.

Academic credit is available.

Require­ments:

Very strong English skills are necessary in order to understand and accurately transcribe native English speech. Understanding of Japanese is helpful, but not required. Interest in qualitative research, interview research, language teaching, or immigrant experience is helpful.

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: Impact of (social) media on entrepreneurial firms

Con­tact Name: David Park

Con­tact Email: upark[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Management and Organization, Foster Business School

Descrip­tion:

We are currently developing a research project that examines how social media, particularly Twitter, and traditional media influence different aspects of entrepreneurial firms.

For such a big project, we are looking for motivated undergraduate research assistants to assist our study. Primary areas that the students will work on are data collection and literature review.

There are several benefits of being part of our project. First, students will have a great opportunity to involve with research and prepare for graduate programs. Second, they will learn about the topic in depth. Lastly, students will receive MGMT 499 credits.

For those who are interested in a longer commitment (more than two quarters), and who demonstrate ability and interest, can have the opportunities to be involved in other interesting projects, developing their own projects and data management/analysis.

Please contact David Park (upark[at]uw.edu) for more information.

Require­ments:

Minimum number of hours/week: 6 (2 credits)
Although being able to commit six hours per week is the only requirement, there are several other preferred, but not required, skills/experiences: 1) junior standing or above; 2) working knowledge of UW libraries online research database; 3) prior research experience.

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: Synthetic Protein Chemistry

Con­tact Name: Champak Chatterjee

Con­tact Email: chatterjee[at]chem.washington.edu

Depart­ment: Chemistry

Descrip­tion:

The Chatterjee laboratory in the Department of Chemistry has one opening for an undergraduate student majoring in chemistry or biochemistry in the general area of peptide synthesis. Students are encouraged to apply for CHEM 399 or 499 credit and are expected to have sufficient time to devote toward performing independent research. The project revolves around applying cutting-edge chemical synthesis strategies to synthesize chemically modified polypeptides using solid-phase peptide synthesis. These synthetic peptides will be used to study the function of enzymes involved in regulating human genes.

All interested students must be at the Sophomore or Junior level and would have taken general chemistry courses.

Require­ments:

General Chemistry. Introductory Organic Chemistry preferred but not essential. Chemistry or Biochemistry majors only.

View this post­ing in the database

Research Opportunity: RYGB Mechanisms Animal Lab

Con­tact Name: Nicole Travis

Con­tact Email: sorce[at]uw.edu

Depart­ment: Surgery

Descrip­tion:

The Surgical Outcomes Research Center (SORCE) has outstanding opportunities for undergraduate students to become involved in an ongoing NIH-funded study. Specifically, this study compares the outcomes of different gastric bypass operations, mainly centered on the Roux-en Y Gastric Bypass (RYGB) weight loss surgery, and their anti-diabetic effects through porcine models.

Learning Objectives: RYGB interns have access to a variety of learning opportunities in the area of translational research. Specific opportunities and goals are as follows:

  • Learn about research design and methodology, and how daily tasks support the long term objectives of research projects
  • Learn how to conduct research with animal subjects in compliance with ethical standards
  • Become proficient and comfortable handling and caring for porcine research subjects. Specifically, interns will learn to:
  • Accurately monitor vital signs
  • Safely administer select research treatments
  • Effectively maintain central line catheters
  • Perform IV Glucose/Meal Tolerance Tests
  • Assist in surgery (sterile/non-sterile) and necropsy
  • Learn transferable administrative skills within a professional office environment
  • Become familiar with data quality management techniques and approaches. Understand the importance of quality control through accuracy and efficiency, attention to detail, methods of data management, and data security
  • Learn techniques of information management geared to support an ongoing, federally-funded research study 
  • Become generally familiar with relevant work processes at the UW, Department of Surgery, and SORCE

In addition to project-related work, students in the SORCE Undergraduate Internship Program complete two small individual research projects and have the opportunity to interact with senior level research staff and faculty members.  Students enroll in an independent study course for credit (SURG499A).

SORCE (http://depts.washington.edu/sorce) is a multi-disciplinary research center focused on improving surgical outcomes and the quality of patient care on a local, regional, and national level.

To apply, please send a resume and cover letter (stating career aspirations and how SORCE might be a good fit) to Nicole Travis at sorce@uw.edu by Oct. 18th at 5pm.

Require­ments:

Must be able to commit to working a minimum of 6 hours/week per quarter (including summer), including  one shift at UDB per week.  Must be able to make a 1 year commitment to the internship. Must take internship for credit (SURG499). Animal handling experience a plus.

View this post­ing in the database