Natalie T

- Research Program Mentor

Project ideas

Building a Blood Vessel

Use online graphics to illustrate how a blood vessel forms. For this project, we will complete a literature search together to understand what is known about blood vessel growth. Then, you will utilize this information to generate a graphic with no words to demonstrate how the vasculature forms. The goal of this project is to explain science without using text and therefore make it more available to a larger community.

On Brand: What your resume or personal statement says about you

For this project, we can work on identifying what strengths you have as a student and how to incorporate them into a resume or personal statement. I have helped many people learn more about themselves and can teach you how to elevate your experiences for internship or college applications!

What happens to blood vessels during wound injury?

Interested in how your body repairs itself during a cut or injury? For this project we will explore what is known in the literature about how blood vessels regenerate during a wound. We can also address what happens when this process is not controlled properly. To demonstrate your understanding, you can write up a brief literature review or put together powerpoint slides.

Elevator Pitch

Science funding is super important for our community to continue to make advancements in medicine. However, a lot of scientific details are complicated for people to understand. The goal of this activity will be to learn a scientific topic of your interest. Then, you will practice explaining this science during a 1-minute elevator pitch to different audiences. For instance, how you explain blood vessel development to a five-year old might look a lot different compared to explaining science to your grandpa. This is an excellent exercise to learn about science communication! We can then reflect on what worked with different audiences and what did not.