The Research Scholar Program provides structured educational research opportunities for undergraduate students. Within each session, students apply for positions offered by health network departments. Each position involves a combination of research, as well as professional and clinical observations. The program offers educational experience for students and additionally provides valuable assistance to health network departments.
Go to Lehigh Valley Health Network's website for more information about the Research Scholar program.
2007
Increasing Efficiency and Patient Satisfaction in Food Service, Ashley Beidler (Poster)
Cervical Spine Clearance in Injured Children Under 3 Years of Age: Are We Overdoing It?, Andrew Berson (Poster)
Assessment of a Cohort of COPD Patients for Possible Candidacy for Lung Volume Reduction, Anish B. Bhatt (Poster)
Clinical Nutrition, Erin N. Borrell (Poster)
Investigating the Relationship Between HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C and Using CHIS II Scores to Develop a Database for Hepatitis C Patients, Katelyn M. Brown (Poster)
Evolution of VTE Prophylaxis Protocol : The Harder You Look, The More You Find, Stephanie L. Burkhardt (Poster)
Protocol-Driven ED Managed Observation Unit at LVH, Lora M. Capuano (Poster)
Mosquitoes & Gynecology? Biomimcry and its Connection to Modern Medicine, Mary Kate Erdman BS (Poster)
Have It Your Way, Sierra L. Fenton (Poster)
Clinical Utility of the Mixed Consistency in Videofluoroscopy, Jessica A. Godovin (Poster)
The Use of Adult Stem Cells in Dental Treatment, Ashley E. Gonsky (Poster)
Web Communications: Content Management System (CMA), Andrew C. Groller (Poster)
Evidence-Based Medicine: The "Scientific Medicine", Mary Kate Hoffman (Poster)
Human Resources: How Does LVHHN Compare to Other Fortune 100 Companies, Allyson M. Hutchinson (Poster)
LVH Partial Programs and the Basis-24, Britney M. Izzi (Poster)
Cardiothoracic Surgery, Erik M. Kelly (Poster)
Early Care and Transfer of Burn Patients, Paige E. Krystofinski (Poster)
Effective Minimization of Thymoglobulin Induction Dosage Followed by CD3 Counts in Renal Transplantation, Kathyrn M. Luczyszyn (Poster)
Fraction of Inspired Oxygen Accuracy in Large Volume, High Continuous Flow, Jet Nebulizers, Cassandra E. Mifkovich (Poster)
Early Childhood Caries: Causes and Precautions, Kelsey A. Morris (Poster)
Patterns of Psychiatric Care in a Large Community Academic Hospital, Megan E. Palmer (Poster)
Lehigh Valley Disparities Profile, Nicholas E. Parton (Poster)
Organizational Development, Laurie M. Patrei (Poster)
Functionality of HIV/AIDS Patients, Sophia E. Philippopoulos (Poster)
Malignant Melanoma and a Promising Experimental Treatment for the Future, Sandra N. Rodriguez (Poster)
Trauma Research, Julianne K. Roscioli (Poster)
Surviving Sepsis, Jessica L. Schwartz (Poster)
Improving Hyperglycemia Management in the Inpatient Setting, Allison E. Shaw (Poster)
Patterns in Patient Fall Risk, Fall Prevention Education, and Post-Discharge Fall Occurrence, Jessica L. Smith (Poster)
Domestic Violence and Tobacco Screenings, Blaire L. Spooner (Poster)
How many nursing hours are spent daily searching outside the patient care room obtaining materials to care for the patients?, Christine A. Talmage (Poster)
Emergency Medicine Research: Validating Pervasive Map and Structured Schema Designer Version 8.6 for use as a Research Tool, Jamie Van Artsdalen (Poster)
2006
Lehigh Valley Hospital 2006 Pool Research Scholar Program, Kristin Adams (Poster)
SternaLock, Elise Bardawil (Poster)
EPOC - Evidence at the Point of Care, Natalie Bieber D.O. (Poster)
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Campaign, Jennifer Brancato (Poster)
The Clinical Predictive Value of The Hyaluronan Binding Assay Among Patients Seeking Assisted Reproductive Technologies, Raffaella DeMartino (Poster)
Workflow Analysis for HRCs, HR Techs, and Benefits Counselors, Emily Deutsch (Poster)
TLC "Untold Stories of the ER" Interview Shoot, Rebecca Druckenmiller (Poster)
Food Satisfaction Survey Results, Miriam Eisenberg (Poster)
Manual for Emergency Response to Bioterrorism, David Esopi (Poster)
Organizational Development, Christina Fleck (Poster)
Finance FUNdamentals, Alex Gildner (Poster)
Conducting Community Based Participatory Research Using Community Asset Mapping with Teens in H.Y.P.E., Rachel Goldstein (Poster)
The Development of a Computer-Based Tracking System to Assess the Safety Net Provided by The Caring Place Family Health Program, Corey Herman (Poster)
Pediatric Cervical Spine Injury, Mark Hosak (Poster)
Improving the Monitoring of Quality Indicators of Community-Aquired Pneumonia: Timing of Antibiotic Administration, Jennifer Huynh (Poster)
Wolf Mini Maze Procedure, Alyssa Jones MD (Poster)
Acute Partial Hospital Outcome Study, Danielle Kepler and Laura Petrini (Poster)
An Evaluation of Time Elapsed for Computed Tomography Scan Administration Throughout the Emergency Department, Veronica Kvarta (Poster)
The Ob/Gyn Experience, Margaret Lafferty (Poster)
Quality-of-Life Outcomes for Geriatric Trauma Patients, Leah Leinbach (Poster)
"Excuse Me For Asking This In An Awkward Way": An Analysis of a PGY1 Sexual History Script, Jenna Long (Poster)
Tobacco and Domestic Violence Screening - Lehigh Valley Family Health Center, Amanda Marchica (Poster)
2006 Pool Research Scholars Summer Internship Program: Healthcare Research, Chris McCarty (Poster)
Correlation of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire and the Critical Care Family Satisfaction Survey, Christopher McGinn (Poster)
Evaluation of the Effect of T System on Unbillable Units in the Emergency Department, Lindsey Moll (Poster)
CMA Content Management Application, David Oblas (Poster)
Developing a Study: Is Frequency of Intrahospital Transport an Independent Risk Factor for Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia?, Elizabeth Rabold (Poster)
Understanding the Biology of HPV (Human Papillomavirus), Patricia Rekawek (Poster)
Cervical Spine Clearance in Injured Children Under the Age of 3 Years: Are We Over Doing It?, Hilda Rivera (Poster)
Managing the Care of Patients with Biphosphate-associated Osteonecrosis (BON), Evan Rubin (Poster)
Consultation-Liason Psychiatry at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Laura Sahlender (Poster)
Endodontics, Alexandra Schmidt (Poster)
Organizational Development, Caleb Schwarzbach (Poster)
Comparison of Five Critical Care Mechanical Ventilators During the Delivery of Airway Pressure Release Ventilation, Scott Shelbo (Poster)
Applying the ADA to High Volume Hiring Positions at LVH, Melissa Slivka (Poster)
EPOC: Evidence at the Point of Care, Amy Virojanapa (Poster)
2005
"Everyone Has a Story", Kristin Adams (Poster)
Cirrhosis and Trauma Outcomes - Carotid Endarterectomies and Post-CABG Strokes, Meredith Anderson BS (Poster)
The Great Influenza and the Allentown Hospital: 1918-1919, Donald Austin (Poster)
Department of Trauma Surgery, Yvonne Baker (Poster)
The Utilization of Non-Invasive Cardiac Output Monitoring (NICO) in conjunction with Mechanical Ventilation and Inhaled Nitric Oxide (INO) for the Treatment of Eisenmenger Syndrome with Respiratory Failure, Megan Baumann (Poster)
Turtlecraft & Technology, Christopher Baumert (Poster)
Allentown Hospital School of Nursing, Sarah Bittner (Poster)
Heart Failure Management, Thin Thiri Chit (Poster)
Communicaton in the ICU Family Meeting, Teresa Cridge (Poster)
EPOC: Evidence of the Point of Care - Internal Medicine, Rina Edi (Poster)
CEDS: How Can We Evaluate the Effectiveness of LVH's Graduate Nurse Internship Program?, Arielle Fingerman (Poster)
Pharmacy, Rebecca Frey (Poster)
Outcomes from the Implementation of a Tele-Intensivist Program, Vikas Gupta (Poster)
Guided Imagery: A Pilot Study to Evaluate Guided Imagery as a Nursing Intervention in Patients Undergoing Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Crystal Hartman (Poster)
Summer Research: Track Input of Medication Allergies using T-System, Eric Kostuk (Poster)
The Philadelphia Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793, Zachary Langley (Poster)
Change in Patient Enablement Instrument Scores Within Family Medicine Residency Program, Megan Lavery (Poster)
Neuroanatomy of the Caveman Brain, Adam Lipman (Poster)
…all aspects of a busy heart and lung surgery practice, Matthew Meeker (Poster)
Center for Professional Excellence Awareness Activities, Micah Minich (Poster)
Timeline of Muhlenberg Hospital, Yvonne Nguyen (Poster)
Using Pre-Tests and Post-Tests to Measure Medical Student Teaching Skills, Jason Saliba (Poster)
Hepatotoxic Effects of HIV Treatments on HIV/Hepatitis Co-Infected Patients, Sahil A. Shaikh MD (Poster)
Heart Help for Women, Laura Smicker (Poster)
Oral Hygiene & Its Importance, Khizera Tariq (Poster)
The Importance of Health Care Career Awareness Programs for Today's Youth, Meghan Tavani (Poster)
Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Audrey Vanim (Poster)
Assessment of the Management of Risk Factors in Diabetic Patients at Lehigh Valley Hospital, Sonia Walia (Poster)
2001
The Ultrasite Valve Study, Jessica Bair (Poster)
Public Affairs & Marketing, Kristen Borchers (Poster)
A Pilot Study to Evaluate a Psychoeducational Groups for Men Who are Homeless Due to Verbal or Physical Aggression, Christopher Cunningham (Poster)
Unreimbursed Acute Admissions, Augusta Czysz (Poster)