Summer Research Internship Program 2025 Students

Anneth Mbowe

Project: Pregnancy Should Not Obscure Trauma Urgency: Shock Index and Social Determinants Predict Life-Saving Interventions and Recovery Trajectory

With guidance from Heather Rhodes, PhD, Anneth Mbowe identified physiologic and clinical predictors of life-saving interventions and acute care outcomes among pregnant trauma patients. Please see complete abstract for additional information. 

Anneth is pursuing a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Washington, Seattle.

Alexis Boehm

Project: A Comparison of Passive and Active Tick Surveillance Data to Assess Sampling Differences in the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science

Under the mentorship of Jennifer Meece, PhD, and Alexandra Linz, PhD, Alexis Boehm examined the sampling differences in tick collection and furthered the development of the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS) project. Please see complete abstract for additional information.  

Alexis is pursuing a Bachelor Of Science in Environmental Public Health from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. 

Riya Singh 

Project: Robotic Vs Open Cytoreductive Surgery (CRS) and Heated Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy (HIPEC): Comparison of Progression-Free Survival (PFS) and Overall Survival (OS)

Mentored by Rohit Sharma, MD, Riya Singh compared open vs. robotic CRS/HIEPC on postoperative outcomes. Please see complete abstract for additional information.  

Riya is pursuing a Bachelor of Science from the University of California, Berkeley.

Ilana Kersh 

Project: Exploring the Interaction between Autism Spectrum Disorder and the Symptoms of Hyperphagia in Individuals with Bardet-Biedl Syndrome

Mentored by Jeremy Pomeroy PhD, Ilana Kersh examined how ASD-related symptomology is associated with hyperphagia manifestations in patients with BBS. Please see complete abstract for additional information.  

Anna is pursuing a Bachelor of Science from the School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh.

Christopher Sullivan

Project: Analysis of Injuries Caused by Machines in Agriculture and Assessment of New Autonomous Agriculture Machines’ Impact on Health and Safety

With guidance from Roger Aby, PhD, and Bryan Weichelt, PhD, Christopher Sullivan investigated whether AgInjury News can be used as a reasonable proxy for CFOI data in machinery-related fatality analyses. Please see complete abstract for additional information. 

Chris is pursuing a Master of Public Health in Epidemiology at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. 

Akash Choudhuri 

Project: Identifying Families in Electronic Health Records

With guidance Scott Hebbring, PhD, and Brooke Delgoffe, MS, Akash Choudhuri used EHR data and created family mapping algorithms (FMA) to enable large-scale pedigree reconstruction. Please see complete abstract for additional information. 

Akash is pursuing Doctoral and Master of Science degrees in Computer Science at the University of Iowa.