Kevin Heffernan (EXE) PI, Brooks Gump (PHP) co-I, Katherine McDonald (PHP / FRC) co-I, Bryce Hruska (PHP) co-I, Janet Wilmoth (MAX/ ASI) Other Senior Personnel, Andrew London (MAX), Scott Landes (MAX), Ken Marfilius (SWK), and Tracey Marchese (SWK), REU: Training Diverse Undergraduate Teams of Veterans and Non-Veterans to Conduct Trauma Research with Veterans, NSF. 4/1/19-3/30/22
Undergraduate Trauma Research Training, a National Education for Undergraduates (REU) program, is a National Science Foundation-funded joint effort between Syracuse University, SUNY Oswego, and SUNY Upstate Medical University. The objective is to train student veterans and non-veterans to conduct trauma-related research with veteran participants.
The site includes an online 2-week orientation, research mentoring, and didactic coursework offered during an intensive 6-week summer immersion experience. Mentoring and courses are provided by highly qualified and productive faculty members from Exercise Science (Falk), Public Health (Falk), Social Work (Falk), Sociology (Maxwell), Psychology (SUNY Oswego), and Neurobiology (SUNY Upstate). In addition to these faculty mentors, several consultants from various military and non-military backgrounds, including the Syracuse VA, provide a novel combination of perspectives to address multidisciplinary research questions.