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For the past year (2009) I have been working at the UB Behavioral Medicine Clinic (BMC). During my time there I have been able to apply the knowledge I gained through my statistical and research methods courses at Canisius to produce a poster that won an award for Best Clinical Research, and to develop the same topic into a manuscript submission that is currently under peer review. In addition, I have been involved in producing an additional three posters; two of which were recently submitted for an upcoming conference and are pending approval. During each step of the way, my supervisor, Dr. Jeffrey Lackner, was there to guide me through the process.
Through working with Dr. Lackner I have been able to work with him on his $8.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Lackner will be conducting a study to determine the effectiveness of a self-administered cognitive behavior therapy compared to standard cognitive behavior therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. This study will be conducted at multiple sites so it is imperative that every site be up-to-date on the latest information. Subsequently, for each year during the study an annual Investigators Meeting will be held. This year I was able to sit in on portions of the Investigators Meeting which was held for one week in November. For this week to occur, the researchers from the other two sites, Northwestern University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham, were flown in. During this week, various meetings were conducted involving how the latest NIH-grant funded study was to be conducted.
At one of these meetings I was able to see how the first session was to be conducted. By role-playing Dr. Lackner and the co-investigator from Northwestern, Dr. Keefer, performed an example of how certain portions of sessions should occur. After seeing how CBT is applied to help people manage their IBS symptoms, I became even more interested in this therapeutic orientation. Luckily, I was enrolled in Dr. Sanders’ Theories and Techniques of Counseling course so I was able to read more information about CBT and the different treatment techniques you can combine during treatment.
As a result of my experiences here at the BMC, I feel more prepared for graduate school and feel as if I am a more likely candidate to gain entrance into a variety of esteemed graduate programs. If you’re interested in research, health psychology and/or clinical psychology, then you should definitely look into getting an internship at the UB BMC.
Through working with Dr. Lackner I have been able to work with him on his $8.9 million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Lackner will be conducting a study to determine the effectiveness of a self-administered cognitive behavior therapy compared to standard cognitive behavior therapy for patients with irritable bowel syndrome. This study will be conducted at multiple sites so it is imperative that every site be up-to-date on the latest information. Subsequently, for each year during the study an annual Investigators Meeting will be held. This year I was able to sit in on portions of the Investigators Meeting which was held for one week in November. For this week to occur, the researchers from the other two sites, Northwestern University, and University of Alabama at Birmingham, were flown in. During this week, various meetings were conducted involving how the latest NIH-grant funded study was to be conducted.
At one of these meetings I was able to see how the first session was to be conducted. By role-playing Dr. Lackner and the co-investigator from Northwestern, Dr. Keefer, performed an example of how certain portions of sessions should occur. After seeing how CBT is applied to help people manage their IBS symptoms, I became even more interested in this therapeutic orientation. Luckily, I was enrolled in Dr. Sanders’ Theories and Techniques of Counseling course so I was able to read more information about CBT and the different treatment techniques you can combine during treatment.
As a result of my experiences here at the BMC, I feel more prepared for graduate school and feel as if I am a more likely candidate to gain entrance into a variety of esteemed graduate programs. If you’re interested in research, health psychology and/or clinical psychology, then you should definitely look into getting an internship at the UB BMC.
