Mentor Name:
Michelle Litchman
Mentor Position:
Assistant Professor
Department:
College:
Nursing
Email:
michelle.litchman@nurs.utah.edu
Project Description:
We are using community-based participatory research to develop a diabetes intervention for Deaf adults living with diabetes. We have Deaf and CODAs (child of a deaf adult) members of the team and also use ASL interpreters at our meetings.
Opportunity Type:
Volunteer; Prepare a UROP proposal; Earn independent study credit
Student Role:
Develop educational content (power points, videos, handouts) with guidance, data collection, data analysis
Student Benefits:
Work with a Deaf-friendly research team, understand how to co-design interventions with Deaf communities, understand how to collect and analyze data
Project Duration:
Minimum 5 hours/week up to 20 hours/week
Minimum Requirements:
Fluent in American Sign Language, able to communicate by email, open to training on new technologies to collect or analyze data