Students
Overview
The Family Resiliency Center recognizes that today's students are tomorrow's practitioners, educators, and researchers. Both graduate and undergraduate students are provided with opportunities to interact with faculty from a broad range of disciplines; for hands-on involvement with research projects; and the chance to work with our community partners in public engagement efforts; as well as to work with fellow students studying in other fields.
For more information on the new PhD/MPH degree program focused on childhood obesity, I-TOPP click here.
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HDFS 494 Undergraduate Research Courses
The purpose of these two-semester year-long supervised research courses is to provide students with a first-hand experience working as part of a research team as well as to help them develop a working knowledge of the theory and applications of trans-disciplinary research used to guide the specific research program. Students will:
- Be provided with an overview of the Research Program issues;
- Develop oral and written communication skills; data management skills; team building skills; critical thinking skills; and professional work environment skills;
- Be trained in mixed methods relevant to factors that contribute to child and family health;
- Identify opportunities and barriers in transdisciplinary team work;
- Prepare a scientific presentation that reflects the students' knowledge of Transdisciplinary science gained through working on one of the program subprojects. The presentation will be given at a scientific conference held in the Spring.
Additional information about the specific sections are available here:
HDFS 494 STRONG Kids - FRC Supervised Undergraduate Research Program - Fall 2012/Spring 2013
HDFS 494 Food and Family- FRC Supervised Undergraduate Research Program - Fall 2012/Spring 2013
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Internship Opportunities
See FRC Marketing Intern Information below
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Employment Opportunities
Family Resiliency Center Marketing Communications Intern
The Family Resiliency Center is seeking a Student Intern to work 10 hours per week on a variety of projects, including updating and maintaining website content and providing assistance to the Family Resiliency Center Staff. Sharing and spreading messages and news via a variety of outlets, including social media, will also be part of this internship. Website management is a key component to this job, as FRC’s website is a critical piece in the Center’s overall communication and dissemination strategy. This is a paid position ($10/hr.). The schedule for this internship is flexible during the operating hours of 8:30-5 Monday – Friday, but does require a time commitment of 8-10 hours per week. Intern will start as soon as possible, with the potential for summer work.
For information on how to apply and a complete job description click here.
What Students Are Saying
Student researchers discuss what they learned through the STRONG Kids Program
STRONG Kids student researchers discuss policy implications of their findings. Part 1 | Part 2
The Autism Program (TAP) Student Interns share some insight about their work. Adrienne | Katherine | Kim
"Working on STRONG Kids helped me understand some of the material I had been studying in my health statistics class this semester" STRONG Kids Undergraduate Research Assistant
"STRONG Kids gave me the opportunity to build relationships with faculty and students from multiple disciplines and to be involved in vital comprehensive research." STRONG Kids Undergraduate Research Assistant
"I think that this is a great research experience that helps you to develop many skills such as communication, team work, flexibility, patience, and critical thinking, among many others.
"I think that anyone, especially planning to go into health care or nutrition, would really gain useful experience, a grasp on medical problems, and realize first-hand how many facators can contribute to one issue, like obesity."
FRC Student Work Featured at Undergraduate Research Symposium
5th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium - Wednesday, April 11, 2012, Illini Union
Click here for a complete schedule and abstracts.
Oral Presentation - 3rd Annual Research Symposium
9:45-10:00 a.m. Illini Room C
Alyssa Morris, Health Administration, AHS
Beverly Allen, Senior, Health Administration, AHS
Erik Lorek, Senior, Community Health, AHS
“An ecological analysis of food environments in the United States”
STRONG Kids Program
Poster Presentation
10:00-11:15 a.m., Pine Room
Terra Kern, Human Development and Family Studies, ACES
“BackPack program evaluation”
Food and Family: BackPack Program
Evaluation
Dontina Corpus, Human Development and Family Studies, ACES
“Mealtime behavioral control level in relationship to child body mass index”
STRONG Kids Program
1:30-2:45 a.m., Pine Room
Jessica Dosik, Human Development and Family Studies, ACES
“Family mealtimes: An observational study of parental prompts and its influence on child compliance to eat”
STRONG Kids Program
Lisa Ann Pearson, Community Health, AHS
“Childhood obesity: Children’s fruit and vegetable intake in relation to parents’ income and consideration of price when buying food”
STRONG Kids Program
Hannah Roosevelt, Dietetics, ACES
“BMI distribution of Cohort 1a”
STRONG Kids Program
Dennise Staab, Community Health, AHS
"Complementary feeding practices among low-income mothers"
STRONG Kids Program
3:15-4:30 p.m., Pine Room
Jill Jozefowicz, Human Nutrition, ACES
Anthony Wang, Nutritional Sciences, ACES
Yingying Wang, Nutritional Sciences, ACES
“Optimization of DNA extraction and collection in STRONG Kids Project”
STRONG Kids Program