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Lactation Lab Research Assistant
This Research Assistant position is a voluntary (unpaid) position, although in some rare occasions it may be tied to course credit after discussion with the Lab Director (Dr. Jen Nickelson). There are expectations that the Research Assistant will participate in weekly meetings, give research and educational presentations to others in the lab, and conduct supervised research outside of our weekly meetings. This is a great opportunity to gain research skills and learn more about breastfeeding and infant nutrition. You do not need to have any experience conducting research to apply for the position....
Preferred Majors
Anthropology | Child Development | Dietetics | Family Studies | Food and Nutrition | Health Education | Health Education & Promotion | Health Education and Promotion | Human Development | Public Health | Social & Cultural Studies | Women's StudiesKeywords
Nutrition | Patient Education | health | breastfeeding | public health | infants | women's healthFaculty
Jen NickelsonConsent, Alcohol and Sexual Assault (CASA) Lab
Sexual violence is a pervasive problem for young people and our understanding of factors that increase the risk for sexual violence to occur or impede our efforts to prevent sexual violence is not well-understood. Within our lab, projects focus on three main areas: 1) understanding how alcohol use impacts people's ability to communicate about the sex they do or do not want, 2) how alcohol use impacts people's ability to intervene when they witness risky sexual experiences, and 3) how alcohol use increases the risk for sexual violence to occur. Across these studies, we also examine how these factors may look similar and different among cisgender women and men, and sexual and gender minority persons. If these topics interest you, students...