Presenter: Sofia Leusch, Neuroscience, Global Public Health Scholars
For my practicum, I am working at the Comprehensive Assessment and Intervention Program (CAIP) Lab at the University of Maryland as a research assistant (RA). The CAIP lab specializes in anxiety in children and adolescents and family dynamics. Currently, due to being completely online, the lab’s focus shifted to college age individuals because there are ample people available to participate in the study. As part of my role, I work with other Ras and coordinators to prepare the study for actual participants. Since, this is a psychological lab, the data received from these studies will be used to publish papers about anxiety in various individuals. It is such an exciting project to be a part of because there is a lot of turmoil in many college students lives currently, so it will be interesting to see the toll taken on the participants of this study.