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Research Opportunities in the U.S.

The GATHER Lab

Generating Aging and Translational Health Equity Research. Curious about the research process?  Join the GATHER lab! Drs. Raven Weaver and Cory Bolkan co-lead the lab, and have projects related to:

  • Enhancing Death Education
  • Promoting Healthy Aging
  • Addressing Social Determinants of Health

Research assistants can earn course credit (or volunteer their time) and have the opportunity to engage in the following types of activities:

  • Contribute to literature reviews, tabling results, transcription of interview data.
  • Support data collection (quantitative and qualitative).
  • Assist faculty and graduate students in research organization, project management, and data analysis.
  • Promote lifespan and aging issues via social media.
  • Develop your own research question and investigate it using data. Currently available data includes, but is not limited to, lifespan topics like end-of-life education, medical aid in dying policies, health literacy, aging preparedness, community engagement in health, and true crime consumption and death anxiety.
  • Translate and present research at WSU Showcase (or external conferences).

If interested, contact us at gatherlab.hd@wsu.edu

Research Opportunities in the HYPER Lab

The WSU HYPER lab has vacancies for undergraduate researchers. They are looking for undergraduates who are especially interested in clean energy, aviation and aerospace, farming energy solutions, and cryogenics. For more information about the HYPER lab, click here.

If you are interested in exploring these opportunities send your resume to jacob.leachman@wsu.edu, m_parsons@wsu.edu, and pk@ballooncupflamingo.com along with your availability to interview Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday between 9:30 and 11:00 AM.

Driskell Lab in the School of Molecular Biosciences is currently in need of undergraduate researcher

Have you ever wondered what makes us human? In the Driskell Lab in the School of Molecular Biosciences, we are interested in understanding the molecular mechanisms that lead to the development of skin and its various specialized structures, such as hair follicles, in mammalian models. We are looking for an in-person undergraduate research volunteer for the summer who would be available to start this May or June with research opportunities continuing into the academic year.
Undergraduate research volunteers will learn a variety of microscopy-based and histological techniques that will be applied to understand how the specialized structures within skin, such as hair, develop and change during aging:

  • Microtome sectioning of tissue samples
  • Preparing and staining sectioned tissue samples
  • Microscopy to image stained tissue samples
  • Histological analysis of imaged tissues to generate quantitative data to understand the structures in skin at different ages and conditions
  • Microscopy to understand changes in hair density during aging

Training will be provided for all techniques, so no prior research experience is required. The only requirement is enthusiasm. Availability is flexible, and can range anywhere from 5-20 hours per week. If interested, please direct inquiries to Sean Thompson (sean.thompson@wsu.edu)