{"id":2127,"date":"2024-04-09T13:21:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-09T17:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/?p=2127"},"modified":"2025-05-08T14:40:07","modified_gmt":"2025-05-08T18:40:07","slug":"reflections-on-undergraduate-research","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/2024\/04\/reflections-on-undergraduate-research\/","title":{"rendered":"Reflections on Undergraduate Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During my time as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Alexa Lamm<\/a>\u2019s lab, which spanned nearly three years, I have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge that I truly could not have found elsewhere. Working on various projects in different roles has really expanded my skill set beyond what I could have imagined. I feel so incredibly lucky for all the opportunities I have had in the Lamm Lab, from giving my first research presentation, presenting in several poster sessions, and even writing a manuscript. However, none of this would have been possible without the amazing support I received from everyone in the lab, especially Dr. Lamm. She has always been there to back me up and encourage my ideas, and for that, I will always be grateful. Dr. Kristin Gibson<\/a> and Dr. Katie Sanders<\/a> have also been amazing mentors that are always willing to listen and help me navigate through my thoughts and ideas. Whenever I faced challenges, Kristin and Katie have always been there to offer guidance, share insights, and provide encouragement. Their mentorship extended beyond academic matters; they fostered an environment where I felt comfortable exploring my interests and ambitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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When I first joined the Lamm Lab, I was a stressed-out pre-med student with plans to go to medical school. But as I dove deeper into research and with the support of my mentors, family, and friends, I discovered a real passion for public health, especially in health policy. This passion has led me to decide to pursue further education in public health, and after graduation, I will be attending Johns Hopkins University\u2019s Bloomberg School of Public Health to earn my Master of Science in Public Health. While I am thrilled about this next step in my academic career, I know I will miss the Lamm Lab incredibly. I will miss all the opportunities I have had here, but most of all, I will miss the incredible support and guidance from my mentors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

During my time as an undergraduate researcher in Dr. Alexa Lamm\u2019s lab, which spanned nearly three years, I have gained a wealth of experience and knowledge that I truly could not have found elsewhere. Working on various projects in different roles has really expanded my skill set beyond what I could have imagined. I feel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":753,"featured_media":2128,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[10,48,3,4],"class_list":["post-2127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-teaching_and_learning","tag-lamm","tag-dossani","tag-gibson","tag-sanders"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/753"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2127"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2130,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2127\/revisions\/2130"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/lammlab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}