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Dr. Soya Mori – WoW Presentation April 6, 2018

by Jessica Contreras | April 28, 2018

Please join us tomorrow – Friday, April 6, 2018 – at 1pm in the RIT/NTID Campus Center Reading Room for Dr. Soya Mori’s presentation entitled “An International Scholar: My Journey”.

Dr. Patricia White to present WoW Friday, March 23, 2018

by Jessica Contreras | March 21, 2018

Join us THIS Friday, March 23, 1-2pm in RIT/NTID SDC 1310 for Dr. White’s presentation entitled: “On becoming the first scientist in your family’s circle – One woman’s journey”

Dr. Wyatte Hall, WoW Presentation!

by Jessica Contreras | March 16, 2018

Wyatte C. Hall, Ph.D.is a postdoctoral fellow in the Clinical & Translational Science Institute at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Within the National Center for Deaf Health Research and the Public Health Sciences department, he is researching the relationship between early language experiences and lifespan health outcomes in deaf people with a focus on language deprivation and deaf health disparities. He received his undergraduate psychology degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2008 and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Gallaudet University in 2014. Wyatte believes in research advocacy and translating empirical evidence into practice to ensure the healthy development of deaf children.

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Brienna Herold, 1st year Scholar, at WSDM18

by Jessica Contreras | February 13, 2018

Brienna Herold attended her first conference as a Bridges Scholar in Los Angeles, CA, February 5-9th. She learned a lot of information applicable to her current lab rotation at the Web Search and Data Mining (WSDM) 2018 conference!

Image Description: female with blonde hair and a black shirt stands to the left of a large screen with a projection that shows a skyline of Santa Monica beach and reads “wsdm2018 – Los Angeles, USA – Feb. 5-9, 2018 – the 11th ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining”

Dr. Rain Bosworth WoW Seminar link

by Jessica Contreras | January 10, 2018

Introducing our second WoW Seminar video to be released: Dr. Rain Bosworth!

Presentation Video

2017

Sara Blick, first trainee with published research!

by Jessica Contreras | December 21, 2017

Bridges alum Sara Blick is the first trainee to have her research published. She worked with Dr. Craig Morrell at the University of Rochester to study Platelet Factor 4 and its impact on bone marrow B cell development and differentiation.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28914425

World of Wonder in Science past Seminars now Available online!

by Jessica Contreras | December 19, 2017

Date
6/10/2020
6/17/2020
6/24/2020

Presenter
Wendy Dannels - Research Faculty
Dr. Jason Listman - Associate Professor
Dr. Christian Rathmann - Professor

Announcing the release of several videos in our World of Wonder in Science Seminar Series collection! More will become available throughout the next few months, so keep checking back!!

Resources - Wonder in Science Seminar Series

ABRCMS 2017 in Phoenix, AZ

by Jessica Contreras | November 3, 2017

Bridges Scholars Steven Murdy, Victoria Popov, and Jeff Shaul are attending the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Phoenix, AZ, with Bridges Faculty Dr. Jess Cuculick, Dr. Peter Hauser, Dr. PJ Simpson-Haidaris, and Program Coordinator/Interpreter Nikki Cherry. The team presented a session on Thursday morning entitled “Building a Community for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Scientists”.

Bridges Scholar and Faculty attend HARC 2017

by Jessica Contreras | October 10, 2017

Dr. Jess Cuculick, co-director of NCCL Deaf Health Lab and Bridges Professional Development Director, and Dr. Mike McKee, NCCL collaborator, gave great presentations on deaf individuals’ health literacy at the International Conference on Communication in Healthcare—Health Literacy Annual Research Conference.

Bridges Scholar Tori Popov and Program Director Peter Hauser joined Dr. Cuculick at the conference in Baltimore, MD, October 8-11.

*Image Description: square photo separated into 3 boxed sections. Top photo left to right: woman (Tori Popov, Bridges Scholar) with long blonde hair in light blue shirt; tall thin man (Dr. Scott Smith) with short hair in light blue-green shirt; man (Dr. Mike McKee) with light brown hair in light gray shirt and tie; Academy of Communication in Healthcare (ACH) banner; woman (Jennifer Forquer) with short gray/brown hair in a gray suit jacket; woman (Dr. Jess Cuculick) with short gray/red hair in a black shirt; man (Dr. Peter Hauser) with dark hair and beard in a blue shirt and tie.

Bottom left picture is Dr. Jess Cuculick in a black shirt with hands raised mid-sentence, large white writing pad behind her.

Bottom right picture is Dr. Mike McKee in light gray shirt and tie with hands raised in mid-sentence, large white writing pad behind him.

Bridges Alum Lorne Involved in Field Research

by Jessica Contreras | June 27, 2017

“This experience of doing qualitative data collection in Tinian, Saipan, and Palau was filled with many inspiring and amazing stories. I used to think that being deaf would have many barriers, that I’d never have this opportunity of having the access to local natives’ personal stories in the remote areas. Oh boy, I was definitely wrong! They were even more open to me for several reasons, it’s mainly because I use different language and started to have a heart to heart conversation every single time. I’ve finally understood how to be fully proud of my identity as a deaf person in the system that is designed for hearing people. (This was awesome ride from Saipan to Tinian; 10 minutes flight. Tinian is part of Saipan and is usually neglected.)” ~Lorne Farovitch, posted to FaceBook on June 27, 2017

Meeting with Program Officer at TWD

by Jessica Contreras | June 25, 2017

Drs. Steve Barnett, Jess Cuculick, Peter Hauser, and Program Coordinator Nikki Cherry, had the opportunity to meet with the NIGMS Bridges to the Doctorate Program Officer, Dr. Patrick Brown while at the Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity conference in Baltimore, MD, June 18-21st.

Busy Weekend for Deaf Scientists/Researchers

by Jessica Contreras | June 16, 2017

June 9-11 was the Association of Medical Professionals with Hearing Loss (AMPHL) conference hosted at RIT/NTID which brought together over 300 deaf and hard of hearing professionals and interpreters to campus to network and share new and relevant information with others. With the conclusion of AMPHL on Sunday, many of the attendees headed on over to the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) for the 1st Rochester Summer Research Training Institute that ran June 11-13, hosted at the URMC. This was an additional opportunity for deaf and hard of hearing professionals to network and learn various aspects of pursuing a research career. Among the presenters were Dr. Carol Padden and Dr. Caroline Solomon, trailblazers in their disciplines!

TWO DAYS until Dr. Bosworth’s Presentation!

by Jessica Contreras | May 8, 2017

Dr. Bosworth will be presenting her journey to the Ph.D. on Wednesday, May 10, 1-2:30pm in RIT/NTID SDC 1300. Please join us!

Bridges Scholars at ACTS 2017

by Jessica Contreras | April 24, 2017

Bridges Scholars Sara Blick and Steven Murdy attended the Association for Clinical & Translational Science 2017 Conference in Washington, D.C., April 19-21. Each presented a poster about their current research projects and did an excellent job! Sara presented on “The Role of Platelet Factor 4 (PF-4) in B Cell Differentiation”, under the mentorship of Dr. Craig Morrell. Steven presented on “Opportunities and Challenges for Precision Medicine and Biomarkers: Regulatory Science Case Study”, under the mentorship of Dr. Scott Steele.

Image Description: Sara and Steven standing next to their respective posters: Sara to the left and Steven to the right.

Dr. Rain Bosworth to present MAY 10!

by Jessica Contreras | April 24, 2017

Dr. Rain Bosworth will be the guest presenter for the Bridges World of Wonder (WoW) in Science Seminar on Wednesday, May 10, 2017. The presentation will be held in the NTID SDC, Room 1300, from 1-2:30pm and will be our last for this academic year. Please join us for an inspiring presentation from Dr. Bosworth!

Flyer for Bosworth presentation - May17

Flyer image description: Bridges logo, followed by event announcement. A picture of Dr. Bosworth is to the left of the above event description, followed by the title “Butter Up in a Doggie-Dog World: Navigating through Academic Seas” and the date and location information.

World of Wonder in Science seminar, February announcement

by Jessica Contreras | January 23, 2017

Be sure to join us for Dr. Jess Cuculick’s World of Wonder in Science seminar this February! It will be on Wednesday, February 15th from 9-10:30 AM in SDC-1310. Here is the description from the poster which can be found with a brief image description, below:

Dr. Jess Cuculick, ’98, ’02 is an associate professor of the Department of Liberal Studies at the college of NTID. Dr. Cuculick coordinates the Applied Liberal Arts Associate degree program and is the Professional Development Director for the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate program (deafscientists) which is housed in the NTID’s Center on Cognition and Language (NCCL). She is also the co-director for the Deaf health literacy project. In the past, Dr. Cuculick has been involved with community-based participatory research (CBPR) with the National Center for Deaf Health Research (NCDHR) at the University of Rochester, such as breast feeding and cardiovascular health perspectives in the Deaf community.

Flyer for World of Wonder in Science featuring Jess Cuculick - February 2017

Image description in Flyer: Bridges logo, followed by event announcement. A picture of Dr. Cuculick is to the left of the above event description, followed by the title “Off the Beaten Path: Dr. Cuculick’s Academic Journey” and the date and location information.

Jeff at PSB 2017

by Jessica Contreras | January 11, 2017

Last week, first-year Bridges Scholar Jeff Shaul attended the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing. This annual meeting is held regularly on the Big Island, Hawai’i. Here we covered the gamut of bioinformatics, from presentations on the Precision Medicine Initiative, being a data “parasite” and no-boundary thinking. We are already looking forward to PSB 2018, “mahalo” to the organizers!

Jeff Shaul (middle) is wearing a green lanyard holding a program book for the Pacific Symposium on Biocomputing’s 2017 meeting. Nikki Cherry (left) in red. Matt Salerno (right) in white, also wearing a lanyard. Background has sun and some palms.

2016

University News covers Bridges

by Jessica Contreras | December 9, 2016

Bridges’ Program Director Dr. Peter Hauser and RIT/Bridges alumni Jessica Contreras and Lorne Farovitch were interviewed for RIT’s University News. They talked about their experiences as graduate students, the benefits of being in the Bridges program and how to succeed in science as a deaf individual.

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World of Wonder in Science seminar

by Jessica Contreras | November 17, 2016

Please join us this afternoon for our second World of Wonder in Science seminar, November 17th from 12 to 1:30 PM in SDC-1310. Our presentation features Dr. Robert Pollard, see the informational flyer below for more information.

ABRCMS 2016

by Jessica Contreras | November 15, 2016

Update, 11/18: Check out Jeff’s vlog on his experience here

Update, 11/17: Check out Steven’s vlog on his experience here

Update, 11/16: Check out Sara’s vlog on her experience here

Last week, the Bridges Scholars attended the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS). This conference was a great learning and networking opportunity for our four Bridges Scholars, who were accompanied by the Rochester Post-Doc Partnership Scholars who served as judges, as well as their faculty and staff people. Look forward to vlog updates about their takeaways from our second, annual trip to ABRCMS!

Image description: Six smiling ABRCMS attendees flank a large sign for the conference, which reads “ABRCMS 2016 TAMPA November 9-12” with palm trees in various shades of greens and blues. Pictured from left to right: Drs. Scott Smith, Peter Hauser and P.J

Mady Starts Her PhD Program!

by Jessica Contreras | September 20, 2016

A big congratulations to Bridges alumna Mady Beach! She is finishing up her first month in a PhD program. Mady is working toward a doctoral degree in Biostatistics from the Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis. Best of luck!

Lorne Starts His PhD Program!

by Jessica Contreras | September 7, 2016

A big congratulations to Bridges alumnus Lorne Farovitch! This week is his first in a PhD program. Lorne is working toward a doctoral degree in Translational Biomedical Science at the University of Rochester. Best of luck!

Lorne at UR! Image description: A man with facial hair, wearing a backpack extends his free arm toward the “University of Rochester Medical Center” overpass entrance sign.

Jessica Starts Her PhD Program!

by Jessica Contreras | August 31, 2016

A big congratulations to Bridges alumna Jessica Contreras! This week marked her first in a PhD program. Jessica is working toward a doctoral degree in Developmental Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Best of luck!

Jessica at UConn! Image description: A woman is posed, beaming while wearing a black dress with white fringe standing in front of the “UCONN: University of Connecticut” entrance sign. She holds a whiteboard that reads “1st DAY of P.h.D.”

Apple Fest 2016

by Jessica Contreras | August 29, 2016

Last Friday, August 26th some of the Bridges Scholars attended Apple Fest. This is the annual kick-off for the NTID community as classes start up again. The team was so glad to make some new friends and see some familiar faces. What a great way to start the academic year!

Jeff, Sara & Steven

Lorne’s Thesis Defense

by Jessica Contreras | August 3, 2016

This morning, Bridges Scholar Lorne Farovitch successfully defended his thesis for his Master’s degree! The research he used for his thesis was on the impact of pathogens in samples of water found in the Western New York area. A big congratulations to Lorne!

AAAS Science Careers features Bridges

by Jessica Contreras | July 5, 2016

AAAS Science Careers published an article on the Bridges program. They reviewed our program and highlighted Jessica and Sara’s work! Check out the full article at this link.

Multimodal Multilingual Outcomes conference: Jessica

by Jessica Contreras | June 18, 2016

Our Bridges Scholar, Jessica Contreras, presented at the Multimodal Multilingual Outcomes in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children workshop in Stockholm, Sweden!

ASM Microbe Conference: Lorne & Sara

by Jessica Contreras | June 17, 2016

This weekend, Scholars Lorne and Sara are in Boston for the American Society for Microbiology Microbe 2016 conference! They are joined by Science Education Director P.J. Simpson-Haidaris and Program Coordinator and Interpreter Nikki Cherry. You can learn more about the conference here. We will be updating this page during and after the conference, so check back!

Sara and a pipette

Lorne, Tiffany, P.J. and Nikki taking a froyo break while waiting for posters to print

Lorn and Sara with a pipette

Lorne sharing his presentation with P.J. and Tiffany

P.J. and Lorne setting up his poster on the “Survival of Various Pathogenic Microorganisms in Surface Water and Sediments in Western New York”.

Nikki, Tiffany, Lorne, P.J. and Sara

Nikki, Streptococcus and Sara

Dinner with the group!

Convo Community Event features Bridges

by Jessica Contreras | June 9, 2016

On Saturday, June 4th the VRS company Convo hosted an event to celebrate the “Rochester Deaf Community”. There they released the short film about our community, which can be seen at this link. You’ll see program director Dr. Hauser and recent graduates Lorne and Jessica featured. Our logo even made it onto the cake (below)!

Howard Rosenblum joins our Professional Development Seminar

by Jessica Contreras | June 7, 2016

NAD’s CEO Howard A. Rosenblum, Esq. joined us for our Professional Development Seminar this morning! He taught the scholars about their legal rights as deaf people and gave advice on navigating future challenges.

Graduation 2016

by Jessica Contreras | May 21, 2016

On Saturday, May 21st three of our Bridges scholars graduated! A huge congratulations to them as they pursue their PhDs this fall. Our team was there to join in the celebration and we anticipate their future achievements!

Lorne Farovitch (left) graduated with a master’s degree in Environmental Science and will be attending the University of Rochester School of Medicine this fall, majoring in Translational Biomedical Science; Madeline Beach (middle) graduated with a master’s degree in Applied Statistics and will be attending the Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis this fall, majoring in Biostatistics; Jessica Contreras (right) graduated with a master’s degree in Experimental Psychology and will be attending the University of Connecticut this fall, majoring in Developmental Psychology.

Pictures from ImagineRIT

by Jessica Contreras | May 7, 2016

The Bridges program had a great time at our ImagineRIT booth! Below are some pictures of us and some members of our community.

Bridges Scholars at Imagine RIT!

by Jessica Contreras | May 5, 2016

Come see us this Saturday, May 7, 2016 during Imagine RIT, 10am-5pm!

Watch our video

PhD Acceptance: Jessica Contreras

by Jessica Contreras | May 3, 2016

Our Bridges Scholar, Jessica Contreras, has been accepted in the Ph.D. Program in Developmental Psychology at the University of Connecticut. Jessica will receive her Master of Science degree at RIT in Experimental Psychology then begin her doctoral studies this fall. Her MS Thesis focused on the impact of language skills on cognition in Deaf individuals with cochlear implants.

PhD Acceptance: Lorne Farovitch

by Jessica Contreras | April 26, 2016

Our Bridges Scholar, Lorne Farovitch, has been accepted in the Ph.D. Program in Translational Biomedical Science at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Lorne will receive his Masters of Science degree at RIT in Environmental Science then begin his doctoral studies this fall. His MS Thesis focused on the survivability of various pathogens in water and sediment to examine the water quality in Rochester.

PhD Acceptance: Madeline Beach

by Jessica Contreras | April 19, 2016

Our Bridges Scholar, Madeline Beach, has been accepted in the Ph.D. Program in Biostatistics at Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis. Madeline will complete her Masters of Science degree at RIT in Applied Statistics then begin her doctoral studies this fall. Her MS Thesis focuses on finding correlations among the regions in the brain by comparing dendrograms across various clustering methods in brain scan data.

World of Wonder Seminar, April 2016

by Jessica Contreras | April 19, 2016

Please join us for a

World of Wonder in Science Seminar

Sponsored by the Rochester Bridges to the Doctorate Program

Thursday, April 21, 2016
6:30-8:00pm
RIT/NTID LBJ 2590

Dr. Regina Nuzzo was born with a hearing loss and got her first pair of hearing aids at age 6. She now has a cochlear implant, works as a journalist, and teaches statistics at Gallaudet University. Along the way, she got a bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of South Florida and a Ph.D. in Statistics from Stanford University, did postdoctoral work in the Psychology Department at McGill University in Quebec, and studied science journalism at University of California at Santa Cruz. Her feature article for the journal Nature about statistical problems in scientific research won the American Statistical Association 2014 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award and has been tweeted more than 11,000 times. Please join us for this presentation by Dr. Nuzzo.

*Interpreters will be provided.*

NTID’s Student Research Fair

by Jessica Contreras | April 16, 2016

The Bridges Scholars participated in NTID’s first Student Research Fair. Click here for Jessica’s presentation, and here for Lorne’s. You can read more about the event at the Democrat & Chronicle’s article, found here.

PhD Acceptance: Gloria Wink

by Jessica Contreras | April 12, 2016

Our Bridges Scholar, Gloria Wink, has been accepted in the Ph.D. program in Epidemiology at the University of Rochester School of Medicine. Gloria completed her Masters of Science degree at RIT in Environmental Science. Her MS Thesis analyzed nicotine in electronic cigarettes using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Snakkis interview featuring Bridges

by Jessica Contreras | March 31, 2016

Program director Dr. Hauser was interviewed for the Norwegian program Snakkis. There he talked about deaf education as well as the Bridges program. Click here for the full interview.

Toxicology Conference: Andrea

by Jessica Contreras | March 17, 2016

Bridges Scholar, Andrea Amati, attended the Society of Toxicology 2016 Conference in New Orleans, LA in March.

Georgetown University visit

by Jessica Contreras | March 11, 2016

A group of students from Georgetown University visited NTID/RIT. They met with the Bridges team all day on March 12th, 2016 to discuss academia, research, and the Deaf community. The Bridges team and scholars really enjoyed their visit!

Bridges Scholars and PostDoc presentation

by Jessica Contreras | March 10, 2016

The Bridges to Doctorate and Rochester PostDoc scholars presented about biomedical and behavioral science career options.

World of Wonder Seminar, March 2016

by Jessica Contreras | March 10, 2016

Please join us at RIT/NTID LBJ 2590 TONIGHT, March 10, 6:30-8:00pm!

World of Wonder Seminar, February 2016

by Jessica Contreras | February 10, 2016

Please join us Thursday, February 11, 6:30-8:00pm in RIT/NTID SDC 1310 to learn about Dr. Steven Barnett’s journey to becoming a physician, researcher, and program director.

TISLR Conference: Jessica

by Jessica Contreras | January 7, 2016

Our Bridges scholar, Jessica Contreras, gave an excellent presentation at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research conference in Australia. She also gave a poster presentation, got invited to visit PhD programs, and invited to join an international research collaboration! We are SO proud of her!

2015

Second Annual Holiday Party

by Jessica Contreras | December 13, 2015

2nd Annual Bridges Holiday Party. The scholars know a lot of good science and math jokes!

Happy Holidays!

Year Three Cohort: Andrea Amati

by Jessica Contreras | December 10, 2015

Introducing Andrea Amati, 1st year Bridges Scholar. Andrea comes from Frederick, MD, and is currently working on her master’s in Environmental Science and plans to pursue a PhD in Toxicology. You can learn more about Andrea here in the 2015-2017 Cohort.

Year Three Cohort: Sara

by Jessica Contreras | December 10, 2015

Introducing Sara Blick, 1st year Bridges Scholar. Sara is from Scotia, NY, and is currently working on her Multidisciplinary degree with focuses on Bioinformatics and Biology. She plans to pursue a PhD in Immunology, Virology, & Microbiology (IVM). You can learn more about Sara here in the 2015-2017 Cohort.

Welcome, Sara!

Sara here in the 2015-2017 Cohort.

Bridges Scholars attend ABRCMS

by Jessica Contrares | November 14, 2015

Bridges Scholars Sara Blick, Jessica Contreras, and Lorne Farovitch are attending the Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) in Seattle, WA, November 11-14. Accompanying them are Dr. PJ Simpson-Haidaris – Bridges Science Education Director, Dr. Scott Smith – Science Mentorship Director, and Dr. Jess Cuculick – Bridges Science Mentorship Leader. This has been a valuable experience thus far: the Scholars are learning tools to benefit them now and in their future careers as researchers, and having many opportunities to network and make new connections.

World of Wonder Seminar, November 2015

by Jessica Contreras | November 6, 2015

Join us Monday, November 9, 2015 at 6:30pm at RIT/NTID in Rosica Hall 1180 to learn about Dr. Dye’s journey to becoming a researcher.

Thesis Proposal: Lorne

by Jessica Contrares | November 4, 2015

Lorne Farovitch, Bridges Scholar, successfully defended his thesis proposal today!!

Thesis Proposal: Jessica

by Jessica Contreras | October 31, 2015

Jessica Contreras, Bridges Scholar, defended her thesis proposal yesterday!!!!

World of Wonder Seminar, October 2015

by Jessica Contreras | September 25, 2015

UPCOMING: The first World of Wonder (WoW) in Science Seminar of this academic year will feature a presentation by our own Dr. Peter Hauser! Please join us Monday, October 5 6:30-8:00pm in RIT/NTID SDC 1300 – spread the word!!

University of Rochester’s Undergraduate/Graduate Research Day

by Jessica Contreras | July 20, 2015

Two of our 2nd year Scholars presented at the University of Rochester’s Undergraduate/Graduate Research Day – Jessica Contreras and Lorne Farovitch. They did a very impressive job!

ASM Conference: Lorne

by Jessica Contreras | May 31, 2015

Our Scholar, Lorne, in the Exhibit Hall at the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Conference in New Orleans, LA.

“Modeling Success in Science”

by Jessica Contreras | May 30, 2015

Biology Professor's Calling: Teach Deaf Students They Can Do Anything:
http://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2015/05/20/406148448/in-the-classroom-and-on-the-river-modeling-success-in-science

Imagine RIT, May 2nd, 2015 10am-5pm

by Jessica Contreras | May 1, 2015

Imagine RIT 2015:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uHcIQgQnkU

Professional Development Seminar: Academic ASL practice

by Jessica Contreras | May 1, 2015

Practicing presenting using academic ASL! This is one of several professional development activities for scholars in the Bridges program! What a challenge especially that these are scientific presentations!!!

World of Wonder Seminar, April 2015

by Jessica Contreras | April 28, 2015

Please join us this Wednesday, April 27th, at 4:30pm in RIT/NTID LBJ 2590 to welcome Dr. Edith Lord from the University of Rochester as our guest lecturer for the final WoW Seminar of this academic year. Be sure to check back periodically for dates and times of future Seminars. See you Wednesday!

ADARA Conference: Gloria

by Jessica Contreras | April 23, 2015

Gloria Wink, the first Bridges Scholar, explained the research of the National Center for Deaf Heath Research at a conference ‪#‎adara2015‬

UpStat Conference: Madeline

by Jessica Contreras | April 12, 2015

One of our Scholars, Madeline Beach, attended the NY 2015 UpStat conference in Geneseo this weekend. Shown here is the entire group of attendees.

Bridges Scholar Featured in NTID FOCUS magazine

by Jessica Contreras | April 7, 2015

Lorne Farovitch was featured in the NTID FOCUS magazine’s Fall/Winter 2014 edition. Click to view (page 5).

Fun for St. Patrick’s Day

by Jessica Contreras | March 20, 2015

The Bridges crew got together for a St. Patrick’s Day celebration with green food and green attire before heading to the Rochester St. Paddy’s Parade!

Gloria Wink Presenting Survey Results

by Jessica Contreras | March 20, 2015

Gloria Wink, one of the Bridges Scholars, did an awesome job presenting the results of the National Center for Deaf Health Research survey to the Rochester Deaf Community.

Dr. Martin Zand presenting on April 1, 4:30pm

by Jessica Contreras | March 10, 2015

Please join us to learn from Dr. Martin Zand at the next Bridges WoW Seminar on Wednesday, April 1, at 4:30pm.

March 11, 2015 Special Presenter: Dr. Scott Smith

by Jessica Contreras | March 2, 2015

Please join us March 11, 2015, at 4:30pm in NTID/RIT LBJ 2590 to learn from Dr. Scott Smith and his research related to Deaf adolescents’ health knowledge and health literacy.

Scholar featured in NCDHR Newsletter

by Jessica Contreras | February 16, 2015

NCDHR highlighted another of our new Scholars in their February newsletter.

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ncdhr/news-events/documents/Feb2015newsletter.pdf

TODAY, Feb. 4th, at 4:30pm: “The Upside of Stress”

by Jessica Contreras | February 4, 2015

Dr. Jeremy Jamieson will be our guest speaker for today’s WoW Seminar in SDC 1310 on the NTID campus presenting on “The Upside of Stress”. Come join us a 4:30pm today, February 4, 2015!

Bridges Scholars featured in NCDHR Newsletter

by Jessica Contreras | January 26, 2015

Check out National Center for Deaf Heath Research (NCDHR) December edition! Gloria Wink and Madeline Beach, Bridges Scholars, are featured in it!

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ncdhr/news-events/documents/December2014newsletter_000.pdf

Meet & Greet co-hosted by Interpretek a Success

by Jessica Contreras | January 26, 2015

A Meet & Greet was held on Friday, January 23 at Interpretek Headquarters to provide an opportunity for the Bridges Executive Team and Scholars to meet community interpreters. Delicious snacks were catered by Lovin’ Cup, and new relationships were started. We look forward to this new partnership!

Bridges Program at URMC Data Blitz

by Jessica Contreras | January 21, 2015

The Bridges Team had a good time at the URMC Data Blitz held in the atrium of the Saunders Research Building on Wednesday, January 21. It was good to mingle with members of other teams within NCDHR and meet URMC faculty and staff.

2014

First Annual Holiday Party

by Jessica Contreras | December 6, 2014

Bridges Holiday Party!

“Why I Am A Virologist” by Dr. Stephen Dewhurst

by Jessica Contreras | December 6, 2014

Dr. Stephen Dewhurst presented at NTID for the Bridges program. It was an excellent and enlightening presentation!!!! The title: Why I am a Virologist – and What I Hope to Learn about HIV and Influenza Virus.

Bridges Scholars attend VL2 Retreat

by Jessica Contreras | December 1, 2014

November 13-15, 2014: NTID’s Bridges Scholars at the VL2 Student Retreat @ Gallaudet University! Over 30 students attended the VL2 Student Retreat. A welcome address was given by Dr. Tom Allen and a special video from Dr. Laura-Ann Pettito. Students received training in various workshops such as linguistics, neuroscience, language assessments, and many more! A special thanks to those who fuzed in to share VL2’s Strategic Focus Areas and the individual studies within them. The retreat ended with a wonderful closing from Dr. Clifton Langdon and Dr. Peter Hauser who charmed the students with wonderful advice on how to survive academia and ethics related to researching deaf populations.

URMC Cancer Symposium: Gloria

by Jessica Contreras | November 21, 2014

Gloria Wink, Bridges Scholar, at the Cancer Symposium! Check out the video here!

Gloria Wink had a crowd for her Poster Presentation at the URMC Cancer Symposium on November 13, 2014.

Health Literacy Conference: Madeline Beach

by Jessica Contreras | November 9, 2014

Health Literacy Annual Research Conference, Washington, D.C.
L-R: Dr. Michael McKee, Dr. Peter C. Hauser, Bridges Scholar, Mady Beach, Dr. Jess Cuculick, Dr. Scott Smith and Dr. Vince Samar.

Gloria Wink, Bridges Scholar, featured in URMC “Healthy Signs”

by Jessica Contreras | October 28, 2014

http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/ncdhr/news-events/documents/Aug2014newsletter.pdf

Bridges Cohort 2014-2015: Lorne Farovitch

by Jessica Contreras | September 8, 2014

My name is Lorne Farovitch. I was born in Vancouver B.C., Canada and grew up in Arizona. My wonderful deaf parents raised me along with two hearing siblings. I went to Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind because my parents wanted me to have full access to learning through American Sign Language. After graduating from high school, I went to Gallaudet University and graduated with two degrees in Biology and Chemistry. I am fascinated with science. Science has many different and interesting areas that I was not sure about until I saw the Rochester Bridges to Doctorate Program.

The Bridges Program is perfect for me because it helps me narrow down to an area of science that I am most interested in. Currently, I am a graduate student in environmental science and am interested in doing research on the survival of various pathogens in surface water, sediments, and soils.

Bridges Cohort 2014-2015: Jessica Contreras

by Jessica Contreras | September 2, 2014

My name is Jessica Contreras. I am from Anchorage, Alaska and I have been at RIT for the past 5 years. I have worked at the Deaf Studies Laboratory as a Research Assistant during this time and obtained my bachelor’s in Clinical Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. I am currently working on my master’s degree in Experimental Psychology. My goal is to obtain my PhD in Brain and Cognitive Sciences and become a researcher. My research interests are language and how the brain develops specifically in relation to signed languages. (L-R: G.Wink, RITchie, RIT President Destler, and J.Contreras)

Bridges Cohort 2014-2015: Madeline Beach

by Jessica Contreras | September 2, 2014

My name is Madeline Beach and I recently graduated from Boston University with a B.A. in Mathematics, specializing in statistics. I am currently working towards an M.S. in Applied Statistics through the Center for Quality and Applied Statistics at RIT. After earning a Masters, I hope to continue on with a PhD either in Biostatistics or Statistics with a specialization in biostatistics. I am interested in pursuing research in the field of mental health, specifically issues of quality of life and depression among the Deaf and geriatric populations.

Apple Fest 2014

by Jessica Contreras | August 29, 2014

The Apple Fest @ NTID!!!!!

ImagineRIT 2014

by Jessica Contreras | May 3, 2014

iSLC Conference

by Jessica Contreras | April 1, 2014

The seventh annual inter-Science of Learning conference (iSLC) was hosted in Pittsburgh, PA with the theme of “Navigating the Future of the Science of Learning.” This conference offered students a comfortable place to present their research to their peers—instilling professionalism, networking, and intellectual discourse from an inter-disciplinary perspective. It served as an excellent opportunity to build one’s expertise disseminating at conferences. This year was my second year attending the conference and I was thrilled Gina De Naples, who is a first year Bridges Scholar, was able to join as well making it her first conference experience!

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