CURF Prompt #3: My CURF – Ilana Kersh

Throughout this process, my main main area of growth was in my ability to use the SPSS data analysis software. I had used this platform before, but never to this extent. I had to figure out which tests to run, decide which parts of my dataset to use, and make decisions on which parts of…

CURF #2 – Becoming A Researcher Ilana Kersh

I connected with my research mentor in the Fall of 2022, so we have been working together for about a year now. I had done previous research at Columbia University regarding Lyme disease and quality of life, and I cited one of her papers in my final research paper that I wrote. Once I got…

CURF Fall 2023 Introduction Post

My name is Ilana Kersh and the title of my project is An investigation of comorbidities: an analysis of symptoms, quality of life, and poor health outcomes in patients with knee osteoarthritis and hypertension. Working with Dr. Elizabeth A Schlenk in the School of Nursing, the goal of my project is to better understand how…