Hello everyone, my name is Mary McMahon, and I am currently a senior at Pitt majoring in Psychology and minoring in Hispanic Language and Culture as well as Chemistry. I am currently pursuing a pre-med curriculum in preparation for medical school. Some unique facts about me are that I am currently semi-fluent in Spanish, have…
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My name is Mary McMahon and I recently graduated from the University of Pittsburgh with a major in psychology and minor in Hispanic Language and Culture. I am currently working as a Health Educator at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
My Skill Acquisition
I believe this research expanded my understanding of interdisciplinary research as I see it. With an ultimate career path of becoming a healthcare provider, a more traditional research experience may be in a lab or hospital setting. I have also incorporated the traditional research experiences into my undergraduate career, but I strongly believe in the…
Developing and Understanding My Research Network
Through my research this summer I hope to learn more technical aspects of data coding and collection. Specifically, this summer I am working with my faculty mentor and research team to utilize a software called Dedoose to analyze interviews of alum from the Justice Scholars Program in hopes of finding key data that can lead…
Highlighting the Importance of My Research
When thinking about discussing the importance of my research to a general audience I try to think of what I may have in common with the audience. In general I think about where my audience and I may agree. A book that I always think of in addressing how to communicate something I feel important…
Raising the Voices: Starting with youth to create long-term social and systematic change
A lot of what I hope to learn through my research partnership this summer is how I can effectively promote development socially and academically for youth in Homewood and ultimately how I can be a part of youth engagement to develop their voice to enact change in their own communities and lives. This passion to…
Introduction: Mary McMahon 2020 Summer Community Research Fellowship
Hello everyone! My name is Mary McMahon and I am a rising junior majoring in psychology and minoring in Hispanic Language and Culture. I am currently pursuing a pre-med curriculum in preparation for medical school. This past spring semester I had the unique opportunity of studying the Spanish Language in Granada, Spain before coming home early due to the coronavirus. I most…