Water Quality Researcher

Karen Beljan, BS '05, Environmental Engineering

A Lake Divided: Modeling DO in Onondaga Lake

Beljan, of Eden, New York, evaluated remediation alternatives to improve the water quality of Onondaga Lake, ultimately helping to develop a method to aerate the lake that would improve the water and ecosystem.

(Photo: KC Kratt, MFA '84)

Salt Status Of Health Infants

Disciplines

We are seeking several student volunteers to assist in obtaining informed consent and coordinating collection of urine samples from healthy infants to determine the urinary sodium:creatinine ratio. This project is a preliminary study to help determine a normal range so that we may then study infants with cystic fibrosis who are at risk for sodium depletion. Students will be asked to take an on-line course in the basics of human subjects research (i.e. this is both a learning and a service opportunity). Research will be conducted in private practice offices in Amherst. It would be best if volunteers had access to a car.

Research Project Information

Date Open: Dec 3, 2007 to Mar 7, 2012
Suggested Skill Set: Students will learn the basics of human subjects research. We only require enthusiasm and good organizational skills.
Compensation: Credit, Voluntary

Faculty / Professor Contact

Professor(s): Drucy Borowitz MD (dborowitz@upaa.chob.edu)
Department: Pediatrics
Address: Women And Children's Hospital
Phone: 878-7561