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This month Dr. Melia Bonomo from the Department of Bioengineering interviews our Project Coordinator for Project CHROMA.
Last week I had the opportunity to speak with our Project Coordinator, Russell Ku, about his background and involvement with Project CHROMA in the Biobehavioral Mechanisms Explaining Disparities BMED Lab. Russell is local from Katy, TX and graduated from Rice University with his B.A. in Psychology in December 2021. He started as Project Coordinator this past July, but Russell isn’t new to the BMED Lab — he’s been a research assistant for Project CHROMA since Spring 2021.
As Project Coordinator, Russell handles the administrative duties of the project and oversees the day-to-day activities. He’s also in charge of training new new research assistants and delegating tasks. On the recruitment side of the project, he distributes flyers, organizes community recruitment events, explains the study details to potential participants, and screens for eligibility. For participants that are recruited to the study and confirmed eligible, Russell helps to prepare for their study visits, run their visits, and take care of the logistics and supplies for the music class that participants in the intervention group attend for 6-weeks.
As the coordinator, he is also responsible for communicating with the team and collaborators about study updates. Finally, he helps with data management, which includes organizing, cleaning, and preparing data for future analyses.
When asked about his favorite part of being Project Coordinator, Russell said that it’s seeing how much participants enjoy their experience in the music classes, especially those who were initially hesitant about it. Participants really support each other and work as a collaborative team throughout the class. He’s also glad to work with such a friendly and supportive team at the BMED lab, especially the amazing, dedicated undergraduate and graduate researchers of Project CHROMA!
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