Getting Started with the Research Group

Being new to Northeastern, my goal is to build up a vibrant team of committed students and staff at all levels who work collaboratively on exciting, imporant, and fun research in health technologies. Eventually the group will have students in both the technical domains and health domains creatively working together and learning from one another.

If you are interested in participating in my group’s research, either as a volunteer or (eventually) in a paid position, here's what you should do.

Step 1: Send me your name, email, and resume and I will put you on a mailing list I maintain of people interested in the group. (...@neu.edu)

Step 2: Ask me about attending our weekly group meetings. This is your chance to meet others working in the group (or thinking about it) and to start to contribute. If you have a permanent conflict with the meeting every week, let me know and we'll make other arrangements.

Step 3: Identify a particular project to dive in on and get your feet wet. If you attend meetings for a while, you might talk with existing students/staff and, when the opportunity comes up, volunteer to do something for them that will help with a research project. Alternatively, for a faster jump-start, we have a list of getting-started projects we need help with. If you can successfully pull off a few small projects this will demonstrate your commitment and abilities and make it easier for other group members to spend time mentoring you to get you more involved with their projects. Always remember that time is the scarcest resource of everyone in the group!

Health students: we are looking for help from you as well!

One last note regarding funding. I have limited funding for paid positions, and that funding will always be changing based on what is happening with projects and grants (see my job listings page). If you are interested in a funded position, your best bet is to get involved as a volunteer and demonstrate your initiative, enthusaism, and abilities. If you do, when paid spots do become available you will be more likely to be able to get them if you are already an active contributor to the group, familiar with our research, and (ideally) doing research of your own. If you want to know more about this, ask me to send you my document on volunteering.