This photograph was taken at the World Choir Games in Cincinnati, with my research mentors and an amateur choir from Indonesia. While assisting in running a voice health clinic at the Games, I conducted a questionnaire study on choral singing wellbeing in order to take advantage of this rare opportunity. A total of 298 amateur choir singers with international backgrounds made up our subject pool. This research was completed under the guidance of my mentors, Dr. Sid Khosla and Dr. Eva van Leer, through the Department of Otolaryngology at the UC College of Medicine.
I had nearly given up on finding a career that would allow me to combine my interests in research, music, and health care before I started working in Dr. Khosla’s lab. Dr. Khosla is an otolaryngologist with a fellowship in laryngology, whose NIH funded research focuses on the larynx and its related mechanisms. Through medicine, he is able to provide the kind of care I had always dreamed of being able to give. Because of his mentorship and encouragement, I have decided to finish my degree from CCM and, rather than pursue a Masters in the arts, remain in Cincinnati to complete the undergraduate requirements for application to medical school. Because of this experience, I am now pursuing a career that will allow me to combine my interests in vocal physiology and music.
The first artifact is the questionnaire I developed for data collection. This was based off of the knowledge I gained from reviewing the literature on questionnaire development. The second artifact is a pdf of the slides from the presentation I gave at the 42nd Annual Voice Symposium in Philadelphia. This was an extremely rewarding experience that has led to future opportunities. The third artifact is the official response to reviewers comments I composed during the peer review process. I had the opportunity to meet one of my reviewers during the symposium and was given much-appreciated feedback and encouragement. The fourth artifact is the final version of the published article. Bolded sections reflect the changes made from the peer review process. The fifth artifact is a combination of the two figures and data table discussed in the article. I created these in collaboration with a professional statistician and my research mentor. Finally, the sixth artifact is the working pdf of the article, given to us by the publisher after the article was accepted.
I had nearly given up on finding a career that would allow me to combine my interests in research, music, and health care before I started working in Dr. Khosla’s lab. Dr. Khosla is an otolaryngologist with a fellowship in laryngology, whose NIH funded research focuses on the larynx and its related mechanisms. Through medicine, he is able to provide the kind of care I had always dreamed of being able to give. Because of his mentorship and encouragement, I have decided to finish my degree from CCM and, rather than pursue a Masters in the arts, remain in Cincinnati to complete the undergraduate requirements for application to medical school. Because of this experience, I am now pursuing a career that will allow me to combine my interests in vocal physiology and music.
The first artifact is the questionnaire I developed for data collection. This was based off of the knowledge I gained from reviewing the literature on questionnaire development. The second artifact is a pdf of the slides from the presentation I gave at the 42nd Annual Voice Symposium in Philadelphia. This was an extremely rewarding experience that has led to future opportunities. The third artifact is the official response to reviewers comments I composed during the peer review process. I had the opportunity to meet one of my reviewers during the symposium and was given much-appreciated feedback and encouragement. The fourth artifact is the final version of the published article. Bolded sections reflect the changes made from the peer review process. The fifth artifact is a combination of the two figures and data table discussed in the article. I created these in collaboration with a professional statistician and my research mentor. Finally, the sixth artifact is the working pdf of the article, given to us by the publisher after the article was accepted.