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About the Internship
About the Internship
The Sandusky lab is focused on studying tissue samples and providing analysis of the tissues studied. The lab identifies any abnormalities or cancers that we may find in the microscopic analysis of the sample.
The goal at Dr. Sandusky's Pathology Lab is to analyze and evaluate different types of tissue samples through the use of software and AI technology. This makes a great impact not just to a patient, but to the medical community at large, by providing answers and pioneering new ways to analyze pathological samples. Did you know that this pathology lab in specific has analyzed samples for the F.D.A. (Food and Drug Administration) and UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles)?
your elevator pitch visual (example to the right on this page). You can put it anywhere on the page, we recommend toward the top to grab the viewer’s attention.
I attended the LHSI Showcase and presented the research I did.
Add a citation if you borrowed media when you add multimedia to explain your work during LHSI, such as videos, articles, or infographics about your team.
In April you'll add:
Sarcomas are rare and aggressive malignant tumors that can affect various tissues, including nerves, bones, muscles, fat, and blood vessels. In the United States, approximately 13,000 new cases are diagnosed annually, including around 900 in children, with a slightly higher incidence in males. These tumors are particularly dangerous due to their tendency to metastasize. Each year, about 5,420 people die from sarcomas. Treatment often involves surgery, but around 7% of cases are managed with immunotherapy and/or chemotherapy. In pathology, digital imaging AI platforms like Aperio, Halo, and QuPath are increasingly used for image analysis. This summary is based on a pilot study within a broader research project investigating the relationship between tissue levels of top2a and sensitivity to the chemotherapy drug doxorubicin.
your final project. The Prezi and Power point below are examples of where you could put your final project. This project is about your work and can be any of the types of files we talked about at the workshop and in the Canvas module about the showcase.
Workplace
Workplace
Some skills that I have that are helpful to me in this lab are that I am able to work in a team (teamwork) and effectively communicate my thoughts. I have attained this from working in my troop with the Boy Scouts of America. Another skill I have is that I am reliable and take accountability. This skill I have learned through working with DeMolay, a masonic youth group. Both of these skills have helped me in my internship to be successful in both reporting my findings and presenting them to a group.
In February, add what kind of team member you have been this year. How did your team role change throughout the internship? How did your contributions impact the larger project, goals, or mission of your internship team? Why did your efforts, no matter how small or routine, matter to getting the bigger job done?
Successes and Challenges
Successes and Challenges
Successes
Something that I have felt successful at currently in my internship, was when I learned how to successfully scan in slides for the lab. This task may seem easy but can be time consuming if one does not know the proper order in which to place the slides as well as the procedure. When I first started to scan, I was very nervous, but remembered my training and that I had resources all around to help me if needed. I began to scan the first slide and everything went well, so well that I scanned 100 slides that same day.
Another time that I have felt successful, is when I had completed my first project for the lab in which I was analyzing slides for patients on my own and then reviewing my work and findings with my manager. This was exciting but also stressful, I had never analyzed slides on my own and was nervous I would make a mistake. Once I finished my work, it was sent for feedback. When the feedback comments were sent, I was relieved to see that my findings were correct and I had done it correctly.
Challenges
Something that has been challenging in this internship so far, is learning how to properly use excel to share my findings correctly. When I first started, I did not use excel very often. This lab uses excel to present their findings to doctors, so the use of it is very intricate in our daily work. I have since then been learning how to use excel to accurately present my findings.
Another thing that has been challenging, is the training that I completed for the lab. It took time and I had to remember to trust the process. The training that I had done for this lab was easy in principle, but challenging to me. Apart from learning Excel, I had to learn the identification of tissue samples and the things present in each of them. Thus, I have been learning since my time here, how to identify tissue samples and any abnormalities that may occur in them.
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