Researchers of Emory

  Holly Cordray   is a senior majoring in Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology. She was awarded a Fall 2020 Independent Grant which she used to conduct research at Children's Healthcare Atlanta. My name is Holly Cordray, and I am a senior in the Neuroscience and Behavioral Biology Honors Program.  Collaborating with Dr. Kara Prickett, a pediatric ENT surgeon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, I am currently running a 150-patient clinical trial of an interactive resource I developed for pediatric patient education: an educational pop-up book for children facing surgery.  I began this project in 2019 with the support of the SURE program and my mentor in the Art History department, Dr. Tasha Dobbin-Bennett.  I wanted to build a resource that would engage children in active learning through hands-on features like flaps, wheels, and pull-tabs, equipping patients with understanding and positive coping strategies as they prepare for surgery.  I am hoping this rea...

The  Lemelson-MIT Student Prize , is a national invention competition that recognizes  individual graduate students  who have tested prototypes of  two or more inventions  and  teams of undergraduate students  with a tested prototype of  one invention . They are once again conducting a nationwide search for the most inventive undergraduate and graduate students to compete for the  2020 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize . They would be delighted if mentors would consider  referring  qualified candidates. The competition recognizes students at any U.S. college or university who have tested prototypes of technology-based inventions in  healthcare ,  food/water and agriculture, transportation and mobility ,  and consumer devices . Inventions are not limited to class projects or thesis work, and any side/personal projects could also be considered. Patents are encouraged but not required. In each of the four ca...