Assistant School

Kristina Hughes

Amy Hughes

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RESEARCH/

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE Staff

Research Associate (July 2007-Present)

Location: UCLA Pediatric Pain Program and

UCLA Children s Comfort Care Program

Organize,

maintain, and perform analyses on the databases of two grant funded studies in

pediatric palliative care. Assist in the

coordination of interdisciplinary meetings and communication to advance

policies, education, and clinical care for children with life-threatening

illnesses. Conduct in-depth literature searches to establish a comprehensive

catalog of published journal articles within the field of pediatric palliative

care and children with chronic pain/life-threatening illnesses

Research

Internship (August 2006- Present)

Location: Mc Gaugh Elementary School, Los

Alamitos Unified School District

Responsibilities: Literary reviews,

Pamphlet creation, Compiling and creating a resource system for school psychologists

to use with children, siblings and parents in situations involving cancer and

chronic illness

Research

Assistant (April 2005- Present)

Location: UCLA Pediatric Pain Program and

UCLA Children s Comfort Care Program- Glaser Pediatric Symptom Communication

Study

Responsibilities: Code qualitative data,

literary reviews, help conduct interviews, transcribing interviews,

organization of data, videotaping, create website pages for UCLA Comfort Care

Program Website: Psychosocial Care section, proficient in SPSS, Microsoft

Office programs, ProCite, databases including Pubmed and PsychInfo, set-up and

production of monthly meetings and self-research specialty

Poster

Presentation (May 2006)

Location: UCLA Divisions of Life and Physical

Sciences Science Poster Day

Responsibilities: Create poster with PowerPoint, analyze data

using SPSS, discuss results and present poster at undergraduate conference to

UCLA students and faculty members

UCLA

Undergraduate Research Scholar (September 2005- May 2006)

Received a $5,000 scholarship to complete a

research project under the guidance of a mentor; completed project,

Relationship of child coping style and caregiver mood state to the psychosocial

health of children with life-limiting illnesses; presented in poster format

EDUCATION UCLA: June

2007

Cumulative GPA

3.78

Magna cum Laude

BS Psychobiology

Program GPA

3.87

Goal: Attend graduate school; complete

Ph.D. in clinical psychology; emphasis in pediatric psychology

Los

Alamitos HS Cumulative

GPA 4.3

Graduated June 2003HONORS

Phi Beta

Kappa Honors Society (Inducted June 2007)UCLACollege Honors

Program (September 2003-June 2007)UCLA

Dean s Honors List (Spring 2007, Winter 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006,

Winter 2006, Fall 2005, Spring 2005, Fall 2004, Spring 2004)

EXTRACURRICULAR

ACTIVITIES Pi Beta

Phi (September 2004-Present)

Positions held: Leadership and Nominating Committee Chair

(April 2006- Present); Assistant VP Philanthropy (September 2005-April 2006);

Leadership and Nominating Committee (September 2005-April 2006); Philanthropy Interest

Group Chair (January 2005- September 2005

Responsibilities: administer and create philanthropy support

groups, help to organize philanthropic events, organize and lead chapter

leadership workshops, Select the slate for new board members, run interview

process for all positions in house, adhere to deadlines and budget

Cheerleading

Team at UCLA (August 2003- April 2005)

Responsibilities: organize and perform at activities for local

community events, perform at university functions including most football,

men s basketball, women s basketball, women s volleyball, and other Olympic

sports, compete at USA Colligate Nationals

VOLUNTEER

EXPERIENCE Child Life

Volunteer (September 2003-September 2004)

Location:

Miller s Children s Hospital Long Beach

Responsibilities: cleaning toys;

participating and encouraging patients to participate in playroom activities;

taking patients to and from the playroom; visiting patients in rooms; opening

and closing the playroom; helped about five children a visit and supported the

general pediatrics and hematology/oncology child life staff

WORK

HISTORY Cheer

Coach (March 2005-June 2007)

Location: MayfairHigh School

Responsibilities: coaching cheerleading

and tumbling; supervision and guidance of 9th-12th grade

students at practices, games, and various school activities, organization of

practices, tryouts and games, mentoring and tutoring through scholarship

programs, arranging group and individual parent meetings

Cheer

Instructional Staff (January 2003-Present)

Location:

United Spirit Association (USA)

Responsibilities: coaching cheerleading

skills including: jumps, motion technique, stunting, tumbling and cheer dances;

teaching leadership skills and game awareness skills; supervision and guidance

of 4th-12th grade students at camps and clinics,

organization of private coaching time, judging/ working tryouts and

competitions

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