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My name is Katie Blitsman, and I'm from
Long Island, New York.

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The faculty I am working with is
Dr Valerie Reyna.

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we're designing an intervention
to reduce anxiety that is caused

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by screening mammographies.

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it is really a good combination
of my interests because I'm most interested

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in medicine and pre-med
and so we get to focus with patients

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and doctors, and working
at the same time there is also

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the human psychology aspect
of workng with people and trying to

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understand their anxiety.

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I've been learning a lot about statistics
and

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psychology and it is a lot of stuff that I
didn't

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think I'd be able to understand.

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But the more I do it the more I realize I can, so
reading a paper used to be intimidating

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but now it is something I do every day.

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it makes me feel more connected to my college.

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I am actually doing something more than just taking
classes.