Viking Union Marketing Internship

An internship is a valuable way for a student to gain experience and build a portfolio. Marketing internships offer a wide variety of opportunities including working at an agency (advertising, media buying, public relations, etc.), working in marketing research, product marketing, and more. I began working in the Viking Union in fall quarter of my junior year at the Information Desk on the 6th floor. When I heard that my supervisor, the Director of Viking Union Operations, was offering in internship in marketing for the Viking Union, I knew that I had found the perfect opportunity. A fellow marketing student and I applied for and accepted the job. We had already worked together in several class projects, so we were confident that we would make a great team. From the beginning we knew that we would be spending most of our time during the internship preparing, implementing, and analyzing the first ever Viking Union Student Survey. Because we both had had some exposure to marketing research in class, we were familiar with the methodology behind surveying, and we knew how to use SPSS, which is a marketing research software tool designed specifically for the analysis of survey data

Abnormal wave reflections and left ventricular hypertrophy late after coarctation of the aorta repair

Patients with repaired coarctation of the aorta are thought to have increased afterload due to abnormalities in vessel structure and function. We have developed a novel cardiovascular magnetic resonance protocol that allows assessment of central hemodynamics, including central aortic systolic blood pressure, resistance, total arterial compliance, pulse wave velocity, and wave reflections. The main study aims were to (1) characterize group differences in central aortic systolic blood pressure and peripheral systolic blood pressure, (2) comprehensively evaluate afterload (including wave reflections) in the 2 groups, and (3) identify possible biomarkers among covariates associated with elevated left ventricular mass (LVM). Fifty adult patients with repaired coarctation and 25 age- and sex-matched controls were recruited. Ascending aorta area and flow waveforms were obtained using a high temporal-resolution spiral phase-contrast cardiovascular magnetic resonance flow sequence. These data were used to derive central hemodynamics and to perform wave intensity analysis noninvasively. Covariates associated with LVM were assessed using multivariable linear regression analysis. There were no significant group differences (P≥0.1) in brachial systolic, mean, or diastolic BP. However central aortic systolic blood pressure was significantly higher in patients compared with controls (113 versus 107 mm Hg, P=0.002). Patients had reduced total arterial compliance, increased pulse wave velocity, and larger backward compression waves compared with controls. LVM index was significantly higher in patients than controls (72 versus 59 g/m(2), P<0.0005). The magnitude of the backward compression waves was independently associated with variation in LVM (P=0.01). Using a novel, noninvasive hemodynamic assessment, we have shown abnormal conduit vessel function after coarctation of the aorta repair, including abnormal wave reflections that are associated with elevated LVM