UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1336

Submission information
Submission Number: 1336
Submission ID: 21276
Submission UUID: 2278fc4f-aba8-49c0-b84c-79bbddac7d96

Created: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 09:00 PM
Completed: Fri, 08/22/2025 - 09:17 PM
Changed: Mon, 08/25/2025 - 11:09 AM

Remote IP address: 46.110.208.96
Submitted by: Anonymous
Language: English

Is draft: No
Primary Research Mentor Name Matilda Vevera
Research Mentor Preferred Pronouns She/Her
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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) cvevera@fsu.edu
Position Title Graduate Student
Faculty Advisor Name Colleen Harmeling
Faculty Advisor's FSU Email charmeling@business.fsu.edu
FSU College (if applicable) Business
FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Marketing
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Title of the Project Medical Decision-Making: The Relationship Between Doctors, Patients, and Insurance
Project Keywords healthcare, consumer decision-making, medical decisions, insurance
Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes
Number of Research Assistants Needed 2
Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Open to all majors.
Project Location: On FSU Main Campus
If the project location is off campus, does the research assistant(s) need to provide their own transportation?
Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote
Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 5-10
Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)
Overall Research Project Description This research looks at how medical providers communicate with both patients and insurance companies and how they are able to make medical recommendations that meets the wants and needs of both these two entities to the best of their ability. This research is multi-method, specifically using a combination of qualitative and secondary data. The main goals of this project is to better understand how a medical provider makes decisions when they have multiple, sometimes competing, pressures from various sources (i.e., the patient, the hospital, insurance etc.).
Research Tasks The tasks will eventually be decided between me and the research assistant(s). In general most of the work will be with the data/empirical portion of the project and less so with the theory. Tasks can include things like data analysis (both qualitative and quantitative), data cleaning, etc.
Skills that research assistant(s) may need: There are no required skills, but some familiarity with data analysis or coding would be recommended/appreciated. :)
Mentoring Philosophy My mentoring philosophy is generally that I want this to be mostly student led in terms of how much and what kind of work they want to do on the project. I want this to be a space where my student feels comfortable asking questions and coming to me for help when they need it. I view this more as a learning experience rather than something where I am expecting anyone to get everything right on their first try. I hope that this would be something that can be exciting and fun but that also provides a lot of learning and experience that the student can use in the future.
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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes
Roundtable times and Zoom links
Roundtable Info
  • Day: Tuesday, September 2
    Start Time: 5:00
    End Time: 5:30
    Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/j/3224057927
Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes
UROP Performance Evaluation Yes
Materials Grant Yes
UROP Poster Presentation Yes
Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes
Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? No
Year 2025
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