{"id":22,"date":"2026-07-09T17:50:19","date_gmt":"2026-07-09T17:50:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/draft-chp367-template\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2026-07-12T16:21:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T16:21:38","slug":"about-me","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello,<\/p>\n<p>My name is Dana Donigan. I am a student at Old Dominion University studying Health Service Administration with a minor in management. Throughout my time at ODU, I developed a passion for improving healthcare systems, serving diverse communities, and making a meaningful impact through leadership and service.<\/p>\n<p>This portfolio will highlight my internship experience, personal growth, and just the overall knowledge I have gained while preparing for a career in healthcare administration.<\/p>\n<h2>Internship Site:<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Organization: <\/strong>Consortium for Infant and Child Health (CINCH) and Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) for our Teen Substance Use &amp; Mental Health Initiatives, including our What\u2019s Up with Teen Marijuana Use Study<\/p>\n<p><strong>Location: <\/strong>Williams Hall, 855 West Brambleton Avenue\/ P.O. Box 1980, Norfolk VA 23501-1980<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organization Type:<\/strong> Academic medical center and healthcare research\u00a0institution.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Organization Overview: <\/strong>CINCH\u2014What&#8217;s Up with Teen Marijuana Use Study: This project is a national study that will explore the intersections of a variety of factors on teen use, parent experiences, resources, state and local policy, and teen mental health, as well as impacts on school attendance and academic performance.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mission: <\/strong>Ultimately, we hope to use information learned to create new, better resources, interventions, and supports for parents, teens, and schools.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vision: <\/strong>To reach a diverse group, including the underserved communities, to. help better equip them in the knowledge and dangers of teen marijuana usage.<\/p>\n<p><strong>My Preceptor: <\/strong>The internship preceptor&#8217;s name is Amy Paulson. Miss Paulson holds bachelor&#8217;s degrees in business, healthcare administration, and psychology, all from Appalachian State University, and a master&#8217;s in public health from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Miss Amy Paulson is an assistant professor of pediatrics at Eastern Virginia Medical School, Macon and Joan Brock, Virginia Health Sciences, at Old Dominion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Resume:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\ud83d\udcc4 <a href=\"\/mnt\/data\/Files.pdf\">Download Dana Donigan Resume<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>To start, view these quick <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/success\/programs\/eportfolios\/tutorials#tab89=2\">WordPress<\/a> tutorials! For more help, make an appointment with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.odu.edu\/success\/programs\/eportfolios\">The Center for High Impact Practice&#8217;s ePortfolio Team<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello, My name is Dana Donigan. I am a student at Old Dominion University studying Health Service Administration with a minor in management. Throughout my time at ODU, I developed a passion for improving healthcare systems, serving diverse communities, and making a meaningful impact through leadership and service. This portfolio will highlight my internship experience,&#8230; <\/p>\n<div class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":32569,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32569"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/75"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/eportolio-dana\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}