Experience
The Framingham Heart Study (2016-2019)
Senior Research Assistant:
Managed and prepared case studies for Dementia, Neuropathology, and Parkinson’s Disease conferences.
Organized and administered neuropsychological tests, digital pen data, and medical history updates.
Directed research collaborations, new employee training, and staff team building.
Implemented eHealth studies with participants (smartphone, smartwatch, sleep tracker, digital blood pressure cuff).
Assisted with brain donations, MRI scans, TBI surveys, and participant coordination.
Senior Thesis (2015-2016)
Interpretation Biases for Threat as a Function of Anger and Aggression Proneness
My thesis was one of 12 theses approved from a large pool of applications, and was supervised by Dr. Richard McNally, Dr. Nicole LeBlanc, and Dr. Evan Kleiman.
The McNally Laboratory (2014-2016)
Thesis Researcher:
Developed study, created stimuli, coded Qualtrics HTML, collected and analyzed data.
Wrote manuscript, defended at thesis panel, and presented at Psychology Department event.
Presented conference poster at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies.
Research Assistant:
Administered studies and recorded data measuring aerobic exercise and emotional responses to different stimuli.
Transcribed and coded participant audio recordings measuring complicated grief and memory.
Collected and organized research study stimuli investigating aversion and Obsessive Compulsive Behavior.
The Warneken Lab (2014-2015)
Research Assistant:
Communicated with parents of children by phone for recruitment.
Administered studies at the Boston Children’s Museum.
Contributed to presentations of results with graduate students.