Conduct data-driven public health research in collaboration with a nationally acclaimed investigative team comprised of physicians and statisticiansFocus on gathering and interpreting publicly available data points related to deaths and hospitalizations attributed directly or directly to the COVID-19 pandemic Build easy-to-understand visualizations of complex pandemic metrics, such as the Circuit Breaker Dashboard (alexanderjxchen.github.io/circuitbreaker), which received >50,000 unique visitors in early 2021Work featured in World Health Organization reports, Congressional testimonies, the Washington Post, and JAMA Internal Medicine (Nov. 2021 and Jan. 2022 editions).Completed a novel clinical study in 2021 investigating state-level opioid use and overdose trends during the COVID-19 pandemic with more than 85,000 unique data points

Oversaw all matters relevant to clinic logistics, including shift scheduling and patient intake

Assist with the day-to-day operations of a weekly, after-hours clinic focused on providing primary care to underserved populations in the Greater Boston area

Investigated key differences in white matter connectivity and neuroanatomy in selectively bred farm foxesDeveloped machine learning models to automate skull stripping procedures in non-primatebrain MRI images

Physical Sciences 11 (Foundations and Frontiers of Modern Chemistry) - Spring 2023Chemistry 17 (Principles of Organic Chemistry) - Fall 2022Life Sciences 1A (Introduction to the Life Sciences) - Fall 2021, Fall 2022, Fall 2023

Created study materials and assist in logistical efforts, including grant writing,questionnaire development, and outreach to K-12 institutions nationwide for Project THINK, a digital intervention aimed at improving adolescent mental healthSpearheaded a meta-analysis of digital mental health intervention literature byidentifying and screening representative studies for consideration

Oversaw English As a Second Language (ESL) classes taught by a team of over 15 undergraduate and high school tutors Coordinate publicity and outreach with Harvard’s PBHA flagship public service program

Develop statistical models for the analysis of neuroimaging, behavioral, and cognitive datafrom BRACO and SPRESTO, two nationwide studies regarding the effects of socioeconomicand individual factors on child neurodevelopment

Focused on making farm-fresh produce accessible to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Incubating at the Harvard Innovation Labs via the Venture Program.

Developed manual and machine learning techniques for annotation of behavioral and fiber photometry data as part of studies on the neuroscience of post-traumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorders, and opioid withdrawal

Worked intimately with leaders at multi-state healthcare organizations and insurance federations to initiate and refine strategic objectives surrounding patient data migrationLed a practice-wide effort to establish a uniform pipeline and repository for strategic resources related to payer and provider data use and storage transformation

Perform clinical duties for a digital health company involved in COVID-19 testing at publicschools, including preparing tests, running protocols, and tracking/reporting results

Conduct manual coding procedures as part of a center-wide project aimed at developingan ethics course identification tool at American universities

Researched cognition in adolescents with Klinefelter syndrome as part of the NIH-funded Brain, Genes, and Puberty (BGAP) studyDeveloped assessment data pipelines and database administration protocols to process more than 100 participant records over the course of the study

Examined root growth patterns of 80 sorghum specimens as part of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation-funded PROMISE project on tackling Striga parasitism

Elucidated sources of alpha-amylase contamination and relationship with neutrophil elastase concentration in sputum samples from cystic fibrosis patients