Alexis Payton, Ms Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc

• Performs data analysis and visualization using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA), Microsoft Excel, and R on high dimensional toxicology datasets to elucidate the impact of environmental exposures on human health • Presents research at the Environmental Bioinformatics Research Group (EBRG) to 25+ students and professionals on the efficacy of supervised and unsupervised machine learning for inhaled toxicant research• Advises 10+ undergraduate to graduate-level students on writing code for various data analyses and sharing code with Github• Co-writes manuscripts contributing to 5 publications and 3 grants, earning the Environmental Sciences Achievement Award

New York, United States

• Performs precision jazz and tap choreography for up to 6,000 audience members at Radio City Music Hall in up to 4 shows a day 6 days a week in the "Christmas Spectacular Starring the Radio City Rockettes"• Participates in photo opportunities, conducts interviews, and performs routines for various media outlets including the Today Show and the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Chapel Hill, Nc

• Utilized unsupervised machine learning to determine if clustered rather than individual cytokine profiles yield greater biological implications compared across smoking status and body compartments for Master’s defense• Presented research at the North Carolina Chapter of the Society of Toxicology (NCSOT) and for honors thesis defense to 25+ departmental students and faculty on the role of the placental transcriptome and genome on modulating birth weight receiving ‘Highest Honors’• Performed high throughput data analysis and data visualization using Ingenuity Pathway Analysis (IPA), Microsoft Excel, and R to determine significantly associated genes in large datasets containing up to 35 variables and 4M records• Conducted literature reviews and wrote manuscripts contributing to 6 publications and a R21 grant funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

• Created a relational database and consolidated multiple enzyme sources based on it to integrate internal and external information expediting target identification and validation for drug development • Coded in Python to perform data parsing in files containing up to 2.5M lines of text and exported melted data to Excel• Presented project results to 40+ senior leadership and colleagues in Research Information & Digital Solutions (RIDS) communicating importance of the project in the drug discovery process and goals of RIDS

Chapel Hill, Nc

• Researched health effects of air pollution in individuals with preexisting respiratory diseases and sought to examine underlying biological mechanisms of asthma, COPD, and CF• Conducted wet bench lab work increasing the lab’s sputum and blood processing output.Skills: Sputum and blood processing, M1/M2 immunohistochemistry slide reading, Slide differentials, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR), Autoclave, Centrifuges: standard, high speed, Micropipette

London, United Kingdom

• Wrote a quantitative and qualitative 17-page report on health outcomes of local foster care children and advised the organization on ways to improve their prognosis • Presented findings to a meeting of 30+ senior leadership and community stakeholders leading to a reassessment of the Centre’s care structure• Assisted in the development of a report to assess and tackle the rising suicide rate in Central London • Collaborated with stakeholders in the National Health Service (NHS), Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs), and local authorities to collect anecdotal evidence for both reports

Master Of Science - Ms, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Activities and Societies: Research Assistant, Teaching Assistant

Bachelor Of Science In Public Health - Bsph, Environmental Health Science, Minor In Biology

Activities and Societies: Elizabeth “Pepper" Dowd Carolina Scholar, Buckley Public Service Scholars, Honors Carolina Laureate, Kamikazi.