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.
• 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.
• 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).

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.