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New York City Metropolitan Area

Greater New York City Area

o Led all aspects of new patient interviewing and data collection efforts at a top cognitive behavioral therapy private practice, serving over 200 mental health patientso Designed and launched a new patient questionnaire to over 300 potential clients, providing higher quality data to tailor patient placement according to clinicians’ strengths and improve client retention (35% increase in 2019)o Isolated 5 pain points of patient screening process by analyzing data/information gaps and through interviews with senior clinicians and patients, resulting in service improvement (78% of potential clients screened attend initial session; 10% increase)o Leveraged usage data from Google Analytics and Network Solutions to assess effectiveness of digital marketing strategies and identify opportunities for improving client retention

Greater New York City Area

o Spearheaded two research studies investigating the link between brain inflammation and psychosis; Helped secure multimillion-dollar funding for both studies via grant writing, applications, and communication with grant officialso Assessed project goals, stakeholder needs, and empirical research studies to develop key research questions and project scopeo Piloted numerous qualitative and quantitative methods to address key research questions and satisfy project timelineo Analyzed data from interviews, questionnaires, surveys, and biometric data (MRI, biological samples, and neurocognitive testing)

New York, New York

o Responsible for all research procedures: Conduct and analyze qualitative interviews focused on military experience; Implement computer-generated assessments to collect biometric data (heart rate, skin conductance, corrugator muscle activity); Organize and manage quantitative behavioral data obtained from questionnaires and biometric testing to analyze the effectiveness of emotion regulation strategies in veterans vs. nonveterans (using MATLAB and Biopac software)o Conducted usability testing while developing a computerized simulation of negative stimuli to test the targeted emotion regulation strategy with greater precision

Boston, Ma

o Headed two research studies which analyzed structural, functional, cognitive enhancements of the brain in psychotic patients; Helped secure multimillion-dollar funding for both studies via grant writing, applications, and communication with grant officialso Administered, scored, and produced reports on behavioral quantitative assessments (EEG, eye-tracking, neurocognitive testing, and fMRIs); Managed and analyzed qualitative and quantitative data obtained through interviews, questionnaires, surveys

o Responsible for all research procedures: Obtained funding through grants; Generated computer tasks and conducted usability testing to ensure quality performance, Managed and analyzed data obtained via interviews, questionnaires, and biometric measures (heart rate and skin conductance) to investigate differential benefits of two emotion regulation strategieso Piloted a qualitative research study which identified resource needs for families with a child diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Masters, Clinical Psychology

Ba, Psychology, Concentration In Neuroscience