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Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Coordinating a clinical neuroscience study on the neural and behavioral effects of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy on adolescents with eating disorders. -Coordinate families across three study sites: Massachusetts General Hospital, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and the Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging.-Operate Siemens 3T Skyra and Siemens 7T Terra MRI on adolescent and adult participants.-Administer structured clinical interviews to screen study participants (MINI-KID, SCID-5, PARDI).-Pipette and centrifuge blood and saliva samples.-DICOM unpacking, conversion of data to NIfTI (BIDS) format.-Creation of bash scripts for data organization.-Visual inspection of structural and functional data quality.-Editing and running MATLAB-based SPM12 preprocessing scripts.-Quality assessment of motion for functional data.-Editing and running first- and second-level models in SPM12 and fMRIPrep.-Collecting participants' vital signs at study visits.-Website design in WordPress.

New York, New York, United States

Graded exams, hosted office hours, and ran review sessions for PSYC 2435: Social NeuroscienceMaterial includes neural basis of:-Facial processing -Biases and stereotyping -Game theory-Emotionality -Motivation-Theory of mind-Social learning-Prosocial behavior-Attachment-Moral decision making

Researched cognitive flexibility of adolescents receiving cognitive remediation therapy and family-based treatment for anorexia nervosa. -Scored neuropsychological assessments for adolescents and adults, such as the DKEFS, WASI, REY-O, BASC, and BRIEF. -Administered food buffet behavioral assessment for adolescents in trial. -Conducted statistical analyses in R of weight suppression across sexes and ages. -Drafted IRB proposal for reward/punishment sensitivity study. -Reviewed and evaluated clinical therapy sessions for manual adherence and fidelity.-Obtained consent from families participating in study. -Created and managed projects in RedCAP.

Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinated with multidisciplinary treatment teams to administer Cognitive and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for mood disorders in adults. -Communicate with residents' treatment team to stage therapeutic interventions for depression, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, OCD, generalized anxiety disorder, schizophrenia, and eating disorders.-Monitor and ensure safety for residents at high risk of suicide and self harm.-Administer medications and measure vitals as prescribed by psychiatrists and nurses.-Take residents on outings to develop social skills outside the treatment facility. -Identify and document disregulated behavior among patients. -Aid residents in moments of distress by facilitating and overseeing use of coping skills. -Administer staff-assisted exposures as a part of Exposure Response Prevention.

Worked under Professor Camille Robcis toward completion of "The Gender Question: Populism, National Reproduction, and the Crisis of Representation"-Reviewing Congressional archives to examine the evolution of the phrases gender and sex in legislation and Congressional hearings -Documenting the etymological conflation of gender and sex in American social media from 1995-2015-Examining court testimony and amicus briefs to view opposing representations gender and sex -Mapping the interplay between nonprofits, legislators, civil advocates, bureaucrats, and academics in the transmission of changing definitions and usages -Comparing usage of gender and sex in UN resolutions and conventions in the context of US usage; contrasting timelines of each and finding intersections-Finding invocations of European norms as an attack or defense of gender as differentiated from sex

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Drafted climate policy and foreign policy recommendations, legislative text, and constituent correspondence, monitored committee activity. Successfully wrote and passed language in the FY2022 Budget Resolution.-Wrote policy memos for legislative staff, the Legislative Director, the Chief of Staff, and the Senator.-Researched and calculated cost estimates for key proposals.-Wrote voting recommendations for the Senator on appointments coming before the committees on Energy and Natural Resources and Environment and Public Works.-Produced talking points for the Senator's floor speeches. -Conducted 1:1 meetings with advocacy groups and coalitions to discuss the inclusion of proposals into the Senator's legislation.-Met with policy staff of other Senate offices to negotiate legislative provisions and voting strategy.-Used R and Excel to compare legislative proposals and produce reports for senior staff.-Wrote call memos for the Senator to brief him before meetings with major interest groups.-Took notes on Congressional hearings and briefings for senior staff. -Transcribed floor and committee speeches for the Communications team.-Tracked online response to environmental proposals and comments from the Senator. -Composed legislative correspondence to constituents and groups that write to the Senator. -Received constituent calls and logged legislative comments in IQ. -Assisted with staff tasks such as sorting mail and delivering legislation to the Senate floor.

Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Built and ran a state nonprofit operation to pass a regional cap and investment policy.-Whipped 2 cosponsors for the recently passed Fossil Fuel Divestment Act -Wrote a sign on letter and secured 119 signatures of elected officials across New Jersey urging Gov. Murphy to join the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI)-Published an op-ed in favor of the TCI in the New Jersey Urban Mayors' Association's Seasonal Policy Brief -Conducted 1:1s with elected officials ranging from mayors to state senators -Assembled a diverse steering committee of 10 elected officials across New Jersey-Coordinated with other nonprofits in the state and region in outreach to officials.-Created and used a Nationbuilder database of every official in NJ to run an email outreach campaign-Hired and managed a cohort of college interns using administrative tools like SamePage and Clockify-Trained interns and volunteers to phonebank and lobby elected officials-Wrote grant proposals for the New Jersey and New York teams seeking environmental justice funding

Brookfield, Wisconsin, United States

Managed and strategized volunteer outreach operation.-Responsible for CDs 1 and 5, containing most of Suburban Milwaukee and Southeastern WI-Managed FOs working from home as the campaign went fully online-Recruited volunteers, but also mobilized campaign resource and lists to administer mutual aid and unemployment information for COVID-19

Urbana-Champaign, Illinois Area

Managed and strategized volunteer outreach operation.-Transitioned to a distributed program: trained FOs to develop fully autonomous organizing teams-Responsible for all of IL outside Chicago, ~8 million people-Brought the campaign its only county victory in Champaign. -Moved 1,000+ GOTV shifts online over 24 hours as campaign went virtual-Spearheaded relational wing of virtual GOTV: developed "virtual house parties" resulting in thousands of confirmed relational contacts and votes.

Concord, New Hampshire, United States

Managed and strategized volunteer outreach operation.-Promoted after after 5 months of producing the highest volunteer recruitment numbers in the state proportional to region population. -Responsible for Concord and the surrounding towns in Merrimack County, encompassing 31 cities and roughly 100,000 people.-Managed a team of six FOs diverse in experience, age, gender, sexuality, and religion.-Trained FOs in VAN, MiniVAN, Mobilize, and Quickbase -Developed organizing skills: effective hard asks over the phone, training volunteers, and hosting barnstorms.-Set metrics and strategized the allocation of volunteers by analyzing the area's counts and crosstabs. -Calibrated our goals to better motivate progress by regularly monitoring door and call output. -Solely responsible for the hiring process: conducted interviews and reference checks-Ran Merrimack's regional boiler room during GOTV, coordinating twelve staging locations and a volunteer leadership team of more than twenty five people, who in turn were responsible for managing over 600 shifts. -In the RBR: regularly updated our door and shift numbers, troubleshooted problems with staging location directors, and maintained a stream of communication with the HQ boiler room.

Hanover, New Hampshire, United States

Recruited volunteers for NH’s Upper Valley.-Responsible for the Upper Valley in NH, spanning two counties and roughly 40,000 voters. -Delivered field pitches to crowds of 1,000+ and trained canvassing groups of 200+ in persuasion and data entry -Corresponded with the advance team to help run events large events by securing venues, and recruiting local leaders to provide amenities.-Helped high school and college students develop local Students For Bernie chapters.-Represented the campaign at town and county Democratic Party meetings.-Created and trained volunteer teams to operate autonomously during GOTV.-Conducted 1:1s to identify, recruit, and develop local leaders-Trained new FOs in cutting turf, building teams, creating virtual phonebanks and managing lists etc.

Racine, Wisconsin

-Trained volunteers to use MiniVAN, Relay Dialer, and Hustle -Cut turf across Southeastern WI for the coordinated campaign post-primary-Ran the largest staging location during GOTV, managing 200+ shifts in our field office-Conducted 1:1s with potential volunteer leaders-Helped plan and run major campaign events, such as canvass launches and rallies with 500+ attendees-Personally canvassed 937 voters in the 1st congressional district to aid in the campaign's total Positive ID count of 24,027.

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, History, Neurobiology

Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Saltzman Scholar, Taraknath Das Foundation Award for Excellence in South Asian Studies, Education Committee Award.

Postbaccalaureate Premedical Program