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Chicago, IL, US

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Utilized SAS programming for managing multiple, large-scale public health datasets
• Designed various segments in the project’s ETL pipeline to automate annual data processing within relational database
• Built SAS programs to run multiple quality checks on datasets across time
• Developed SAS Macros to successfully increase SAS programming efficiency
• Actively ran various data queries and data manipulations using SQL
• Consulted with external clients to curate personal large data sets, perform ad-hoc requests, construct summary reports

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

• Utilized SAS programming for managing multiple, large-scale public health datasets
• Actively ran various data queries and data manipulations using SQL
• Consulted with external clients to curate personal large data sets, perform ad-hoc requests, construct summary reports
• Facilitated client on-boarding and software implementation for restricted-use data access within secure data enclave

Ann Arbor, Michigan

• Trained in data stewardship techniques to ensure client’s data was accessible and usable
• Actively consulted with clients daily throughout data submission and cleaning to ensure overall happiness and retention
• Prepared data for dissemination in SAS, Stata, SPSS, R, and ASCII formats
• Created structured dataset guides and codebooks for each client’s submitted data

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Project: "Discrimination and Mental Health Among Sexual Minorities"Conducted extensive literature review on topic, manipulate data from ICPSR's Project STRIDE, utilized SPSS to construct statistical models, presented research at the ICPSR Research Poster Symposium

Barcelona Area, Spain

• PI: Dr. Osnat HakimiMasters Thesis: An automated text retrieval system with a classification filter and a repository database for biomaterials data curation
• Applied Python, Java, and JavaScript to create web application for data queries and display data visualizations of results
• Designed data mining Python tools to automatically extract data from open-source databases, parse desired components out, and store in formatted files
• Collaborated on machine learning tools trained to automatically classify text files based on relevancy to PI’s biomaterial research
• Built Python tool to actively communicate with the project’s relational database and store data
• Coordinated multiple user workshops to refine and tailor web application to the user’s needs

Morgantown, West Virginia

PI: Dr. Steven KinseyBiology Honors Thesis: Reversal of depressive-like behaviors in THC-dependent mice Conducted research on the behavioral effects of acute and chronic cannabinoid administration through mice models, ran behavioral assays, administered drug injections to mice, collected and analyzed data, certified in animal-model based experimentation by.

Morgantown, West Virginia

PI: Dr. Natalie ShookPsychology Honors Thesis: The Relation between Race-Based Rejection Sensitivity and Anxiety in African AmericansAssisted graduate students on research involving attitude formation, disgust, prejudice, and emotional disorders, collected and analyzed data, proctored experiments with human models, certified in human-model based.

Morgantown, West Virginia

Assisted the instructor in the Introductory to Social Psychology course, held tutoring sessions and office hours to reinforce and clarify difficult topics, and mentored students

Morgantown, West Virginia

PI: Dr. George SpirouParticipated in the 3D reconstruction and development of neural circuits, studied the formation of cell groups and the synaptic connections among cell groups, trained in using laser-based imaging

Fairfax, Virginia

PI: Dr. Jim ThompsonSummer Project: The Effects of Social vs. Monetary Feedback on Operant Learning Conducting research in Dr. Jim Thompson's Perception and Action Neuroscience Group at George Mason University. My research involved using electroencephalogram (EEG) to measure how subjects respond differently to social reward/punishment and monetary.

Master'S Degree, Bioinformatics

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology And Biology W/ Neuroscience Emphasis

Activities and Societies: West Virginia University Honors College, Psi Chi