Brooke Friedman Email & Phone Number

New York, New York, United States

Work closely with the Rare Action Network (RAN) and Rare Disease Action Coalition (RDAC) for the State of New York, ensure consistent messaging and calls to action, and advise on training and educational initiatives for members and key officials.

Published Ellis-Van Creveld Syndrome and Nemaline Myopathy reports, linked below.

New York, New York, United States

Encourage minority representation in the basic science and medical fields by serving as a teacher through Mount Sinai's Medical Discovery of Careers (MedDOCs) program. Use weekly interactive lectures and hands-on dissections to teach a year-long sequence of cardiology, pulmonology, and neurology to 20+ minority and underserved high school students from the local East Harlem area.

Santa Clarita, California, United States

Led classroom and outdoor activities for 30+ kindergarteners. Supervised field trips, effectively communicated with parents, and utilized group projects and educational games to facilitate active learning.

Conducted senior honors thesis investigating the effect of allostatic load, stress, and APOE status on cortical thickness in older adults. Preparing manuscript for publication.

Completed a research capstone for my linguistics minor, which investigated the protective effect of bilingualism on cognition in older Latinx immigrants using the Sacramento Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) dataset. Conducted a literature review, completed data analysis independently in R, wrote a 20-page paper, and presented my findings at the annual linguistics minor symposium. This manuscript was published in 2024.

Assisted 30+ undergraduates with the development of semester-long rare disease project. Graded assignments and exams and answered questions via email.

Took initiative to prepare and occasionally co-teach lecture material for 50+ undergraduates. Held weekly in-person office hours, and graded quizzes, assignments, and course exams.

London, England, United Kingdom

Prepared and taught test review sessions for 50+ junior-level undergraduates. Held in-person office hours and answered questions via email. Was the first TA at Notre Dame’s London campus.

New York, New York, United States

Researched the role of tandem repeat expansions in intellectual disability using R and Bash. Used whole genome sequencing data from 170,000+ participants in the UK Biobank to conduct linear and logistic regressions. Refine data visualization skills by creating violin plots, Manhattan plots, and heat maps using ggplot2 in R.

London, England, United Kingdom

Assisted Dr. Elward 12 hrs/week with a pattern similarity analysis to study episodic memory at London South Bank University. Learned to pre-process EEG data using MATLAB and assisted with writing scripts for the analysis. Conducted a literature review of other pattern similarity analyses, and gained firsthand peer review experience.

Assisted Dr. Josh Koen 9 hrs/week with EEG data collection for an episodic memory and aging study. Skilled in PsychoPy, administering neuropsychological assessments, creating visual stimuli, and literature reviews. Created an independent project studying chronotype.

Athens, Georgia, United States

Recruited participants, assisted with fMRI data collection and safety training, learned to code in R. Conducted summer project on the moderating role of sleep on stress and negative affect, which was published in 2023 (see below).

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Neuroscience And Behavior Major, Linguistics Minor, Globally Engaged Citizen Certificate, 3.94 Gpa, Magna Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Neuroscience Senior Leadership Committee, Scientia Undergraduate Research Journal (Chief-of-Staff), National.

High School Diploma, 4.6 Gpa, Honor Roll

Activities and Societies: Student Government (President), National Honor Society (President), California Scholarship Federation.