Cecilia Zhao Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

• Providing analytical support for a range of partnerships and projects with the governmental, public and private sector partners in the areas of assistive technology, including wheelchairs, prostheses, eyeglasses.
• Engaging in AT market landscape research, data collection, and policy analysis to provide support to the CHAI Global AT team’s market intelligence report and other relevant projects.

• Making mental health care accessible and affordable in resource-limited regions through delivering digitalized peer-based mental health services to empower adolescents and young adults.
• Accepted to Harvard HealthLab Accelerators (H2A) initiatives amongst 40+ social impact ventures; raised highest seed funding ($10,000) from pitching.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• The Mental Health For All Lab promotes the generation of knowledge and its effective utilization with the goal of contributing to the reduction of the global burden of suffering of mental health problems. The specific.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Performed statistical analyses for Varenicline for Nicotine Vaping Cessation Project (ViVA) to investigate the efficacy of the medication and behavioral support on quitting vaping for nicotine-dependent young adults
• Visualized data in Flourish to show progressive participant status and built interactive web apps in ShinyApp (R package) to generate weekly participant visits
• Maintained and updated REDCap databases for medical records, drug test results, and participant’s self-reported data
• Conducted virtual pre-assessment for participants to collect weekly nicotine test results and usage frequency; supported the medication ordering, pick-up, and shipping processes

• Assisted doctoral students to study the effect of structural stigma on the efficacy of psychological interventions for the LGBTQ+ community at county and state levels using spatial meta-analysis
• Identified random controlled trials (RCTs) of psychosocial intervention and the location of structural indicators from PubMed, screened 9000+ titles and abstracts of articles using Covidence

• Performed research for the research project Nonverbal Behavior and the Spread of Bias
• Coded 100 + videos on child-parent interaction during conversations on race; filtered out non-verbal cues of implicit biases reflected in emotional expressions like discomfort, anxiety, and denial
• Identified inconsistencies and reconciled errors using Excel spreadsheet

Tutoring Classes for Calculus I, Intro to Psychology, Intro to Politics, and Logic.

• Assisted with curriculum design for project-based learning in psychology courses, researched course evaluations and collected feedback from students; edited and proofread academic handbooks and identified main areas of.
• Analyzed students’ in-class performances, including attendance and homework assignments, and generated course evaluations with individualized comments

Education record

Bachelor Of Art, Summa Cum Laude - Political Studies (Politics, Ethics, Aesthetics Track); Psychology, 3.95/4.00

Education record

Activities and Societies: GAMI (The Global Alliance for Medical Innovation), Research Associate; IOP (Institute of Politics) Policy Track.