Eli Susman Email & Phone Number

Berkeley, Ca, Us

Berkeley, California, United States

Dissertation Committee: Profs. Dacher Keltner, Serena Chen, Allison HarveyOther Collaborators: Profs. Stephen Hinshaw, Ann Kring, John Weisz, Kate McLaughlinResearch Experience:• Attained nearly $200,000 in grant funding before the end of my second year (Authored and developed three grants, 100% success rate)• Led two grant-funded studies as the principal investigator that I, in collaboration with a team of scientists, designed and successfully implemented from the ground up. • Designed digital interventions to improve wellbeing, compassion, and habit formation, and reduce stress• Leveraged complex quantitative and qualitative data analytic approaches using R programming language to draw meaningful insights. • Published in top-tier Psychology journals and featured in major news outlets for this work• Awarded grants from the National Science Foundation (as a Graduate Research Fellow), the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley (as a Research Fellow), the Mind and Life Institute as a Varela Grantee, an organization co-founded by contemplative scientists and His Holiness the Dalai Lama.Clinical Experience:• Delivering evidence-based mindfulness and compassion-focused psychotherapy to promote emotional wellbeing in adults• Conducting and scoring diagnostic interviews, including assessments of attention, working memory, cognitive ability, personality, and emotional wellbeing in children and adolescents• Conducted and evaluated emotional wellbeing tests and interviews with adults receiving services at community mental health centers• Provided TranS-C, an evidence-based cognitive-behavioral therapy, to young adults (ages 18-30+)struggling with mental health challenges and sleep-related problems

San Francisco Bay Area

• Co-led clinical trial aimed at improving wellbeing and sleep through a digital health app• Provided domain-specific knowledge and collaborated with engineers, executives, designers, and data scientists to develop digital wellbeing iOS app that leveraged mindfulness and breathing exercises

Cambridge, Massachusetts, États-Unis

PI: Katie A. McLaughlin Ph.D., Stress and Development Lab, Harvard University• Launched and managed multimillion-dollar R01-NIH grant-funded intensive longitudinal fMRI study examining how changes in stressful life experiences influence changes in the brain that impact mental health and emotional wellbeing during adolescence• Consulted with at-risk caregivers to improve a wellbeing program• Managed and conducted various brain and physiological scans, including fMRI and ECG• Hired and trained research assistants, developed new data collection methods, and created tasks for online research

St. George, Utah

• Gained over 2000 hours of clinical experience as youngest person in US ever to work as a field instructor in wilderness therapy• Developed and led mindfulness, lovingkindness, compassion practices, yoga, and laughter yoga groups for teens and young adults with severe mental health issues; trained staff to continue these groups• Compiled and communicated weekly thematic reports to therapists and new staff, supervised team of staff, and coached interpersonal skills• Facilitated evidence-based mindfulness and compassion-focused therapies under clinical supervision; Delivered co-therapy with clinical psychologists in treatment sessions, then collaboratedto develop and implement interventions supporting clients’ goals

Glenview, Il

• Designed and led yoga classes based on contemplative science and anatomy/kinesiology research experience; Founded first-ever meditation group at the studio• Selected as prAna brand’s featured yoga teacher (November 2018)

Middlebury, Vt

• Trained patrol candidates in Outdoor Emergency Care (OEC) certification and provided emergency medical care on ski slopes

Middlebury, Vt

• Counseled and mentored 20 mid-year freshmen (Febs)• Initiated and independently conducted campus-wide study of Feb program; administration implementing my recommendations forreorganizing residential system to best support mid-years’ mental health

Middlebury, Vt

• Performed EMT duties during rugby practices and games• Participated in Sports Medicine Trainings• Trained junior Rugby EMTs

Middlebury, Vt

• Supervised three dormitories and five community houses at Middlebury College• Organized Community Events• Filed work orders and incident reports

Middlebury, Vt

• Delivered Advanced Life Support (ALS) care in ambulance (IVs, advanced airways, drugs, etc.)• Organized Ambulance and completed paperwork on inventory and incident reports

Middlebury, Vt

• Invited by the President of Middlebury College to be the sole student member on the administrative and faculty committee and participate in faculty meditation retreat• Brought Dr. Catherine Kerr and Dr. Amishi Jha, two contemplative scientists, to speak on campus• Independently conducted, analyzed and synthesized 30 unstructured interviews with key stakeholders• Synthesized and presented findings to administration with report on how to develop mindfulness initiatives and contemplative culture in order to improve mental health and academic engagement at Middlebury; Resulted in substantial funding increase for mindfulness-based initiatives at Middlebury

Northbrook, Illinois

• Awarded Volunteer of the Year (given to 1 out of 500+ volunteers)• Mentored children with severe behavioral issues and neurodevelopmental disorders, integrating them into group activities to support their wellbeing• Communicated daily reports to families on children's activities and progress, aligning with Goals for promoting social and emotional wellbeing, and designed wellbeing programs tailored to participants' needs

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Psychology

Master Of Arts - Ma, Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Psychology