Elizabeth Sharp Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Clinical Neuroscience Laboratory for Sex Differences in the BrainAging II Study

Working under: Hwamee Oh, PhD.Assisting fMRI & PET studies on cognitive aging and visual memory for adults ages 18-35 and 60+.• Performs a wide battery of neuropsychological and computerized tests on adult participants.• Collects computerized behavioral task and task-based fMRI data• Trains undergraduate research assistants to perform computerized behavioral testing• Assists undergraduate students’ research projects with shell scripting, neuroimaging analysis toolsincluding FreeSurfer and SPM, statistical analysis using R, and neuropsychological testing measures. • Prepares IRB submissions and amendments, involving multiple institutions’s IRBs, and a multi-siteclinical trial using Advarra.• Creates recruitment posters; performs subject recruitment and phone screening; schedules participantsfor study visits• Schedules lab meetings, lab personnel interviews, and other lab-related events.• Handles payment of participants and internal reporting of said payments, and reimbursement paperworkfor lab purchases.• Performs research in collaboration with other current and former lab members, participates in journalclub, presented on research at department event.

Denville, New Jersey, United States

•Tutored 5th —11th grade students to prepare them for the Writing and Language and the Reading portions of the SAT, and/or provided instruction on grammar, paper writing for schoolwork, and college applications.•Instructed in a 3-1 student teacher ratio both in-person and online.•Prepared lesson plans for each student, and created guides on essay writing and grammar concepts.

Ithaca, New York

Assisting Dr. Elizabeth Riley running her large fMRI study on adults ages 18-35 and 60+ to establish a link between the locus coeruleus, neuromelanin, and cognitive aging.• Performed neuropsychological, computerized, and physiological tests on adult human participants, scoring, and data entry.• Assists MRI technician during 2.5 hr long scans on participants, including setting up eye tracking equipment and running paradigm.• Created recruitment posters, performed all recruitment calls and various types of scheduling.

Ithaca, New York, United States

• Ran interactive exhibits and presentations and a lending library of science kits, teaching children science concepts.• Participated in development of new teaching materials and outreach events.Employed through Cornell Cooperative Extension.

Psychology, Behavioral And Environmental Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Cornell Lunatic Magazine: Editor in Chief '19-'20, Art editor '17-'19, and staff writer 17'-'20

College Now Program, College/University Preparatory And Advanced High School/Secondary Diploma Program, 3.9

Completed 29 college credits while in high school

High School Diploma

Graduated 6 months early with an excess of credits required for a NYS high school diploma