Karina Duffy Email & Phone Number

Boston, Ma, Us

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Program and Research Coordinator for the Lee Kum Sheung Center for Health and Happiness at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

South Bend, Indiana, United States

- Led the development, especially visual standards, of many presentations to advance the Self-Healing Communities movement. Such presentations include: “The Joy of the Child and Teen Brain,” “The Neuroscience of Resilience,” “Brain Care is Self-Care Suite,” and “Introduction to Self-Healing Communities of Greater Michiana."- Developed a deck of conversation playing cards centered around increasing connection and conversations pertaining to brain care which has been used with participants ranging from community members working in youth violence prevention programming to South Bend social workers to Notre Dame undergraduate students. - Collaborated with a team of neuroscience students to create a seven activity book series called “Brain Care for Kids” in partnership with the ACEs Indiana Coalition. - Worked with the Self-Healing Communities team to successfully complete Self-Healing Communities’ first ever “Zoom-a-thon” which event raised over $10,000 and spread awareness of our work through eleven hours of presentations.- Presented at numerous local and statewide community events on human resilience, the model of Self-Healing Communities, and the research around brain health and childhood development.- Led weekly neuroscience intern meetings for resource development projects.

South Bend, Indiana, United States

- Used my education and knowledge from the classroom to develop neuroscience resources by authoring two manuals on the mission of Self-Healing Communities and Trauma-Informed Care and a booklet titled, “Brain Care is Self Care.”- Designed slide-decks and presented at community events on the research behind positive and adverse childhood experiences and the human stress response systems.

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

- Led a variety of cardio, strength, and core conditioning group fitness classes where I craft the content of the workouts.- Fostered an inclusive and uplifting community through intentional language that celebrates the participants.

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

- Served as a mentor and leader for 37 residents in Lewis Hall.- Developed meaningful connections with my residents through conversations or dinners, one example was hosting a community event every Sunday night for my residents to bond. - Worked together with Hall Staff to maintain the safety and well-being of the residents.

Notre Dame, Indiana, United States

- Constructed a research project, “Spinal Cord Processing by Somatosensory Circuits,” to understand the neuronal circuitry of a cold shock response in the spinal cord of zebrafish and presented this project at Notre Dame’s College of Science Joint Annual Meeting in Spring 2022.- Learned techniques such as single cell microinjections, HiFi DNA Assembly, Miniprep, PCR, Confocal Imaging, Adobe Illustrator, ImageJ, and GraphPad Prism.

District Of Columbia, United States

- Worked for the United States Catholic Conference of Bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program entitled Catholic Campaign for Human Development where I led intern meetings, created resources, assisted in the Creating in the Margins art contest, spoke at the annual Catholic Social Ministry Gathering’s “Young Leaders Initiative” event, and conducted interviews with community organization leaders.