Lauren Grant Email & Phone Number

Sterling Heights, Michigan, United States

• Software & Data Engineering
• Provide risk assessment and projected timelines for technology integration and evaluation.
• Lead data architecture development (collection, export, storage) for enhanced lab capability.
• Oversee SW development of real-time data visualization for performance and physio metrics.
• Guide integration for advanced analysis capability into SW development efforts (ex: physio signal processing, ML for workload model development, LLM for speech-to-text).Research & Analysis
• Develop evaluation design for testing new technologies.

• Conducted mixed-methods research investigating potential indices of attention and memory deficits
• Tested how individuals vary in their ability to focus on a task, recall important task details, and minimize overall distraction.
• Generated research reports; conducted data analysis; created data visualizations

• Tested prototype tasks with patients and doctors and listened to their feedback.
• Conducted usability testing, prototyping, and iteration to help develop an ergonomic controller that patients could easily use to complete testing tasks before, during, and after tumor extraction.
• Observed how patients performed the task as part of the development process.
• Interviewed medical team members to facilitate design development of the testing task battery.
• Helped design a testing task battery for detecting critical attention- and memory-specific brain regions prior to tumor extraction in cancer patients.
• Conducted longitudinal analyses that tracked changes in patient recovery and quality of life for up to 2 years post-operation.

• Conducted masters and doctoral research projects that explored when and why distracting sights and sounds automatically capture attention
• Designed and executed research plans, project timelines, screeners
• Worked in a team environment and delegated tasks as needed
• Visualized research insights into concise and accessible presentations and reports
• Communicated data findings via publications and conference presentations
• Secured project funding and managed budget

• Designed and programmed online versions of existing testing tasks used in patient testing (see Operation Patient Outcomes) and research studies
• Programmed all tasks via a combination of Python, Javascript, HTML, and CSS
• Listened to researchers and participants to gather feedback on task prototypes
• Created surveys for each testing task to gather demographic and health information
• Performed data analyses and visualizations to validate all task designs

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Cognitive Psychology

Master Of Science - Ms, Cognitive Psychology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Psychology