Fareri Lab of Social Neuroscience and Decision Making

Regulated Action and Motivated Perception Lab Dr Shana Cole• Ran participants through experimental sessions recorded and analyzed via eye-tracking analysis • Assisted graduate student in utilizing the Tobii Pro Glasses Analyzer software for data collection and analysis

Addiction & Decision Neuroscience LabDr. Anna KonovaUniversity Behavioral Health Care, Aresty Research Assistant Program• Performed research under guidance of Dr. Anna Konova examining cost-benefit decision making in patients under medicated-assisted therapy for opioid use disorder• Ran participants through longitudinal sessions involving structured questionnaires assessing mental health, personality, cognitive function, psychiatric history• Recruited subjects and patients through phone screen interviews to determine eligibility• Administered and scored cognitive tasks such as the Kaufman Brief Intelligence task. • Wrote MATLAB code for a decision- making task for data collections and analysis• Shadowed and assisted in collection of MRI data, following safety training• Attend bi-weekly lab meetings to discuss relevant topics and lab progress

• Conducted field-based, structured interviews to vulnerable, hard-to-reach populations from different cultural, economic and geographic backgrounds with varying degrees of stress and familial hardship as well as substance use and psychiatric disorders • Complete administrative tasks, including filing and maintaining of records and assembling of essential research materials• Ethical handling of confidential materials and sensitive information • Collection and handling of participants biological samples and data, namely urine, saliva, and hair• Urinalysis in the form of drug tests (K2, COT, Alcohol, and pregnancy tests) and recording test results• Obtain informed consent from participants, ensuring accurate completion of all required forms • Effectively and professionally address any issues of clinical significance with participants, refer participants to appropriate community resources, and provide to study clinician written reports of any such issues • Attend program-specific training and monthly meetings• Trained in administration of diagnostic interviews, decision making tasks, and cognitive assessments• Assisted the quality assurance team in determining performance of other interns based on their recorded interviews

Cognitive Development LabDr. Alan Leslie• Assisted graduate students with recruiting and interacting with preschools to conduct studies on children ages 2-5 to assess the development of theory of mind.• Corresponded with preschools and interested parents via phone and email to discuss study protocol and procedures and recorded the nature of each correspondence in lab records.• Collaborated with lab members in compiling a detailed spreadsheet containing nursey and preschool contact information, location, age range, and other notes.• Recruited participants for ongoing studies by contacting the parents of the children that indicated interest in being re-contacted for future studies.• Performed administrative tasks such as filing and data entry of participant testing.• Coded video-taped behavioral study data.

Rutgers University, New Brunswick● Greeting customers, responding to questions, improving engagement with merchandise and providing outstanding customer service.● Operating cash registers, managing financial transactions, and balancing drawers.● Achieving established goals.● Offering assistance and answering customer inquiries and concerns● Directing customers to merchandise within the store.● Help organize backstock and perform inventory counts● Be enthusiastic and informative about all products● Maintaining an orderly appearance throughout the sales floor.● Introducing promotions and opportunities to customers.● Cross-selling products to increase purchase amounts.● Work with team members to achieve in-store goals

● Operate telephone switchboard to answer, screen, or forward calls, providing information, taking messages, or scheduling appointments. ● Schedule appointments and maintain and update appointment calendars. ● Greet patients entering office warmly, determine nature and purpose of visit, and direct them to services needed. ● Transmit information or documents to customers and other referring offices, using computer, mail, or fax machine. ● Hear and resolve customer complaints ● Perform administrative support tasks, such as proofreading, transcribing handwritten information, or operating calculators or computers to work with pay records, invoices, balance sheets, or other documents. ● File and maintain records. ● Provide patients information about services provided. ● Collect, sort, distribute, or prepare mail, messages, or courier deliveries. ● Receive payment and record receipts for services.