Neon Brooks Email & Phone Number

Portland, OR, US

Conduct and disseminate vaccine safety surveillance research.

Portland, Oregon Area

• Write and provide in-depth editing on research proposals. Funded projects have had budgets of up to $21 million and have scored as high as the top 7th percentile of NIH submissions.
• Write scientific manuscripts using posters, outlines, or notes as source material. Provide structural and substantive editing support. In 21 months I have contributed to over 45 manuscripts (5 as coauthor).
• Conduct workshops and lead presentations to build writing capacity among research staff.

Created detailed written reports, summaries, and minutes for scientific workshops and meetings. Synthesized presentation content to highlight main themes and action items.

Cambridge, MA

• Conducted independent research investigating the learning of mathematical concepts using methodologies ranging from infant looking time experiments to quantitative analysis of speech and gesture.
• Contributed expertise to two large-scale international projects, including a randomized controlled trial, testing the utility of digital and physical games on the learning outcomes of low-income children in India.

Cambridge, MA

Designed and taught a seminar course for Harvard undergraduates on the psychology of categorization.

University Of Chicago

• Designed and carried out experiments investigating the roles of gesture and language in learning.
• Collected, analyzed, and interpreted data using a wide range of behavioral and analytical methods.
• Regularly presented research at major academic conferences.
• Collaborated with faculty at the University of Chicago and other universities as well as students and post-docs in the lab. Coordinated research and publication strategy across sites.
• Managed laboratory research assistants working on multiple projects, prioritized research tasks

• Team-Taught Survey course (160 students) supplemented by weekly sections (18 students) focusing on mechanisms of thought and behavior and introducing students to the empirical methods used to study these mechanisms.
• Created and gave lecture on the relationships between action, gesture and abstract thought.
• Lead weekly section discussions, grade weekly discussion papers as well as final papers; assign final grades.

• Taught introductory psychology survey course as well as graduate-level Experimental Design.
• Led statistics labs using R, facilitated discussion, held office hours, graded weekly papers and problem sets, as well as final exams and papers.

Chicago, IL

• Analyzed visitor demographic data to model the effects of situational variables such as weather and time of year on visitor attendance rates. Created a model that continues to be in use by the department of evaluation.

Language And Development Lab, University Of California, San Diego

• Primary research assistant and administrator for the Language and Development Laboratory.
• Designed, conducted, and reported on studies on language and numerical development in preschoolers.
• Analyzed and reported results in 4 articles (2 as a first author) in top-tier journals.
• Oversaw set-up of the newly formed laboratory, hired research assistants, conducted administrative business with regards to publishing papers and writing grants.

Harvard University Laboratory For Developmental Studies

• Conducted studies investigating the development of language and numerical understanding in preschoolers.
• Interfaced with parents and other researchers about the project, performed statistical analyses, worked with primary researchers to plan future studies.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Psychology

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Psychology

Psychology