Developing neuroscience materials in collaboration with both neuroscientists and educators of Columbia University and Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai. We aim to reduce the lag in neuroscience literacy among the general public that exists despite rapidly advancing research in brain science.

Contributing to the development of resources on the neuroscience of trauma and human resilience alongside esteemed neuroscience faculty at Notre Dame and community leaders.

Contributed to global health outcomes research services through dossiers and systematic literature reviews for leading pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device companies.

Explored evidence for a central preference heuristic relevant to neuromarketing under the supervision of Dr. Mark Harwood and Dr. Volker Thoma in the University of East London’s Cognition and Neuroscience lab. This position required proficiency using EyeLink eye-tracking systems, PsychoPy software, and SPSS software.

Explored the developmental effects of adolescent violence exposure in Dr. Laura Miller Graff's Building Resilience After Violence Exposure (BRAVE) Lab. In both domestic and global contexts, the psychological research aimed to develop empirically validated treatment practices that can be embedded in high-risk communities. This position required local data collection, data entry, data coding, grant application reviewal, intermediate Spanish fluency (Peru data analysis), and bio-sketch creation. 200+ hours experience.

Worked 50+ hours per week during summer months. Alcohol Pouring/Serving Permit holder. Multilingual working environment.

No Snow Day for the Brain, a neuroscience children’s book, is now available. The book is written by Notre Dame alumni currently pursuing medical degrees (Kate Brown, Rebecca Hammond, and Alex Nisbet) and edited by Notre Dame’s Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Neuroscience and Behavior major (Dr. Nancy Michael).

Worked specifically with students on the edge of passing standardized tests due to pandemic-related setbacks. Through TutorND’s novel Number Sense Scholars after school program, a noticeable rebound in standardized testing scores was observed following the completion of the 5-month program.