Riya Shrestha Email & Phone Number

PSYCH 101 (Summer 2023) - Conducted interactive classroom sessions to teach students the fundamentals of R programming in the context of psychology research- Facilitated engaging discussions and provide guidance to students during lab sessions, helping them apply R programming techniques to real-world psychological datasets.- Assisted students in troubleshooting coding issues, debugging errors, and understanding statistical concepts related to data analysis using R.DATA 104 (Fall 2023, Spring 2023)- Taught and developed lesson plans for a data ethics course to 75 undergraduate students at an upperclassmen level- Incorporated hands-on activities, group discussions, and real-world case studies to enhance student engagement - Covered topics in the course such as data privacy and AI/ML ethics

- Ran three outreach/recruitment cycles per year to reach new applicants for Science Corps PhD fellowships- Spearheaded outreach methods that increased qualified applicants by 150%- Managed all social media accounts and created posts- Organized and ran team meetings with core staff.

- Partnered with the project management team and set project timelines and ensured key deliverables were met for an initiative to facilitate remote work through technological solutions.- Created dashboards using project data to summarize project progress for stakeholders.- Acted as a stand-in project manager for the 10 year anniversary event to ensure deadlines were met and progress was made

- Assisted with outreach for the 50 year anniversary, sending correspondence to over 600 alumni, and created a 50 years website for the celebration and to connect alumni- Kept the alumni database updated on Filemaker Pro - Upkept and organized the front office, classrooms, meeting rooms and other common spaces and provided event support

- Arranged for lab work when needed, managed billing and payment, and performed neurology tests such as EEGs, MOCA tests, and assisted with EMGs- Experienced communicating with neurology patients including scheduling patient appointments and appointments with specialists - Updated and maintained medical records through utilizing the EMR system OfficeAlly

- Worked with Dr. Lisa Barcellos and her team and gained hands-on experience assisting with the operations of a large surveillance study of COVID-19 in the East Bay Area with thousands of participants- Interacted with study participants via email and phone to answer questions in a timely fashion - Maintained social outreach via Twitter, Facebook and Instagram - Proposed updates to the study website, study materials, and protocols as needed based on participant feedback - Cleaned and organized data using R statistical software. - Performed statistical analysis and created figures for survey data regarding occupation and household size

- Worked in a partnership with Dhulikhel Hospital in Nepal to support them on their health/public health programs- Attended weekly GROW meetings to discuss plans for our yearly summer project - Helped form a plan to work on a community-based project in a virtual setting and fundraise for the program

- Led a group of undergraduate students on a year-long research project and poster on maternal mortality rates and its correlation to food deserts- Used this R to create graphs/statistics on correlations between geographical regions and maternal mortality rates

Berkeley, California, United States

- Conducted 1:1 advising sessions in person with pre-med/pre-health students on a drop-in basis, at the Career Center and/or at satellite locations. - Provided outreach and serve as a liaison to pre-health related student organizations- Served on panels for pre-med/pre-health students, including during Welcome Week/during the school year and facilitate and coordinate programs including outside speakers

Berkeley, California

- Assisted with projects related to housing assignments, in particular with student outreach and recruitment, customer service, technology, and process assessment- Developed presentation slides based on provided outlines and manage the organization of documents and records. - Rewrote, edited, and summarized documents, policies, and handbooks. - Generated reports and summaries of database information. - Assisted in the logistics and set-up for various presentations and info sessions, and helped with outreach events/housing workshops

Berkeley, California, United States

-Assembled and labeled test kits to send to clinical partners

Berkeley, California, United States

- Work with a mentor to develop a published cooperative year-long research project "Visual Field Maps in the Human Cortex" and did a replication/extension paper that used fMRI images and MATLAB to determine visual field maps of the brain- Presented a poster and presentation to UC Berkeley graduate students and professors on the results and methods of the paper

Master'S Degree, Master Of Information And Data Science

Bachelor'S Degree, Molecular Environmental Biology

Activities and Societies: President and Social Vice President for Kappa Gamma Delta, Globe Med, American Medical Women's Association.