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Durham, NC, US

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Research current literature to assist in the design of clinical studies.
• With some supervision, interact with sponsor to determine the format, design, and direction of clinical/statistical reports.
• With some supervision, review and edit statistical analysis plans and statistical reports written by biostatisticians for clarity and accuracy.
• Contribute to investigational drug brochures; summarize animal and clinical studies and draw conclusions as to the potential safety of the drug under study.
• Assist in writing documents to support regulatory submissions including, clinical trial authorizations (INDs, CTAs), marketing authorization applications (NDAs, BLAs, NDSs, MAAs), device authorizations (IDEs, 510Ks.
• Interact with the product sponsor and designated authors to determine the content and direction of scientific publications; interact with meeting organizers and journal editors.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Investigated the synaptic features that influence dopamine neuron degeneration in Parkinson’s Disease.
• Collaborated with a diverse cross-functional team to efficiently execute and collect data for a multi-lab $2M Parkinson’s grant.
• Extracted significant statistical results by analyzing 4+ categories of large and complex quantitative data, facilitating informed decision-making processes.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Spearheaded a primary research project to investigate the role of inhibitory synaptic control in dopamine neuron-mediated reward learning behaviors. Led data collection, analysis, and interpretation processes.
• Conducted an extensive literature review encompassing over 100 research publications from the reward learning field to identify research gaps and contextualize research findings within a broader framework.
• Attained extensive expertise in neuroscience, pharmacology, and drug development from 6+ years of courses and research endeavors.
• Confidently and effectively presented research findings, including showcasing data in visually illustrative and digestible ways, in over 10 oral and poster presentations at scientific conferences.
• Pioneered protocols and optimized experimental methodologies for the development of an innovative research product, Drug Acutely Restricted by Tethering (DART).
• Authored and polished numerous scientific documents targeted at diverse audiences, including 1 first-author paper discussing dopamine and reward learning findings (in prep for submission to Nature), 1 paper detailing.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Optogenetically inhibited basolateral amygdala projections to the nucleus accumbens to explore whether silencing this pathway is sufficient to induce behavioral feeding in mice.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Used psychophysics visual tests to asses dichoptic masking and binocular rivalry in human subjects.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

• Conducted thorough secondary research on the ethics of brain computer interface medical devices, offering an up-to-date analysis and comprehensive summary of the field.
• Authored and published findings in a scoping literature review, synthesizing insights from 60+ articles and garnering hundreds of paper citations to date.
• Produced a blog post aimed at disseminating review findings for a general audience, promoting wider understanding and engagement with the research.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Montreal, Quebec

Created digital reconstructions of the morphology of imaged inhibitory neurons.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neurobiology

Bachelor’S Degree, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: McGill Equestrian Team, CaptainMinor in Computer Science

Education record

Study abroad semester contributing to my bachelor's degree.

International Baccalaureate

Activities and Societies: Key Club, Varsity Softball, Varsity Volleyball