Primary Research Coordinator worked directly with Nidal Moukaddam, MD Ph.D.Research:Wrote study protocols for various research studies and submitted to the local Institutional Review Board (IRB), designed questionnaires and surveys for research studies, recruited, scheduled and enrolled participants for various research studies, reviewed participants charts to ensure inclusion criteria was met, educated participants about research study procedures, maintained contact with participants throughout research studies, drafted research related correspondence and documents such as forms, brochures, and flyers, implemented all phases of a research study listed in the protocol, performed venipuncture and processed biospecimen samples, administered clinical questionnaires and physical assessments, scanned participants for functional MRI, conducted neurophysiological measures (PulseCam), performed literature search, drafted and prepared manuscripts for publication, programed research study tasks and materials using E-Prime, implemented, examined and analyzed functional imaging data using MATLAB, analyzed functional imaging data with FreeSurfer, Conn and Tracula, collected and processed data entry in RedCap and iMedidata, performed data analyses using SPSSAdministrative:Processed compensation for research participants using SAP, created financial invoices for research studies, ordered research required supplies, drafted certified letters to research participants in regards to important and confidential research study related information, organized orientations for Medical Students at Harris Health, generated and managed participant database for research studies

Maintained daily financial and transactional reports for services of approximately $13K, prepared over 125 weekly detailed medical charts and reports for patients, assessed symptoms and vitals for roughly 15 - 25 patients daily, checked patients in and out, collected payments, roomed patients, scheduled appointments, answered patient questions, and completed FMLA and disability form requests

Generated two databases for various projects and information on upcoming job seminars for faculty and staff, arranged and scheduled up to eight examinations biweekly for undergraduate and graduate students, assisted in organizing quarterly job fairs for current and prospective undergraduate and graduate students, answered and directed phone calls, reorganized files and student records, and supported various administrative and clerical duties

Projects investigated how people establish first impressions of other people, novel objects and tested the cognitive development of moral actions, recruited college student participants and scheduled appointments, collected, transcribed and coded data for various projects using MediaLab software and Implicit Association Test measures

Projects examined the development of imitation and social group cognition, recruited child, adolescent, and adult participants and scheduled appointments, collected, transcribed and coded behavioral data for different projects

Involved in projects which aimed to understand memory distortions in motivated memoryprocessing, recruited adult participants and scheduled appointments, collected fMRI and electrophysiological (ERP) data for current studies