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Research data scientist III for the epilepsy department at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological InstituteCreating and managing data structures, designing and conducting data analysis, and supporting other clinical research activities for the epilepsy department and for the Cleveland Clinic Brain Study• Provide data support for clinical trial for silent phase neurological disease, including data storage and pipelining with complementary data repository, generating data analysis plan, and authoring protocol paper• Extract, validate, and analyze features from electronic medical record (EMR) to generate prediction models • Conduct preliminary analyses and quarterly present scientific findings to donor and study team for lifestyle intervention study for epilepsy• Design and implement data flagging tools and workflows for data quality checks and for neurological disease risk factor criteria in a multi-model longitudinal study

Data scientist II for the epilepsy department at the Cleveland Clinic Neurological InstituteCreated and managed data structures, designed and conducted data analysis, and supported other clinical research activities for the epilepsy department and for the Cleveland Clinic Brain Study• Provided data support for clinical trial for silent phase neurological disease, including data storage and pipelining with complementary data repository, generating data analysis plan, and authoring protocol paper• Extracted, validated, and analyzed features from electronic medical record (EMR) to generate prediction models • Conducted preliminary analyses and quarterly present scientific findings to donor and study team for lifestyle intervention study for epilepsy• Designed and implemented data flagging tools and workflows for data quality checks and for neurological disease risk factor criteria in a multi-model longitudinal study• Created a pipeline for filtering patients according to research criteria using electronic medical record (EMR) data to reduce manual chart review burden, resulting in 15-20% fewer reviews required

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Research fellow in the Department of Psychology with Adrianna (Anna) C. JenkinsTopic: social cognition neuroscience• Analyzed cognitive task data to explore relationships between cognitive processes - future decision making and abstraction - as well as individual differences in performance• Used mixed linear models to assess the contribution of task conditions and autism-related traits on futuredecision making and abstraction• Explored natural language processing methods of quantifying indicators of cognitive processes in text data

Advisor: Edward (Ted) S. Brodkin, M.D.Dissertation topic: Relationship between and genetic basis of Autism Spectrum-related traits- Clean and visualize quantitative and qualitative data using Excel and R- Analyze quantitative data using R (with methods including multivariate linear regression, cluster analysis, SVM, PCA)- Complete heritability analyses using SOLAR- Regularly communicate findings at weekly meetings with collaborators as part of the Autism Spectrum Program of Excellence- Lead lab meeting discussions on articles relevant to our research context- Mentor and train undergraduate students on conducting independent research projects, learning relevant analysis skills, completing a literature search on a relevant topic

- Serve as teaching assistant for Cognitive Neuroscience course- Develop and give lecture on Social Neuroscience- Lead discussion sections on course material- Hold office hours to provide feedback and support to students

- Tutored student athletes in STEM topics

- Research Assistant for Autism Lab studying social cognition - Cleaned and analyzed behavioral and EEG data using Excel, SPSS, and BrainVision- Collected EEG and behavioral task data- Developed behavioral tasks using EPRIME

- Teaching assistant for Biophysics and Modeling neuroscience course- Held weekly office hours to help students with course material- Held review sessions prior to exams

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Graduate Led Activities and Initiatives (GLIA) member || Penn Science Policy and Diplomacy Group member ||.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Neuroscience

Activities and Societies: Phi Beta Kappa || Kappa DeltaHonors thesis advisors: Cheryl L. Dickter, Ph.D.; Joshua (Josh) A. Burk, Ph.D.