Stephania D. Pimentel Email & Phone Number

Vienna, Austria

Department of Philosophy | Minorities & Philosophy (MAP)Developed the concept and vision of an interdisciplinary conference from start to finish: leading a team, setting goals, deadlines, and implementation strategies for the success of a 3-day event. • Determination of themes, program design, and expert panel.• Developed a criteria-based system to rank abstracts, resulting in a more efficient and objective selection process for the conference.• Successfully obtained… Show more Department of Philosophy | Minorities & Philosophy (MAP)Developed the concept and vision of an interdisciplinary conference from start to finish: leading a team, setting goals, deadlines, and implementation strategies for the success of a 3-day event. • Determination of themes, program design, and expert panel.• Developed a criteria-based system to rank abstracts, resulting in a more efficient and objective selection process for the conference.• Successfully obtained funding from internal and external sources.• Assigned organising, planning, and expense-tracking tasks to team members.• Additional activities involved budget creation and monitoring, reading group presentations, and event advertising. Show less

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Department of Psychology | Centre for Research on Pain, Disability and Social IntegrationInvolved in all aspects of the planning & execution of two major research projects addressing psychological predictors of problematic recovery following injury, and a major redesign of a behavioural activation intervention: the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP®) [See under "Projects"]. Outputs include 3 peer-reviewed publications, including a systematic review and a meta-analysis.•… Show more Department of Psychology | Centre for Research on Pain, Disability and Social IntegrationInvolved in all aspects of the planning & execution of two major research projects addressing psychological predictors of problematic recovery following injury, and a major redesign of a behavioural activation intervention: the Progressive Goal Attainment Program (PGAP®) [See under "Projects"]. Outputs include 3 peer-reviewed publications, including a systematic review and a meta-analysis.• Development of research protocols: review of scientific and technical knowledge, theoretical perspectives, originality and expected value and benefits of the research.• Methodology: setting of study objectives and hypotheses, measures, data analytic plan and data analysis.• Samples (+350): developing inclusion, exclusion criteria, recruitment plan.• Database development: web-based protocol in RedCap, report preparation.• Assessment of Clinical Outcomes: survey, questionnaire, and diagnostic interview design.• Preparation of IRB Ethics applications (all approved).• Additional activities involved grant writing assistance for COVID-19 Canadian Response, replies to manuscript & protocol reviewers for funding sources & journal publications, maintaining relations with clinical settings involved in participant recruitment, and assisting in the production of PGAP’s telehealth program version. Show less

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry | Culture, Mind and Brain Program (CMBP) | Raz Cognitive Neuroscience Lab The Division is a network of scholars and clinicians that hosts the CMBP directed by Samuel Veissiere, PhD. The program is devoted to promote research, training, and consultation across disciplines, academia, and industry. I serve as a research consultant and key liaison between the program and the Raz lab. My role catalysed the launching of three research projects… Show more Division of Social and Transcultural Psychiatry | Culture, Mind and Brain Program (CMBP) | Raz Cognitive Neuroscience Lab The Division is a network of scholars and clinicians that hosts the CMBP directed by Samuel Veissiere, PhD. The program is devoted to promote research, training, and consultation across disciplines, academia, and industry. I serve as a research consultant and key liaison between the program and the Raz lab. My role catalysed the launching of three research projects and a documentary series.• Coordination and Management of the program’s weekly symposium: recruited researchers, structured discussions, pitched research ideas for collaboration, and evaluated proposals.• Development and Validation of "Prenatal Maternal Expectations Scale”: assisted with the design of surveys, questionnaires, and interviews to assess young women’s expectations of motherhood.• Project “Placebo-assisted Pilot Interventions": assisted with the design of family interviews for documentary "Mind Field TV series" (Youtube Red), interviewed participants, and trained other interviewers on how interview, collect, and analyse data.• Project “Healthy Patterns of Smartphone Use”: systematic literature review on different disciplinary perspectives on smartphone addiction.• Additional activities involved research ethics applications for IRB, presentations, and grant writing assistance for the Foundation for Psychocultural Research and the McGill Healthy Brains for Health Lives. Show less

Department of Psychology The PURA fellowship is a competitive grant awarded to a single behavioral sciences student for a given academic year after graduation. Under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Sullivan, I examined the effects of a 10-week cognitive-behavioral intervention for individuals suffering from PTSD. My work resulted in a thesis, two conference papers, co-authorship in a book chapter for Oxford University Press, and a lead-author peer-reviewed publication.•… Show more Department of Psychology The PURA fellowship is a competitive grant awarded to a single behavioral sciences student for a given academic year after graduation. Under the mentorship of Dr. Michael Sullivan, I examined the effects of a 10-week cognitive-behavioral intervention for individuals suffering from PTSD. My work resulted in a thesis, two conference papers, co-authorship in a book chapter for Oxford University Press, and a lead-author peer-reviewed publication.• Statistical analysis of the sequential or causal pathways linking cognitive variables to the severity of PTSD symptoms: my analyses revealed that treatment-related changes in negative cognitions preceded changes in PTSD symptom severity (but not vice versa).• Systematic literature reviews on the specific methodologies of prospective and cross-sectional studies on the psychology of occupational disability. Show less

Department of Psychology | Pain Genetics Lab | Supervised by Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhDThree research projects on the evolutionary underpinnings of pain, two of which resulted in publications in The Journal of Clinical Investigation and Current Biology.• Experimenter and Behavioral Analyst in Project "The Evolution of Threat Avoidance in Mice": handled and restrained the mice, performed intraperitoneal injections, and interpret patterns of behavior through the use of Mouse Grimace… Show more Department of Psychology | Pain Genetics Lab | Supervised by Jeffrey S. Mogil, PhDThree research projects on the evolutionary underpinnings of pain, two of which resulted in publications in The Journal of Clinical Investigation and Current Biology.• Experimenter and Behavioral Analyst in Project "The Evolution of Threat Avoidance in Mice": handled and restrained the mice, performed intraperitoneal injections, and interpret patterns of behavior through the use of Mouse Grimace Scale and Von Frey technologies.• Experimenter in Project "Pain, Telomeres and Cellular Senescence": performed Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cell Isolation, DNA Isolation, Quantitative Real Time Polymerase Chain Reaction, and Immunohistochemistry.• Recruiter and Confederate in Project "Pain and Empathy in Humans”: use of cold pressor test, debriefing to participants, interpretation of behavior.• Collected experimental data and presented findings during meetings with GraphPad Prism 7. Show less

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

The Lady Davis Institute | Supervised by David Dunkley, PhD• Provided Feedback Interventions to clinical populations• Transcribed and analysed therapy sessions• Case conceptualization and presentation to clinical psychologists • Wrote independent research project (12 patients) and presented it at a conference

Lima, Peru

As a private English teacher, I specialized in preparing students for the TOEFL: a standardized test to measure the English language ability of non-native speakers wishing to enroll in English-speaking universities. I designed personalized lesson plans tailored to their goals, whether improving academic vocabulary, essay writing, or presentation skills across the arts and sciences. I also guided students in crafting personal statements for their university applications.

Master'S Degree, Philosophy, Distinction — Salutatorian — Ceu Excellence Scholarship (Full-Ride)

Activities and Societies: Founder of Mind, Matter, and Message; “What’s on your mind?” Debate on the question of how we know our own.

Bachelor'S Degree, Psychology, Dean’S Honour List (Top 10%)

Activities and Societies: President of Freethought Association, Recipient of Psych. Undergrad Research Award (PURA), Recipient of Blue 21.

Filosofía, Dean’S Honour List (Top 10%)

Transferred to McGill University