Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health Master of Public Health: Biostatistics, Certificate in Advanced Epidemiology
Boston College (BC) Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience
Columbia University Medical Center, New York State Psychiatric Institute New York NY Research Assistant (PI: Seonjoo Lee) Sept 2023 – Present 2024
Conducted various statistical analysis across three research projects, contributing to the broader understanding of the interplay between biological markers, mental health, and developmental outcomes in R language
Investigated microstructural variations across different psychiatric comorbidity groups in youth by using principal component analysis (PCA) and non-negative matrix factorization (NMF), contributing to the understanding of brain- behavior relationships.
Analyzed placenta DNA methylation data to explore the impact of maternal allostatic load on gene expression, assessing its associations with stress and child developmental outcomes.
Social Cognitive and Neural Sciences Lab, Columbia University New York, NY Volunteer June 2024 – Present 2024
Created and optimized five boiler plate templates to streamline and standardize fMRI analyses for the lab in Python, enabling quick and easy modifications for various research projects
Focused on refining multivariate analysis including classification, representation similarity analysis( RSA), and neural dimensionality reduction etc to support lab’s research
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA Research Assistant (PI: John Christianson) Sept 2021 – May 2023
Investigate the Role of the Biological Mechanism of How 5-HT and the Insula Interact to Change Social Behaviors
Investigated serotonergic projection of dorsal raphe nucleus(DRN) to the insula cortex(IC) in age- and stress- dependent social exploration in adults and juvenile rats
Conducted a fluorescent insitu hybridization to investigate cell types colocalize with 5HT2creceptors in insula; performed post-operative care, extracted, sliced and stained brain; imaged brain slices; gathered and presented data in the lab and contributed to conversations on how to improve the experiments.