Resume

• 2007

  Saskatoon

  SK

  Canada

  Taught cognitive and research psychology courses to undergraduate students

  including Introduction to Cognition

  Advanced Experimental Design

  and Independent Research.\n\nImpacts:\n •\tTranslated complex concepts into easy to understand information\n •\tAdapted and improved teaching methods to consistently increase scores on performance\n evaluations year after year

  Instructor

  Dept. of Psychology

  University of Saskatchewan

  San Francisco Bay Area

  Designed

  implemented

  and managed research projects on learning with children and adults. Prepared federal grant applications. Writing

  data visualization

  and statistical analysis. \n \nImpacts:\n •\tPublished research in leading scientific journals\n •\tConsulted with multidisciplinary research team to add cognitive psychology insight to projects\n •\tMaximized research impact as key editor on numerous publications\n •\tDesigned and programmed experiments for primary research and collaborators’ projects\n•\tManaged junior researchers creating project protocols

  collecting and analyzing data

  and writing

  Postdoctoral Research Fellow

  Stanford University

  Introduction to University Teaching

  The Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness

  University of Saskatchewan

• 2005

  University of Saskatchewan

  Saskatoon

  SK

  Canada

  Conducted numerous research projects on cognitive performance and problem solving in adults. Responsible for academic research

  experimental design

  statistical analysis

  report writing

  data visualization

  internal and external verbal report presentations

  and funding applications. \n\nImpacts:\n •\tPublished research in leading scientific journals\n •\tAdvanced understanding of factors that affect problem solving\n •\tReceived three prestigious national awards for my work totaling over $180

  Graduate Student Researcher

  Memory and Reasoning Lab

  University of Saskatchewan

  Toronto

  Canada

  • Leadership role in the dissemination of imaging research results\n• Oversee analysis of structural and functional imaging data in normal and patient populations\n• Oversee processing

  storage

  quality control

  integrity & documentation in relation to MRI libraries\n• Oversee statistical approaches to imaging analyses\n• Teach image analysis techniques to students

  post-doctoral fellows

  and other researchers\n• Establish training protocols for mentorship of postdoctoral trainees

  residents

  students

  and staff\n• Work closely with the CYBD Director to monitor and plan projects\n• Serve as a liaison between CYBD and other imaging groups

  Research Associate 2 - Imaging

  Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder

  Sunnybrook Research Insititute

  University of Toronto

  These are given to trainee members whose abstracts score in the top 15% within a major subject review category.

  International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine

  Post Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral

  Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS D) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral (PGS D) provide financial support to high calibre scholars who are engaged in a doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS D will be offered to the top-ranked applicants and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered an NSERC PGS D. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields.

  Natural Science & Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Post Graduate Scholarship – Masters

  Natural Science & Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Post-Doctoral Fellowship

  The Postdoctoral Fellowships Program provides support to a core of the most promising researchers at a pivotal time in their careers. The fellowships are also intended to secure a supply of highly qualified Canadians with leading edge scientific and research skills for Canadian industry

  government and universities.

  Natural Science & Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Excellence in Leadership Award

  For outstanding dedication and efforts as the APAGS state advocacy coordinator for Canada.

  American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS)

  Dean’s Research Excellence Award of Merit

  Brandon University

  Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral

  Alexander Graham Bell Canada Graduate Scholarships-Doctoral (CGS D) and NSERC Postgraduate Scholarships-Doctoral (PGS D) provide financial support to high calibre scholars who are engaged in a doctoral program in the natural sciences or engineering. The CGS D will be offered to the top-ranked applicants and the next tier of meritorious applicants will be offered an NSERC PGS D. This support allows these scholars to fully concentrate on their studies and seek out the best research mentors in their chosen fields.

  Natural Science & Engineering Research Council of Canada

  Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

  Cognitive Psychology

  American Psychological Association Campus Rep; \nGraduate Students’ Association

  Council Member; \nPsychology Graduate Student Council

  University of Saskatchewan

• 2004

  Brandon University

  Canadian Imaging Research Centre

  Canadian Health Solutions Inc

  Saint John

  New Brunswick

  Canada

  Director of Research

  Canadian Health Solutions Inc

  Toronto

  Canada

  Responsibilities: imaging lead researcher

  designing and writing reports

  designing experiments

  mentoring students

  educating 2 teams on cognitive neuroscience

  teaching analysis

  running analysis

  organizing data sets

  constructing hypotheses and research questions

  public engagement

  networking with other labs.\n\nOrganized multimodal imaging data set into a series of analyses being worked on by 5 different investigators. Completed or near completion on 4 primary authored manuscripts and collaborative author on at least 7 more. Side projects included designing experiment to test executive function in aging and analyzing multisite dataset on executive function in Parkinson’s disease.

  Post Doctoral Fellow

  Sunnybrook Research Insititute

  University of Toronto

  Saint John

  New Brunswick

  Canadian Imaging Research Centre

  Brandon

  MB

  Canada

  Conducted contract research with Manitoba Health and Child and Family Services Manitoba.\n\nImpacts:\n •\tEvaluated Parent-Child Home Program social cognitive intervention for developmentally at-risk toddlers to support continued funding to the program\n •\tCollaborated with a large research team to design suitable qualitative and quantitative analyses and data visualizations for the Families First social cognitive intervention for infants in families with economic or parenting skills disadvantages to evaluate and improve programming services

  Freelance Graduate Researcher

  Brandon University

  Brandon

  MB

  Canada

  Taught child psychology lab sections and supervised preschool lab observations.\n\nImpacts:\n •\tDeveloped group leadership skills\n •\tDeveloped capacity for independent management

  Lab Instructor

  Dept. of Psychology

  Brandon University

• 2000

  B.Sc. (Hons.)

  Psychology

  Brandon University Psychology Society

  Brandon University

• Experimental Design

  Cognition

  Research Design

  Neuroimaging

  Clinical Research

  Cognitive Neuroscience

  R

  Science

  Teaching

  Research

  Cognitive Psychology

  Quantitative Research

  SPSS

  Qualitative Research

  Data Analysis

  Psychology

  Statistics

  Scientific Writing

  fMRI

  Literature Reviews

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  Metcalfe

  Arron

  Metcalfe

  Stanford University

  Centre for Youth Bipolar Disorder

  Sunnybrook Research Insititute

  University of Toronto