Athena Theyers
Scientific Associate at CAN-BIND Depression Network- Claim this Profile
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Experience
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CAN-BIND Depression Network
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Canada
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Scientific Associate
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Mar 2018 - Present
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Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest
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Canada
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Biotechnology
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Research Assistant
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Jan 2018 - Present
• Quality control, de-identification and assessment of MRI neuroimages• R and Python programming• Statistical analyses • Quality control, de-identification and assessment of MRI neuroimages• R and Python programming• Statistical analyses
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2015 - Nov 2017
• Developed new protocol for analyzing fMRI BOLD images• Wrote code for processing fMRI images in Matlab, R and BASH• Generated simulations to test methods using R • Developed new protocol for analyzing fMRI BOLD images• Wrote code for processing fMRI images in Matlab, R and BASH• Generated simulations to test methods using R
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University of Toronto
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Canada
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant
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Sep 2014 - Apr 2015
• Developed and tested non-adhesive bandage prototypes for burn victims • Developed and tested non-adhesive bandage prototypes for burn victims
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Toronto Hydro
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Canada
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Utilities
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700 & Above Employee
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Communications Consultant Intern
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May 2013 - Aug 2014
• Managed team's projects and tasks, • Supervised other students• Worked on process mapping and process improvement for the department, • Developed new Excel database, • Assisted with customer negotiations, • Chaired weekly meetings, • Assisted with town halls and site visits to address customer concerns • Managed team's projects and tasks, • Supervised other students• Worked on process mapping and process improvement for the department, • Developed new Excel database, • Assisted with customer negotiations, • Chaired weekly meetings, • Assisted with town halls and site visits to address customer concerns
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GSES, SSEA Instructor
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Oct 2012 - Mar 2013
• Organized and ran science and engineering courses for students in Gr. 7-12 as part of University of Toronto's Saturday Program • Organized and ran science and engineering courses for students in Gr. 7-12 as part of University of Toronto's Saturday Program
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Sttarr Innovation Centre
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Canada
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Biotechnology
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1 - 100 Employee
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Summer Research Student
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May 2012 - Aug 2012
• Developed new protocol for measuring microvascular density of ex-vivo tumour samples from fluorescent images• Performed organ and tumour segmentation for contrast-enhanced CT images• Worked with cancer cell lines • Developed new protocol for measuring microvascular density of ex-vivo tumour samples from fluorescent images• Performed organ and tumour segmentation for contrast-enhanced CT images• Worked with cancer cell lines
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DEEP Counselor
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Jul 2011 - Jul 2011
• Assisted in instructor's lessons at Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) Summer Academy • Assisted in instructor's lessons at Da Vinci Engineering Enrichment Program (DEEP) Summer Academy
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Princess Margaret Hospital
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Bahamas
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Hospitals and Health Care
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200 - 300 Employee
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Nurse's Assistant
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Sep 2008 - Jan 2009
High school co-op position• Set-up blood tests and labelled samples• Stocked equipment• Assisted with patient check-ups High school co-op position• Set-up blood tests and labelled samples• Stocked equipment• Assisted with patient check-ups
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Education
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University of Toronto
Master's degree, Medical Biophysics -
University of Toronto
Bachelor's degree, Engineering Science