Experience

AbelsonTaylor

• United States
• Advertising Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Associate Copywriter

  • Aug 2021 - Present

• Clinical Research Associate

  • Oct 2020 - Aug 2021



Northwestern University - The Feinberg School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Technologist

  • May 2018 - Oct 2020

  Dr. Herbert Y. Meltzer’s Laboratory - •Key researcher on several major research projects funded by Allergan, Eli Lilly, and Sunovion.•Expertise in manuscript editing, formatting, and literature review for scientific journal publications.•Expertise using translational behavioral paradigms that investigate schizophrenia, depression, Alzheimer's disease, aging, and anxiety.•Expertise in DNA extraction, PCR technique, and electrophoresis for transgenic mouse genotyping.•Assist in animal behavior scoring and data analysis.•Working knowledge of GraphPad Prism.



University of Iowa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-baccalaureate Research Intern

  • Jun 2017 - May 2018

  Dr. Ryan T. LaLumiere’s Laboratory - •Assisted in manuscript editing and literature review for new cognitive behavior protocol.•Research skills include optogenetics, immunohistochemistry, and drug self-administration operant chamber behavioral work.•Assisted in anesthetic and aseptic stereotaxic surgical procedures.

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2014 - May 2017

  Assisted graduate students with memory consolidation and drug addiction research in Dr. Ryan LaLumiere's Laboratory.•Wrote scientific abstracts for use at various research poster presentation events.•Presented research at local and state research events.•Built fiber optic probes for optogenetics use.•Performed immunohistochemistry for brain tissue slices.•Assisted in rodent drug self-administration (operant chamber) and Barnes Maze.

• Undergraduate Tutor

  • Jan 2014 - May 2017

  Undergraduate tutor for calculus and statistics courses through the Tutor Iowa program.

• Lab Assistant

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Assisting graduate students with cocaine and heroin addiction research in Dr. Ryan LaLumiere's Laboratory.

• Iowa Center for Research by Undergraduates (ICRU) Research Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - May 2016

  Monetary research fellowship for undergraduate research during the academic year.•Assisted in contextual fear conditioning behavioral paradigm experiments. •Handmade fiber optic probes for optogenetics.•Assisted in anesthetic and aseptic stereotactic surgical procedures.