Clara Cousins

Associate Computational Scientist at Cartography Biosciences
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Los Angeles, California, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Biotechnology Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Computational Scientist
      • Jul 2021 - Present
    • United States
    • Research Services
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Associate Computational Biologist
      • Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

      Liu Lab, Department of Data Science and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics Liu Lab, Department of Data Science and Center for Functional Cancer Epigenetics

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Computational Research Staff
      • May 2020 - Mar 2021

      Fraenkel Lab, Department of Biological Engineering

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Jan 2019 - May 2020

      - Thesis in Fraenkel Lab, Department of Biological Engineering: "Multi-task learning of Bayesian networks identifies candidate causal proteins in neurodegenerative diseases" - Analyze differential kinases and shRNA screens in mesenchymal and proneural glioblastoma cell lines

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Emergency Medical Technician
      • Apr 2020 - May 2020

      - Boston Hope Field Hospital for COVID-19 - Boston Hope Field Hospital for COVID-19

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Course Assistant in Statistics
      • Jan 2020 - May 2020

      - STAT 115/215: Introduction to Computational Biology and Bioinformatics - Lead weekly section, hold office hours, and grade problem sets and exams for ~25 undergraduate and 45 graduate students

    • Undergraduate Research Assistant
      • Jan 2018 - May 2020

      - Lieberman Lab, Department of Human Evolutionary Biology - Used open-flow respirometry, electromyography, and 3D motion capture to assess metabolic cost of walking in humans using heel-strike plantigrade, non-heel-strike plantigrade, and digitigrade foot postures. - Publication in progress.

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Clinical Research Coordinator
      • Jun 2013 - May 2020

      - Pasquale Lab, Department of Glaucoma - Analyzed GWAS summary statistics and functional genomic annotations with linkage disequilibrium score regression and partitioned heritability. - Conducted clinical research examinations with nailfold video capillaroscopy on over 400 patients. Communicated with people of various backgrounds (physicians, researchers, administrative personnel, blind patients, cognitively impaired patients, healthy controls) so that they understand research study and… Show more - Pasquale Lab, Department of Glaucoma - Analyzed GWAS summary statistics and functional genomic annotations with linkage disequilibrium score regression and partitioned heritability. - Conducted clinical research examinations with nailfold video capillaroscopy on over 400 patients. Communicated with people of various backgrounds (physicians, researchers, administrative personnel, blind patients, cognitively impaired patients, healthy controls) so that they understand research study and their choices as participants. - Developed novel assessment protocols for microvascular abnormalities in glaucoma. - Collected baseline and five year follow up data on progression of primary open-angle glaucoma for cases with at risk CDKN2B-AS rs3217992 variant vs. without variant. - Paid employee (gap year June 2015 - August 2016); Volunteer position (summers 2013-2014, 2016-2020). Show less - Pasquale Lab, Department of Glaucoma - Analyzed GWAS summary statistics and functional genomic annotations with linkage disequilibrium score regression and partitioned heritability. - Conducted clinical research examinations with nailfold video capillaroscopy on over 400 patients. Communicated with people of various backgrounds (physicians, researchers, administrative personnel, blind patients, cognitively impaired patients, healthy controls) so that they understand research study and… Show more - Pasquale Lab, Department of Glaucoma - Analyzed GWAS summary statistics and functional genomic annotations with linkage disequilibrium score regression and partitioned heritability. - Conducted clinical research examinations with nailfold video capillaroscopy on over 400 patients. Communicated with people of various backgrounds (physicians, researchers, administrative personnel, blind patients, cognitively impaired patients, healthy controls) so that they understand research study and their choices as participants. - Developed novel assessment protocols for microvascular abnormalities in glaucoma. - Collected baseline and five year follow up data on progression of primary open-angle glaucoma for cases with at risk CDKN2B-AS rs3217992 variant vs. without variant. - Paid employee (gap year June 2015 - August 2016); Volunteer position (summers 2013-2014, 2016-2020). Show less

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • May 2016 - Aug 2018

      - Buys Lab, Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research - Performed nailfold video capillaroscopy and retinal tissue processing on soluble guanylate cyclase knockout mice and wild type mice to assess microvascular dysfunction in the setting of impaired nitric oxide signaling. Pursued experiments and analysis. - Department of Anesthesia Scholarship - Buys Lab, Anesthesia Center for Critical Care Research - Performed nailfold video capillaroscopy and retinal tissue processing on soluble guanylate cyclase knockout mice and wild type mice to assess microvascular dysfunction in the setting of impaired nitric oxide signaling. Pursued experiments and analysis. - Department of Anesthesia Scholarship

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Research Assistant
      • Jun 2012 - Aug 2018

      - Stern Lab, Alzheimer’s Disease and Traumatic Encephalopathy Center - Investigate nailfold capillary abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and controls through clinical nailfold capillary examinations, image assessment, and statistical analysis. - Scored written neuropsychology tests and organized data for several studies of neurological disease and injury. - Stern Lab, Alzheimer’s Disease and Traumatic Encephalopathy Center - Investigate nailfold capillary abnormalities in Alzheimer’s disease dementia, mild cognitive impairment, and controls through clinical nailfold capillary examinations, image assessment, and statistical analysis. - Scored written neuropsychology tests and organized data for several studies of neurological disease and injury.

Education

  • David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
    Doctor of Medicine - MD
    2022 - 2026
  • Harvard University
    Bachelor's degree, Molecular Biology and Computer Science
    2016 - 2020
  • Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School
    High School Diploma
    2012 - 2015

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