Experience

The Scientist

• Canada
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Editor

  • Apr 2023 - Present



LabX Media Group

• Canada
• Technology, Information and Media
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Freelance Science Writer

  • Jan 2021 - Mar 2023

  Drug Discovery News articles: https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/search?for=Danielle%20Gerhard Drug Discovery News articles: https://www.drugdiscoverynews.com/search?for=Danielle%20Gerhard



Weill Cornell Medicine

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Aug 2018 - Feb 2023

  Department of Psychiatry Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) TL1 Awardee Department of Psychiatry Clinical and Translational Science Center (CTSC) TL1 Awardee



Yale University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Jun 2017 - Jul 2018

• Teaching Fellow

  • Aug 2013 - May 2017

  Psyc 321/531: Psychopharmacology (Spring 2014, 2015, 2017)Psyc 376: Learning & Memory (Fall 2013, 2014)Psyc 180: Abnormal Psychology (Spring 2016)

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2012 - May 2017

  In the lab of Dr. Ronald Duman researching the cellular and molecular effects of stress and depression and the mechanisms underlying rapid-acting antidepressants like ketamine.

• Graduate Student Researcher in Behavioral Neuroscience Lab

  • Aug 2012 - Dec 2013

  Dr. Glenn Schafe's lab investigates the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the consolidation and reconsolidation of auditory Pavlovian fear memories.



BioTechniques

• United Kingdom
• Book and Periodical Publishing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Writer

  • Aug 2017 - Apr 2018

• Science Journalism Intern

  • Feb 2016 - Aug 2017



Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

• Co-Editor-in-Chief

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2016



University of Tennessee

• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant in the Behavioral Neuroscience Lab

  • Jan 2011 - Aug 2012

  Dr. Cooper's research examines how serotonin acts in the amygdala to modulate the effects of social defeat in Syrian hamsters. Additionally, the lab is interested in the neural circuitry controlling resistance to the effects of social defeat.

• Research Assistant in the Child & Adolescent Development Lab

  • Aug 2009 - May 2011

  Dr. Macfie's research focuses on determining risk and psychopathology in children aged 4-6 and adolescents aged 14-17 whose mothers have been diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD).



Cole Neuroscience Center Memory Clinic

• Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Neuropsychological Evaluator

  • Jun 2011 - Jan 2012



Lakeshore Mental Health Institute

• Knoxville, Tennessee Area

• Intern in the Adult Inpatient Psychosocial Program

  • May 2010 - Aug 2010

  Worked with adult inpatients diagnosed with chronic and debilitating mental disorders. Led and participated in group discussions ranging from social skills and personal hygiene to the stigma of mental disorders. Worked with adult inpatients diagnosed with chronic and debilitating mental disorders. Led and participated in group discussions ranging from social skills and personal hygiene to the stigma of mental disorders.