Joe Shaffer

Assistant Professor at Kansas City University
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Kansas City, Missouri, United States, US

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Experience

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 400 - 500 Employee
    • Assistant Professor
      • Sep 2021 - Present

    • United States
    • Banking
    • Business Analyst
      • Dec 2020 - Sep 2021

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Assistant Research Scientist
      • Jul 2020 - Dec 2020

    • Postdoctoral Scholar
      • Jun 2015 - Jul 2020

      As a post-doctoral researcher I have worked under the mentorship of Dr. Vincent Magnotta at the Magnetic Resonance Research Facility where my research has focused on studying the role of the cerebellum in bipolar disorder and schizophrenia and in developing and testing novel treatments for improving mood in bipolar disorder and for cognitive deficits and impaired motivation in schizophrenia.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Graduate Research Assistant
      • Aug 2009 - May 2015

      I completed my Ph.D. under the mentorship of Dr. Aysenil Belger. My research was focused on investigating the neural correlates of the "negative symptoms" of schizophrenia using functional magnetic resonance imaging.

    • Graduate Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2013 - Apr 2014

      I was TA for a human anatomy lab for one semester and a comparative vertebrate evolution lab for 2 semesters. Duties included running two weekly lab sections which involved a short lesson followed by hands-on study of anatomy models, study of prepared tissues, and dissection.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 500 - 600 Employee
    • Teaching Assistant
      • Aug 2007 - Apr 2009

      My duties were to assist students taking introductory computer science classes with their programming lab work. This required the ability to explain object-oriented programming concepts, to instruct students in Java programming, and to troubleshoot students' Java programs.

    • Technology Consultant
      • Sep 2005 - Apr 2009

      My job duties were to provide support for using software and technology resources to students. Primarily this involved teaching other students how to use software that they needed to use in order to complete their course work, such as Microsoft Office, FTP clients, SPSS, internet browsers, etc.

Education

  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine
    Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Neurobiology
    2009 - 2015
  • Allegheny College
    Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science, Neuroscience
    2005 - 2009
  • Lampeter-Strasburg High School
    High School Diploma
    2001 - 2005

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