Network Director and Chief Operating Officer at Canadian Consortium on Neurodegeneration in Aging

• Apr 2019 - Present

I am in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Consortium including network development, operational and budget oversight, strategic planning with the Scientific Director, reporting, communications with our members, stakeholders and partners, oversight of outward communications and knowledge translation, along with staff management.

Acting Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer

• Dec 2018 - Apr 2019

I am in charge of the day-to-day operations of the Consortium including network development, operational and budget oversight, strategic planning with the Scientific Director, reporting, communications with our members, stakeholders and partners, oversight of outward communications and knowledge translation, along with staff management.

National Research Program Coordinator

• May 2017 - Dec 2018

Research Scientist

• Nov 2015 - Mar 2017

Assistant Research Scientist

• Jan 2012 - Nov 2016

*Same position as in previous post, but only a job title change because I was awarded a grant to conduct my research*Accomplished writer and communicator: • Wrote grants and fellowship applications (i.e.: identified areas needing research, gathered complex information, wrote in clear and concise manner, edited and proofread documents) and was successfully funded through highly competitive government funding opportunities as a Postdoctoral Fellow (FQRSC), and then as an NIH-funded Research Scientist in the U.S.• Published in several high-impact scientific journals in my field, such as Psychological Science, Psychonomic Bulleting & Review, or Current Directions in Psychological Science.• Wrote several projects to be submitted to ethics committees in order to proceed with the lab’s research. • Successfully developed, managed and completed my own NIH-funded research as sole PI, leading to four first-author publications.• Managed lab finances for my mentor from 2009-2015.• Lectured extensively at the undergraduate and graduate level from 2003-2016.• Conducted cutting-edge research using complex data collection methods (eye movement tracking) on the reading processes of deaf readers• Programmed and processed eyetracking data on 20+ projects (in-house programs), and analyzed data (using R). • Trained undergraduate research assistants every year in meticulous data collection procedures and troubleshooting with our SR Research eyetrackers (Eyelink 1000). Show less

Postdoctoral Fellow

• Feb 2009 - Jan 2012

Accomplished writer and communicator: • Wrote grants and fellowship applications (i.e.: identified areas needing research, gathered complex information, wrote in clear and concise manner, edited and proofread documents) and was successfully funded through highly competitive government funding opportunities as a Postdoctoral Fellow (FQRSC), and then as an NIH-funded Research Scientist in the U.S.• Published in several high-impact scientific journals in my field, such as Psychological Science, Psychonomic Bulleting & Review, or Current Directions in Psychological Science.• Wrote several projects to be submitted to ethics committees in order to proceed with the lab’s research. • Successfully developed, managed and completed my own NIH-funded research as sole PI, leading to four first-author publications.• Managed lab finances for my mentor from 2009-2015.• Lectured extensively at the undergraduate and graduate level from 2003-2016.• Conducted cutting-edge research using complex data collection methods (eye movement tracking) on the reading processes of deaf readers• Programmed and processed eyetracking data on 20+ projects (in-house programs), and analyzed data (using R). • Trained undergraduate research assistants every year in meticulous data collection procedures and troubleshooting with our SR Research eyetrackers (Eyelink 1000). Show less