Experience

University of North Carolina Sheps Center for Health Services Research

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Graduate Research Assistant

  • Aug 2023 - Present

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States PIs: Chris Shea, PhD, Valerie Lewis, PhD, Paula Song, PhD 1) Evaluate perspectives from the state, prepaid health plans, providers, and beneficiaries on the recent North Carolina Medicaid Transformation using qualitative methods



University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Student Research Assistant

  • Jan 2023 - Present

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States PIs: Samantha Schilling, MD, MSHP and Kristen Hassmiller-Lich, PhD 1) Create theories of change using causal loop diagrams for the NC Integrated Care for Kids (NC InCK) model



Blue Cross NC

• United States
• Insurance
• 700 & Above Employee

• Behavioral Health Intern

  • May 2023 - Oct 2023

  1) Support for selecting and contracting with the identified vendor, including supporting the development of a detailed business plan with subsequent revision and tweaking to meet ROI expectations. 2) Regular review of industry and academic data sources to find information relevant to the business plan, expansion approach and internal communications 3) Collaborative development of internal communications including decision memos, one-pagers and power point slides.



University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill TEACCH Autism Program

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Aug 2022

  Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States 1) Partnered with clinicians in building an online data collection platform for group members enrolled in a 24-week Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) group tailored for autistic adults 2) Prepared IRB application to assess clinicians’ and group members’ acceptability and satisfaction with DBT-ST groups conducted across TEACCH Centers through qualitative interviews 3) Scored real-time executive function skills and emotion dysregulation during the TEACCH Transition… Show more 1) Partnered with clinicians in building an online data collection platform for group members enrolled in a 24-week Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Training (DBT-ST) group tailored for autistic adults 2) Prepared IRB application to assess clinicians’ and group members’ acceptability and satisfaction with DBT-ST groups conducted across TEACCH Centers through qualitative interviews 3) Scored real-time executive function skills and emotion dysregulation during the TEACCH Transition Readiness & Employability Evaluation to measure efficacy of a vocational intervention for autistic adults 4) Coded clinician fidelity to the manualized TEACCH School Transition to Employment and Postsecondary Education Program (T-STEP) to increase reliability and validity of the behavioral intervention 5) Supported Principal Investigator with securing $9 million in funding from Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute for a comparison of two brief suicide prevention interventions tailored for autistic youth 6) Visually re-designed resource guide for clinicians about identifying suicide warning signs in autistic individuals and translated Safety Planning Intervention steps into accessible infographics 7) Interviewed 22 clinicians and community stakeholders about their experience participating in Project ECHO and created an evaluation summary for funders using mixed methods 8) Demonstrated effectiveness of Project ECHO training model by analyzing growth in self-efficacy Show less



UC San Diego

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jul 2020 - Jan 2021

  San Diego, California, United States Principal Investigator: Lauren Brookman-Frazee 1) Evaluated the extent to which therapists use evidence-based strategies in the context of a system-driven initiative to implement practices in routine mental health care for children and adolescents 2) Conducted qualitative coding of over 50 therapy sessions (approximately 125 hours)



National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Post-baccalaureate Research Fellow

  • Jun 2018 - Oct 2020

  Section on Neurobiology of Fear and Anxiety 1) Independently tested the impact of experimentally induced anxiety on working memory in over 50 healthy volunteers to measure the effectiveness of cognitive training on anxiety symptoms 2) Collected physiological responses and measures of self-reported anxiety in healthy adults during a lab-based, visuospatial, working memory task (N-Back Task) for publication 3) Administered over 100 neuropsychological assessments in participants with and without anxiety disorders during weekly… Show more 1) Independently tested the impact of experimentally induced anxiety on working memory in over 50 healthy volunteers to measure the effectiveness of cognitive training on anxiety symptoms 2) Collected physiological responses and measures of self-reported anxiety in healthy adults during a lab-based, visuospatial, working memory task (N-Back Task) for publication 3) Administered over 100 neuropsychological assessments in participants with and without anxiety disorders during weekly in-person screenings and coordinated in-person screening visits 4) Conducted over 500 participant intake interviews with adults and reviewed medical, psychiatric, and substance use status with a team of nurses and doctors to determine eligibility for studies 5) Investigated content validity and sensitivity of a novel online motivation task and presented findings 6) Created data visualizations of weekly recruitment and enrollment numbers by state to illustrate the geographic distribution of participants and to identify areas for improvement Show less



The University of Texas at Austin

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2016 - May 2018

  The Child Development in Context Lab



Dallas Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Art Camp Intern

  • May 2015 - Aug 2015

  1717 N Harwood St, Dallas, TX 75201