Sunderland Baker
Computational Neurosurgery Research Assistant at University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus- Claim this Profile
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Member
American Public Health AssociationJul, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
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Society for NeuroscienceJul, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
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Society for Public Health EducationMay, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Ethical and Practical Considerations in Community-Engaged Research (CEnR)
CITI Program, A Division of BRANYApr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
GCP - Social and Behavioral Research Best Practices for Clinical Research
CITI Program, A Division of BRANYApr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
HSR - Biomedical Human Subjects Research (IRB)
CITI Program, A Division of BRANYApr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
HSR - Group Harms: Research with Culturally or Medically Vulnerable Groups
CITI Program, A Division of BRANYApr, 2021- Oct, 2024 -
Good Clinical Practice Course for Clinical Trials Involving Drugs
CITI Program, A Division of BRANYJun, 2020- Oct, 2024 -
DataOps Methodology
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Experience
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University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Computational Neurosurgery Research Assistant
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Apr 2020 - Present
- In the lab of Dr. John Thompson under a $5,000 Boettcher Foundation Collaboration Grant: “Real-time computer vision analysis for improving outcomes in the operating room during deep brain stimulation implantation for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease.”- Utilize DeepLabCut (Python tool) and MATLAB coding software to track and operationalize hand gesture movement and neuron activity (neurophysiological data) during surgical procedures of deep brain stimulation (DBS) for patients with Parkinson's disease.- Create a coded, trained network of manually-assessed frames that employs an objective, mathematical approach to measuring the gait/control of fine motor skills during surgery (n=11 cases, 176,946 individual labels, 330,074 total frames) to reveal the efficacious movement tracking at various electrode depths, with high accuracy. Correlated it to electrophysiology via Matlab with Hidden Markov Models and kinematics measures to identify gross and nuanced neuromotor behavior.- Develop an objective neuromotor identification pipeline employing Euclidean distance peak epochs and electrophysiological recordings compared to an exemplar clustered set.- Perform data analysis of acquired data to make it more concise and usable in DeepLabCut and Mathematica coding platforms.- Attend learning sessions, coding classes, and conferences on recent advances in the field of computational neuroscience to supplement and support progress in the lab.- Employ and disseminate knowledge of DeepLabCut to ancillary lab teams in the departments of Neurosurgery, Neurology, and Neuropsychology given expert skills in such domains.- Give formal presentations of findings in June, July, August, and September, the latter of which is at a research summit at Colorado College. Attended 2021 Society for Neuroscience conference in Chicago, IL.
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Penn State College of Medicine
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Project Coordinator
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Apr 2021 - Present
- Perform data visualization utilizing ArcGIS to map and forge connections between sites (e.g. trails) to promote physical activity, accessibility, and wellness in Berks County, Pennsylvania. - Utilize SPSS and NVivo to ascertain program evaluation for healthy food access in urban environments, Walk with a Doc program efficacy, COVID/flu vaccine endorsement efforts, breastfeeding promotion, destigmatization, and maternal health among Hispanic/Latino population in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.- Encourage healthy nutrition standards among youth in Lebanon and Reading by creating access maps to affordable, healthy food via ArcGIS, and evaluating success of food access programs (e.g. fruit/vegetable vouchers at WIC clinics) with appropriate statistical analysis. Additionally assist in bilingual summer camps on nutrition science for youth in Reading, Pennsylvania.- Endorsing COVID-19 vaccination among Hispanic/Latino populations by engaging with the community in Hershey and Reading, Pennsylvania at mass vaccination clinics, and by disseminating factual information on vaccine efficacy, safety, and effects in English and Spanish. Combat misinformation by creating and disseminating materials as part of the Association of Immunization Managers.- Evaluate efficacy of diabetes screening programs and access among marginalized populations in central Pennsylvania via use of statistical analysis software (e.g. SPSS, R) and presenting findings.- Participate in drafting and submitting IRB documentation for all prospective community-based research endeavors, such as surveying, qualitative coding, etc.- Attend all REACH team program evaluations, research meetings, stakeholder advisory board meetings, and individual project meetings/proceedings, as part of the PRO Wellness division within the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center.- Present at the Appalachain Translational Research Network (ATRN) 2021 Annual Health Summit conference.
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Community Health Worker Intern
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Aug 2020 - Apr 2021
- Carry out pediatric bicycle safety education program in partnership with 14 local police departments among Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, and York counties to foster positive community relationships and give underserved youth access to proper protective gear.- Coordinate with the Pennsylvania State Police to infiltrate bicycle and pedestrian safety education across the state in alignment with a $1.1M grant.- Extend chemical and medicinal safety practices and education to homeless shelters and housing projects across the south central PA region and Susquehanna Valley.- Participate in several ancillary committees such as the Physical Activity Taskforce, Safe Kids Dauphin County, etc.
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Colorado College
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Mathematics Teaching Assistant
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Mar 2021 - Present
- TA for Calculus I (MA126), Calculus II (MA129), Calculus III (MA204), Probability and Statistical Modelling (MA217), and Mathematical Biology (MA256).- Provide group and individual learning sessions to help students grasp concepts and apply knowledge in Calculus I-III and Mathematical Biology courses.- Provide constructive criticism and give robust explanations for thinking and processes behind achieving answers for these courses.- Upload grades for students in respective coursework with and without oversight from the teaching professor.
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Bonner Fellow
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Aug 2019 - Present
- Commit to 40 hours of community engagement service per block in Colorado Springs, over over 300 hours in the academic year.- Commit to one community partner to engage in an academic internship/learning experience at least 5 hours per week to further understand pervasive community issues (Community Health Partnership, Colorado Springs, CO.)- Propagate an extension of such community engagement work by completing a building capacity project in which one furthers their service by implementing a program in the sector to continue its impact.- Engage in a capstone project merging academic major interests with knowledge and themes obtained from thorough community engagement.
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Health Psychology Research Assistant
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Oct 2021 - Present
- Construction of a database using SPSS, MATLAB R2021a, and its Database Toolbox, in addition to extensive quantitative data analysis under Dr. Kristi Erdal in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Human Biology and Kinesiology.- Detailing the mediating and moderating relationships among anthropometric, athletic capacity, and basketball performance (high school division, AAU division/club, socioeconomics, and other factors in DI/DII/DIII basketball eligibility) at the collegiate level among western U.S. colleges and N=700+ athletes.- Present at the Colorado College Psychology Department's Star Seminar in February 2022.
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Inclusion Representative
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Aug 2020 - May 2021
- Actively seek out opportunities to act as a facilitator in student discussion and intentional conversations regarding diversity, inclusion, and equity.- Direct special attention towards accessibility needs and disability awareness and inclusion on campus.- Assist any and all groups that serve historically and/or presently marginalized or underrepresented students in self-run, spearheaded initiatives.- Assist Colorado College in achieving its goal of becoming an anti-racist and anti-oppressive institution by fostering an inclusive culture that recognizes and appreciates all identities.- Conduct an internal and external audit of the CCSGA and the CC campus environments.
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Bonner Programming and Curricula Developer
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Aug 2019 - May 2020
- Responsible for organizing, facilitating, and debriefing weekly Bonner meetings with fellow cohorts.- Attend additional professional development meetings to design goals/objectives.- Review any pending violations committed by members and determine correct consequence including issuance of sanctions.- Assess program/curricula efficacy via designing and executing surveys to negotiate subsequent adjustments to create a holistic pedagogy.- Design blockly questions for first-year cohort members to answer in detailed response to assess efficacy of the Bonner program.- Organize fall and spring retreats for all members of the Bonner Fellowship.- Taught an adjunct course intermittently regarding objective intersectionality, interpersonal relationships, and intentional conversations, disability, and accessibility in community engagement.- Attend the Bonner Convention at Centre College and report back to group on findings, opportunities for development, new practices, etc.- Be an active member on the committee for hiring a new assistant director of the Collaborative for Community Engagement.- Admit new members for the upcoming Bonner cohort through an intensive and competitive application process via reviewing applications, determining eligibility, interviewing finalists, and final admissions.
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Community Health Partnership
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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1 - 100 Employee
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Public Health Data Analyst
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Mar 2020 - Present
- Tackle interdisciplinary and cross-department projects regarding data accumulation and organization for opioid use and suicide prevention across El Paso County communities utilizing data sets from the El Paso County Department of Public Health, Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, and other stakeholders with the Collaborative for Prevention, Addiction Education, and Recovery (CPAR).- Create and distribute monthly reports on trends with opioid-related deaths in Southern Colorado using Matlab, R, and AffinityDesigner.- Utilize GIS technologies to create accessible maps of syringe usage to assess the scope and socioeconomic and medical impact of such usage on communities, in conjunction with medication assisting training partnerships map.- Recruit various healthcare community partners to increase accessibility for health education/literacy programs, suicide prevention and awareness programs, drug abuse and disease prevention programs, etc. as needed.- Attend staff meetings in order to understand and apply context and scope of CHP work and deficits.
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Grant Writer
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Apr 2021 - Aug 2021
- Support and promote physical activity and accessibility among marginalized youth in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania via searching for applicable grants to nuance programming efforts within the non-profit organization.- Conduct in-depth research and literature reviews to identify appropriate grants to support the needs of the organization.- Draft and submit comprehensive grant proposals, highlighting objectives of the organization, alignment and allocation of grant funds, and potential statistical and/or qualitative implications of such grants.- Evaluate efficacy of ongoing programs via use of quantitative statistical analysis methods and qualitative coding methods to inform grant stakeholders as well as leaders of the non-profit organization to improve reach and impact on the local community.- Grants applied to: United States Tennis Association (USTA) Middle States Tennis in the Parks, USTA Middle States Grow the Game, Wellspan,
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Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment
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United States
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Government Administration
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700 & Above Employee
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Youth Consultant
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May 2018 - May 2021
- Watch professional department-led organizations regarding initiatives that necessitate our feedback, including Colorado Youth Fatality annual legislative reports, comprehensive sexual health education curricula, mental health and access disparities, and other pertinent programs/concerns that affect marginalized populations of Colorado.- Give constructive criticism, pointers, ideas, and answers to presenters' questions/requests on their initiatives.- Discuss any pertinent problems in the Colorado community that necessitate change.- Actively partner with community organizations to kickstart programs to elicit change in the Colorado community regarding public health crises.- Interview potential incoming members of the advisory committee annually.
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Comprehensive Human Sexuality Education Oversight Entity Representative
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
- HB 19-1032 dictates that public schools instruct on human sexuality, relationships, contraception, diseases, positive youth development, etc. in all forms, de-emphasizing religious or discriminatory content to make unbiased instruction. It mandates an oversight entity of 8 individuals.- Develop policies and procedures to implement such program into all Colorado public schools (in terms of notification and grant application.)- Analyze the application of the bill with an anti-oppressive and intersectional lens that takes into account diverse lived experience, accessibility to programs, etc.- Survey school district sex ed regulations and identifying into categories of IHAM, IHAMB, or IMB/INB/IJA to determine variances in sex ed need.- Carefully outreach by promoting benefits and nuances of bill.- Perform a subject matter expert review of applicants to hire a project coordinator.- Assess its efficacy each academic year and determine correct allocation of $1M grant funding.- Ensure implementation of curricula aligns with guidelines of HB 19-1032.- Execute studies to determine factual-based need for grant money to implement comprehensive sexual education.- Approve RFA applications biannually for eligible schools and school districts.- After each academic year, create a legislative report demonstrating program efficacy.- Organize a summer institute to teach comprehensive sex ed initiatives and community organizing among rural and urban Colorado schools.
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Boettcher Foundation
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United States
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Alumni Ambassador
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Dec 2019 - Dec 2020
- Promote the Boettcher Scholarship among underserved communities and school districts via facilitating presentations, meet-and-greets, and other miscellaneous events.- Responsible for coordinating such events and executing presentations in a professional manner.- Be an outstanding representation of the Boettcher Foundation and reiterate its values and promises to all local entities.- Responsible for at least 3 coordinated events per academic year. - Promote the Boettcher Scholarship among underserved communities and school districts via facilitating presentations, meet-and-greets, and other miscellaneous events.- Responsible for coordinating such events and executing presentations in a professional manner.- Be an outstanding representation of the Boettcher Foundation and reiterate its values and promises to all local entities.- Responsible for at least 3 coordinated events per academic year.
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Penrose Hospital
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Ultrasound Department Receptionist
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Aug 2019 - Dec 2019
Volunteer:- Check in incoming patients from the radiology center.- Collect confidential information regarding medical conditions and planned procedure(s) and organize/file accordingly.- Upload and track patient-identifier information in online system.- Answer any questions that incoming patients may have. Volunteer:- Check in incoming patients from the radiology center.- Collect confidential information regarding medical conditions and planned procedure(s) and organize/file accordingly.- Upload and track patient-identifier information in online system.- Answer any questions that incoming patients may have.
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Reconstruction Experts, Inc.
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United States
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Construction
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1 - 100 Employee
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Administrative Assistant
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Jun 2019 - Aug 2019
- Create and upload subcontractor logs of required documentation for various projects throughout Colorado.- Direct and transfer incoming calls into interstate divisions/personnel.- Have knowledge of current construction projects, PMs, etc.- Direct inquiries to appropriate personnel.- Certify mail for delivery and expedite FedEx deliveries.- Organize incoming mail and files daily.- Copy and scan items per need of fellow workers.- Complete unique projects assigned by fellow workers.
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North Suburban Medical Center
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Volunteer Trainer
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2019
- Train incoming volunteers at front desk duties, including but not limited to taking/receiving phone calls, transferring said calls, looking up patients on Meditech, ordering radiology requests, upholding confidentiality, etc.
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Front Desk Receptionist
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Oct 2017 - Aug 2019
Volunteer:- Direct incomers to various areas of the hospital.- Direct family to loved ones while abiding to HIPAA.- Make and take phone calls to and from various departments to relay information/guide personnel.- Resolve radiology order requests.- Uphold confidentiality and security protocol.- Maintain sanitation and cleanliness at the front desk and front lobby.- Train new volunteers at such position outside of volunteer commitment.
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Patient Companion
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Feb 2018 - Apr 2019
Volunteer: - Act as a patient liaison and discuss with patients whatever they want to discuss (life, family, pets, concerns, requests, needs, etc.)- Relay requests to appropriate floor staff.- Retrieve any non-medical items for patients such as blankets, water (if not NPO), etc.- Abide by HIPAA and all medical restrictions.- Relay shopping requests to valet.- Report non-medical requests on logs for the volunteer department.- Uphold sanitation/germ-spread protocol. Volunteer: - Act as a patient liaison and discuss with patients whatever they want to discuss (life, family, pets, concerns, requests, needs, etc.)- Relay requests to appropriate floor staff.- Retrieve any non-medical items for patients such as blankets, water (if not NPO), etc.- Abide by HIPAA and all medical restrictions.- Relay shopping requests to valet.- Report non-medical requests on logs for the volunteer department.- Uphold sanitation/germ-spread protocol.
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Target
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United States
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Retail
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700 & Above Employee
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Cashier
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Jun 2018 - Mar 2019
- Resolve any problems at the self-checkout, ranging from financial to item location.- Relay any need beyond my ability to appropriate supervisors.- Uphold all security and shoplifting protocol.- Promote Target deals, products, etc. - Resolve any problems at the self-checkout, ranging from financial to item location.- Relay any need beyond my ability to appropriate supervisors.- Uphold all security and shoplifting protocol.- Promote Target deals, products, etc.
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Education
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2019 - 2022
Colorado College
B.A., Public Health Science, Minor: Mathematical Biology -
2021 - 2021
Penn State Harrisburg
Nondegree, Computer Science & Chemistry -
2015 - 2019
Northglenn High School
High School Diploma, PLTW Biomedical Science & AP Capstone Diploma
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