Research
Project by project.
Antidepressants, adolescents, depression, and inflamation.
PI: Tiffany Ho, Ph. D.
UCLA Clinical Psychology;
2024-Current;
Research Assistant:
Helped recruit adolescent participants. Conducted psychosocial stress task. Gathered bio-specimen samples, including saliva and blood. Collaborated with neuroimaging technicians for participants’ fMRI scans. Maintained and organized lab trackers, data, bio-specimens, and more. Translated lab materials from English to Spanish. Conducted live translation for participants who were Spanish-only speakers.
Behavioral coding:
parent-child dyad interactions.
PI: Bridget Callaghan, Ph. D.
UCLA Developmental Psychology;
2022-Current;
Research Assistant:
Conducted behavioral (MACRO FIMS) coding on a dataset consisting of several hundreds of hours of parent-child interractions. Maintained a high level of inter-rater reliability, and conducted rater-reliability meetings as needed.
Automating technical skills assessment:
robot-assisted surgery and virtual reality exercises.
PI: Andrew J. Hung, M.D.
USC KSOM;
2021-2022;
NIH Funded R01: “Project Deepstitch”.
Lab Technician II:
assisted in the recruitment of 43 practicing surgeons, handled collaboration between multiple (5) sites, communicated with IRB among all participating sites, coordinated data transfer/sharing agreements, managed de-identified clinical data, gathered data, attended weekly research meetings.
Using AI to improve novel task acquisition in a robot-assisted surgical setting.
PI: Andrew J. Hung, M.D.
USC KSOM;
2022;
NIH Funded R01: “Project Deepstitch”.
Lab Technician/Lab Manager:
recruited 65 medical/undergrad students to participate, handled participant meta-data, administered introductory robotic-suturing training, gathered video data, attended weekly research meetings.
Improving novel task acquisition in a robot-assisted surgical setting.
PI: Andrew J. Hung, M.D.
USC KSOM;
2021-2022;
Unfunded.
Lab Technician II:
recruited 50 medical students to participate, handled participant meta-data, administered introductory robotic-surgical training, gathered data, attended weekly research meetings, analyzed data, wrote and published abstract/manuscript.
Exploring the status quo of robotic surgical training in the operating room.
PI: Andrew J. Hung, M.D.
USC KSOM;
2021-2022;
Unfunded; in the process of receiving funding.
Lab Technician/Lab Manager:
recruited 4 actively practicing surgeons, conducted live-recordings of surgical practice, utilized audio/video recorders, developed a model to assess the quality of surgical training.
Exploring coexistent reasoning in healthy adults.
PI: Andrew Shtulman, Ph.D.
Occidental College;
2016-2017;
Funded.
Research assistant:
received and prepared participants, handled consent documentation, administered tests, gathered data, debriefed participant, attended weekly research meetings, analyzed data.
Exploring coexistent reasoning in healthy children.
PIs: Andrew Shtulman, Ph.D. & Andrew G. Young, Ph.D.
Occidental College;
2017-2018;
Funded.
Research assistant:
recruited infant participants, received and prepared participants, obtained parental consent for infant participants, administered tests, gathered data, debriefed participant, attended weekly research meetings.
Observing the effect of caffeine on healthy adults; a reasoning task.
Head Researcher: Jasper Laca
Occidental College;
2016-2018;
Unfunded, honors project.
Head researcher:
designed study, recruited (20) student participants, administered intervention/placebo, debriefed participants, gathered data, analyzed data, wrote and submitted honors research paper.
Observing the effect of caffeine on adult rats; a novel object task.
PIs: Clinton Chapman. Ph.D. & Nancy K. Dess, Ph.D.
Occidental College;
2017-2018;
Unfunded, lab project.
Lab assistant:
designed study, collaborated with faculty, conducted live recordings of task, cared for 20+ adult rats, aggregated data, analyzed data, wrote lab paper, attended biweekly lab meetings.