Education |
Awards |
Postdoctoral fellow in Psychiatry
University of Vermont Advisor: Hugh P. Garavan Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Candidate in Nutritional Sciences The Pennsylvania State University Graduated: December 2017 Advisor: Dr. Kathleen L. Keller Thesis: Neural correlates of decision-making and the relationship to food intake. Bachelors of Science (BS) in Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience City College of New York (CCNY) Magna Cum Laude, Highest Honors in Psychology Advisor: Dr. Debra Zellner, Montclair State University Thesis: How Thinking a Food is Either Vegan or of Animal Origin Affects Willingness to Try, Disgust, Distaste, Danger and Liking.” |
Tobacco Center on Regulatory Science Training Fellowship, 2018-2019
Vermont Center on Behavior and Health Department of Psychiatry University of Vermont Pat Simons Travel Award, 2016 The Obesity Society (TOS) SfN Trainee Professional Development Award, 2016 Society for Neuroscience (SfN) Kligman Graduate Fellowship, 2016-2017 The Pennsylvania State University Future Teacher Award, 2016 Department of Nutritional Sciences The Pennsylvania State University SLEIC Dissertation Award, 2016-2017 Social, Life and Engineering Sciences Imaging Center (SLEIC) National Institute of Health The Pennsylvania State University USDA Childhood Obesity Prevention Training Fellowship, 2014-2016 College of Health and Human Development The Pennsylvania State University Excellence in Graduate Recruitment Award, 2013-2014 The Pennsylvania State University Research Centers for Minority Institutions Travel Award, 2012, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Phi Beta Kappa Honors Society, 2010 Summer Research Award, 2010 City College of New York Summer Research Travel Award, 2009 City College of New York City College Fellowship, 2008-2011 City College of New York |
Research Positions:
2018 - present Postdoctoral Fellow: University of Vermont
2013 - 2017 Graduate Research Assistant: Pennsylvania State University
2011-2013 Laboratory Manager and Research Assistant in Auditory Development: City College of New York
2010-2013 Research Assistant: Montclair State University
2010 Research Assistant: Albert Einstein School of Medicine
2009 Visiting Scholar: St. Vincent's Fairview Hospital Dublin Ireland
2008-2010 Undergraduate Research Assistant: City College of New York
Clinical Positions:
2010-2011 Polysomnography technician: Weill Cornell Medical College Center for Sleep Medicine