Senior Research Assistant Georgia Regents University <\/p>\n
July 2013 July 2015 (2 years 1 month) <\/p>\n
-Assisting in research under the direction of Dr. Vaughn McCall, Chairman of the Psychiatry and Health Behavior Department -Coordinating multi-site NIH and industry-sponsored clinical trials -Recruiting, screening, and retention of research participants -Evaluating research participants through psychiatric rating scales and questionnaires -Monitoring participant study medication dispensation and accountability -Conducting study visits in compliance with study protocols -Data collection and entry in compliance with HIPAA, GCPs, IRB, FDA, and sponsor guidelines -Arranging after-study care for research participants and making appropriate community referrals -Communicating with sponsors, monitors, research investigators, IRB members, and other agencies involved in the studies -Training newly hired research assistants and medical student research volunteers in all aspects of study protocols and IRB policies -Using a centrifuge for spinning samples <\/p>\n
May 2012 July 2013 (1 year 3 months) <\/p>\n
Conducted neuropsychological assessments to children and adults to aid in diagnostic and treatment planning <\/p>\n
Assessment Experience: Autobiographical Memory Interview-Short Form (AMI-SF), Bender Visual-Motor Gestalt Test-2, Boston Naming Test (BNT), Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS), California Verbal Learning Test II (CVLT-II), Conners Continuous Performance Test 2 (CPT-2), Dementia Rating Scale- Initiation Perseveration Index (DRS-IP), D-KEFS Verbal Fluency Test, Grey Oral Reading Test IV (GORT-4), Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression (HRSD), Montgomerysberg Depression Rating Scale (MADRS), Miller Forensic Assessment of Symptoms Test (M-FAST), Mini International Neuropsychiatric Interview Plus, Mini Mental Status Examination (MMSE), Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI-2), Multilingual Aphasia Examination (MAE), Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test-4, Personality Assessment Inventory (PAI), Primary Test of Nonverbal Intelligence, Repeatable Battery for the Assessment of Neuropsychological Status (RBANS), Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Stroop Color and Word Test-Adult, Structured Clinical Interview for DSM-IV Axis I Disorders (SCID), Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM), Test of Verbal Conceptualization and Fluency (TCVF), Test of Visual Perceptual Skills III (TVPS-3),Time to Reorientation for Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT), Trail Making Test (TMT) Parts A and B, Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale IV (WAIS IV), Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children IV (WISC-IV), Wechsler Test of Adult Reading (W-TAR), Wide Range Achievement Test 4 (WRAT-4), Wide Range Assessment of Memory and Learning 2 (WRAML-2), Wisconsin Card Sorting Test (WCST), Woodcock Johnson III (WJ-III) <\/p>\n
January 2011 May 2012 (1 year 5 months) <\/p>\n
-Taught graduate students how to implement and interpret personality assessments, and how to collect data to derive conclusive diagnoses -Practiced clerical skills and acted as communication liaison between faculty members -Provided animal care for the animal lab <\/p>\n
October 2010 May 2011 (8 months) <\/p>\n
Used biofeedback to study the effects of engagement during majority and consensus decision making. Responsibilities included: Research design, running participants, statistical analysis <\/p>\n
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