Experience

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  The hospital for sick children

  Jun 2012 - Aug 2016

  Research assistant (genetics of reading disabilities lab of dr. cathy barr)

  Scored and double-scored psychometric measures for children with reading disabilities, such as the WISC, CELF, and Conners. Proficient in data entry, literature review, and general research tasks. As senior RA, trained volunteers and prepared protocols for research tasks. Co-created a project examining potential correlation between past musical training/exposure and later language abilities.

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  University of toronto

  Sept 2013 - Aug 2017

  Lab manager; research assistant (helwig lab, child study centre)

  Experienced in multiple forms of data collection (eg. phone-interviews, in-person interviews, data collection using questionnaires) and designed data input/management systems for efficient input and transfer of data. Performed interview analysis (transcription, developing coding systems, coding of interviews, performing thematic analysis) for cross-culture studies on moral development and rights conceptions. Skilled in performing statistical analysis (eg. correlations, regressions) using SPSS. As lab manager, was responsible for administrative tasks and personnel recruitment/training. Show less

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  Centre for addiction and mental health (camh)

  Sept 2014 - Aug 2015

  Research associate

  Worked on both the research and clinical teams in the Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) Clinic. Conducted phone and in-person screens/interviews for BPD patients, including asking sensitive questions about self-harm or traumatic experiences in an empathetic manner and effectively managing psychiatric emergencies. Worked with clinical psychologists to facilitate DBT treatment and assessment. Helped design user-friendly and error-proof online assessment tools and databases for data management. Other tasks performed include data collection and cleaning, literature review, preparing protocols, and training new personnel. Certification received: TCPS2, RCR, GCP, Workplace Violence Prevention, SOP. Show less

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  The conference board of canada

  Oct 2017 - Mar 2019

  Health economics intern

  Works with the Health Economics and Policy Research team, which oversees a range of research and knowledge translation and mobilization activities, including the oversight of and research for the Canadian Alliance for Sustainable Health Care. Tasks include literature review, development and writing of various health policy and health economics report, and data analysis using SPSS, Excel, and SAS.

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  University of ottawa

  Sept 2018 - Apr 2021

  I was the TA/guest lecturer for this course for 3 semesters (Jan-Apr 2019; Jan-Apr 2020, and Jan-Apr 2021) Teaching Assistant for the Introduction to Epidemiology course (graduate-level course)

  • Teaching Assistant , Guest Lecturer - Research Using Large Data (EPI5143)

    Jan 2019 - Apr 2021

  • Teaching Assistant

    Sept 2018 - Dec 2018
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  Bruyère

  Jan 2020 - Nov 2022

  Research assistant ii

  Conduct various population-based research in palliative/end-of-life care, capacity planning, and predictive modelling. Tasks include grant applications, study conception and implementation, writing/editing manuscripts, and knowledge dissemination/implementation (e.g., by creating interactive visualizations). Also leading the development of an R package to transform and harmonize interRAI data.

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  University of ottawa

  Sept 2021 - Dec 2021

  Teaching assistant, guest lecturer - analytic epidemiology (epi7108 – graduate-level course)
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  Ottawa hospital research institute

  Nov 2022 - now

  Post-doctoral fellow

  My program of research resolves around harnessing the power of large data and advanced analystics to understand and improve the health and well-being of older adults and their caregivers. I hold a CIHR Post-Doctoral Fellowship and was a recipient of the AMS Healthcare Fellowship in Compassion and Artificial Intelligence