Graduate Researcher, National Institutes of Health June 2013 December 2017 – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Clinical NeuroImaging Research Core Research Interests: Investigating neural correlates of aversion resistant alcohol seeking in heavy drinkers Investigating impulsivity and compulsivity in alcohol dependence Investigating structural deficits associated with alcohol dependence and addiction endophenotypes Skills and Techniques: fMRI task and resting state in AFNI, FSL, and SPM Structural MR analysis in FSL and SPM DTI analysis in Tortoise, AFNI, and FSL Graduate Researcher, Brown University September 2012 May 2013 – Department of Neuroscience, White Lab Research Interests: Structural correlates of personality Effects of acute amphetamine on neural correlates of affective image processing Postbaccalaureate Fellow, National Institutes of Health Spring 2010 August 2012 – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging Research Interests: Structural deficits associated with alcohol dependence Conditioned place preference in human participants Neural correlates of prediction error in alcohol dependent participants Honors Research, American University Fall 2009 Spring 2010 – Department of Psychology, Psychopharmacology Lab Research Interests: Conditioned taste aversion of satiety in Sprague-Dawley rats Honors Thesis: Assessment of the Conditioned Taste Aversion Phenomenon Induced by Binge Eating RESEARCH FUNDING T32 Translational Neuroscience on Drug Abuse January 2018 present – University of California, Los Angeles; PI: London Intramural Research Training Award - Predoctoral September 2013 December 2017 – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Intramural Research Training Award Predoctoral September 2012 August 2013 – – National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director Intramural Research Training Award Postbaccalaureate May 2010 August 2012 – – National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Graduate Researcher, National Institutes of Health June 2013 – December 2017 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Clinical NeuroImaging Research Core Research Interests: Investigating neural correlates of aversion resistant alcohol seeking in heavy drinkers Investigating impulsivity and compulsivity in alcohol dependence Investigating structural deficits associated with alcohol dependence and addiction endophenotypes Skills and Techniques: fMRI task and resting state in AFNI, FSL, and SPM Structural MR analysis in FSL and SPM DTI analysis in Tortoise, AFNI, and FSL Graduate Researcher, Brown University September 2012 – May 2013 Department of Neuroscience, White Lab Research Interests: Structural correlates of personality Effects of acute amphetamine on neural correlates of affective image processing Postbaccalaureate Fellow, National Institutes of Health Spring 2010 – August 2012 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Section of Brain Electrophysiology and Imaging Research Interests: Structural deficits associated with alcohol dependence Conditioned place preference in human participants Neural correlates of prediction error in alcohol dependent participants Honors Research, American University Fall 2009 – Spring 2010 Department of Psychology, Psychopharmacology Lab Research Interests: Conditioned taste aversion of satiety in Sprague-Dawley rats Honors Thesis: Assessment of the Conditioned Taste Aversion Phenomenon Induced by Binge Eating RESEARCH FUNDING T32 Translational Neuroscience on Drug Abuse January 2018 – present University of California, Los Angeles; PI: London Intramural Research Training Award - Predoctoral September 2013 – December 2017 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Intramural Research Training Award – Predoctoral September 2012 – August 2013 National Institutes of Health, Office of the Director Intramural Research Training Award – Postbaccalaureate May 2010 – August 2012 National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism