👋 Hi, I’m Ellen - I’m currently pursuing a MS in Data Science at the University of New Haven.

I previously worked a Research Technician at the Yale Rutledge Lab, where I assisted with the collection, management and analysis of smartphone and neuroimaging data for a longitudinal study aiming to understand the cognitive and computational mechanisms underlying symptoms of depression. I also helped with designing new components of the study, as well as refining existing study protocols. I have experience working with children and vulnerable populations to support their wellbeing and development. I also have experience in multivariate data analysis applied to behavioural data, psychiatric data, smartphone data, genomic data, longitudinal data, and natural language data.

Research Interests

❓I’m interested in transdiagnostic approaches to mental health, substance use, natural language processing, computational neuroscience and psychiatric genetics.

Skills and Abilities

Technical Skills

Programming Languages

Statistical/Data Software

IBM SPSS

Project Management/Research Tools

• REDCap
• Gorilla Experiment Builder
• Prolific

Interpersonal and Professional Skills

Working with, and safeguarding children

• experience teaching, mentoring and coaching children
• working with children to implement clinical/neurodevelopmental interventions

Working with challenging populations

• experience administering structured interviews and collecting data from individuals involved in the criminal justice system
• working with children facing neurodevelopmental and behavioural challenges
• experience recruiting, screening and conducting structured clinical interviews with adults experiencing depression/anxiety

Working collaboratively:

• in research lab environments
• with multiple supervisors in clinical settings
• with co-authors and collaborators on manuscripts, posters and presentations

Research Skills

Data Collection

• Structured and semi-structured interviewing
• MRI data acquisition
• Questionnaire and survey design

Data Analysis

• linear mixed effects modelling
• factor analysis, structural equation modelling and path analysis
• machine learning
• natural language processing
• data visualisation
• computational modelling

Publication

• scientific posters
• writing research proposals, abstracts, manuscripts, literature reviews and grant proposals
• science communication:
  • Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine Podcast coordinator, content writer and host

Project Management

• managing a multi-arm longitudinal research project involving smartphone data collection, fMRI data acquisition, language data
• tracking and maintaining longitudinal adherence and managing payments

My research projects

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