Software Assistant

Payal Mehta

**** ******* ***** ( Guntersville, AL 35976 256-***-**** ( ******@***.***

EDUCATION

University of Alabama in Birmingham, School of Arts and Sciences

Degree: Bachelor of Science; Degree anticipated: December 18, 2010

Major: Psychology Minor: Criminal Justice

Academic Achievements:

. UAB Dean's List - Summer Term 2010

. UAB Presidential Honor Roll - Spring Term 2010

INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCES

UAB Psychology Department - Birmingham, Alabama

January 2010 - present

Professor Supervised Research:

. Natural observation of FaceBook, an internet-based social networking

website, to observe if people "friend" other people that classify

within the same race as themselves.

Jefferson County Family Court - Birmingham, Alabama

June 2010 - August 2010

Probation Services - Criminal Justice Independent Research Course

. Assistant Juvenile Probation Officer:

o Assisting a JPO in the official duties of interacting with

clients and their families and assisting with court procedures,

trials, activating pick-up orders, recording all communications

with and regarding clients and families and their involvement

with programs into the online data entry system, and serving

summons and violations of probation

Children's Health System - Birmingham, Alabama January

2010 - August 2010

Sleep Clinic and Pulmonary Division- Practicum for Clinical Child

Psychology Course

. Research Assistant:

o Pilot study on Cystic Fibrosis and the effects it has on sleep

architecture in these patients

. Oral presentation for University of Alabama at Birmingham

EXPO April 23, 2010

. Clinical Observations:

o Shadowing pediatric psychiatrists and psychologists during

rounds of outpatient appointments as they inquire the child and

the family to form diagnoses and treatment plans

UAB 1917 Infectious Diseases Clinic - Birmingham, Alabama

June 2007 - December 2009

Informatics Department- Voluntary Internship

. Website co-designer using different programming languages: JavaScript,

HTML, CSS

. Hardware and Software Issues Assistance: operating system and software

difficulties, installation of software, software updates, operating

system updates, internet and email client issues

Psychology Department- Voluntary Internship

May 2009 - August 2010

. Assisted Dr. Ingle-Pang during substance abuse motivational interview

counseling, assisted with a CompSAT (depression study assessment), and

assisted with an assessment using the SCID instrument

UAB Neurobiology Department - Birmingham, Alabama

May 2008 - June 2008

Programmer - Job-Based Internship

. Introduction to new language: Visual Basic 6.0

. Decoding/recoding medical testing program for brain activity analysis

DEVELOPED TECHNICAL SKILLS

. Computer literacy: IBM/PC and Apple Macintosh systems

. Operating Systems and Software Knowledge: Windows

95/98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista/7, Mac OS X 10.1-10.6 (Puma, Jaguar,

Panther, Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard), Pro-Engineering, Dreamweaver

. Skilled in Programming Languages: HTML, JavaScript, Java, CSS, Visual

Basic 6.0

. Proficient in Microsoft and Macintosh Technologies: Microsoft Office

(Windows and Mac versions), email clients, and basic knowledge of

.NET, numerous products developed by either company

. Internet browsers, applications, and other various email clients for a

PC, laptop, or cellular device

. Business Systems Knowledge: keyboarding accuracy (approx. 85 wpm), fax

machines, copiers, printers, scanners

LANGUAGE SKILLS:

. Fluent in English and Gujarati

. Comprehension of Hindi and Spanish

VOLUNTARY LEADERSHIP and EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

. Educational Assistance: Tutoring students in Physics, Algebra,

Trigonometry, and Calculus

. Campus Volunteer Program including Habitat for Humanity

. Member of Multicultural Organizations

. Marshall Medical Center South Volunteer

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