Manager Assistant

Cell:

231-***-****

Amanda Farris Email:

**************@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

. Managed multiple clinical studies simultaneously

. Experienced in subject recruitment, screening, and enrollment for

clinical studies

. Thorough understanding of internal review board and good clinical

practice standards

. Superb written and communication skills

. Experience in PMOD, MATLAB, Brainvoyager, SPM 5 & 8

. Detail oriented, driven, personable, compassionate, and highly

organized

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Event Coordinator, Manager

Brightside Tavern & Tommy 2 Scoops, 2011-2012

. Planned and coordinated all events/parties, including billing and

tracking of accounts and answering calls/inquiries pertaining to

events.

. Developed an efficient system for documenting event details.

. Increased revenue through innovative promotions.

. Assisted general manager in daily operations and supervision of staff.

Graduate Assistant

Rutgers University, 2009-2011

Graduate student advised under Dr. Bart Krekelberg. Research focused on

identifying areas in the brain which integrate motion at different speeds

under various paradigms, for example perceived speed of motion at high vs.

low contrast, using pschophysics and fMRI.

Representative experience:

. Performed fMRI analysis using Brainvoyager and SPM 5 & 8.

. Compiled and presented data.

. Experienced using MATLAB and SPM 5 & 8 for fMRI analysis.

. Concurrently enrolled in courses towards a PhD degree.

Graduate Assistant

Rutgers University, 2008-2009

Graduate student advised under Dr. Mark Gluck. Research focused on

identifying the effects of dopamine on differential sensitivity to reward

versus punishment in associative learning, with the specific aim of

understanding why some, but not all, patients develop impulse control

disorders when put on dopaminergic medications.

Representative experience:

. Handled recruitment of new study participants as well as maintained

schedule of study dates and appointments.

. Extensively trained on administration of neuropsychological tests and

computer based cognitive test design, as well as data analysis of

these test results.

. Implemented in-home testing of novel computer based cognitive tests

with Parkinson Disease patients on and off dopaminergic medications.

. Compiled and presented data.

. Contributed to the development of novel computer based cognitive

tests.

. Supervised undergraduate students and taught them how to administer

tests and analyze data.

. Concurrently enrolled in courses towards a PhD degree.

Intramural Research Training Awardee

NIH, NIMH imaging branch, 2006-2008

Research fellowship under the guidance of Dr. Robert Innis in the

development and testing of novel PET radioligands in human, monkey and

rodent.

Representative experience:

. Recruitment of human subjects for multiple imaging protocols.

. Scheduled PET, MRI and MRS scans.

. Completed case report forms and reported adverse events as required.

. Responsible for data storage.

. Responsible for adherence to IRB guidelines, including submission of

amendments to protocols and routine quarterly and yearly

correspondence.

. Data analysis and manuscript writing.

. Responsible for all incoming phone calls pertaining to imaging

protocols.

. Responsible for arranging travel and compensation for study

participants.

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, Newark, NJ

Behavioral and Neural Science, Ph.D. program (no degree), 2008-2011

Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant, MI,

Bachelor of Science, Psychology, 2001-2005

North Central Michigan College, Petoskey, MI,

Associate of Science, Science 1999-2001

PUBLICATIONS

2009, Terry GE, Liow JS, Zoghbi SS, Hirvonen J, Farris AG, Lerner A,

Tauscher JT, Schaus JM, Phebus L, Felder CC, Morse CL, Hong JS, Pike VW,

Halldin C, Innis RB. Quantification of cannabinoid CB1 receptors in healthy

human brain using positron emission tomography and in inverse agonist

radioligand. Neuroimage, 48:362-370.

2009, Li S, Zhang Y, Wang S, Yang J, Ferraris Araneta M, Farris A, Johnson

C, Fox S, Innis R, Shen J. In vivo (13)C magnetic resonance spectroscopy of

human brain on a clinical 3 T scanner using [2-(13)C]glucose infusion and

low-power stochastic decoupling. Magn Reson Med. 62(3):565- 73

2009, Fujimura Y, Yasuno F, Farris A, Liow JS, Geraci M, Drevets W, Pine

DS, Ghose S, Lerner A, Hargreaves R, Burns HD, Morse C, Pike VW, Innis RB.

Decreased neurokinin-1 (substance P) receptor binding in patients with

panic disorder: positron emission tomographic study with [18F]SPA-RQ. Biol

Psychiatry, 66(1):94-7.

2008, Fujita M, Imaizumi M, Zoghbi SS, Fujimura Y, Farris AG, Suhara T,

Hong J, Pike VW, Innis RB. Kinetic analysis in healthy humans of a novel

positron emission tomography radioligand to image the peripheral

benzodiazepine receptor, a potential biomarker for inflammation.

Neuroimage, 40(1):43-52.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

. Member of the New York Academy of Sciences, 2008-present

. Member of the Society for Neuroscience, 2008-present

. Member of the American Psychological Society, 2005-present

. Member of the Society of Nuclear Medicine, 2006-2008

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