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Emma M. Schweitzer

Email: **************@*****.*** 3530 Wallingford Ave. N

Mobile: (214) 415 – 6983 Seattle, WA 98103

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant & Translator – Madrid, Spain 2016 – 2017

- Translated and edited documents in a multicultural workplace working with professors and business personnel at public and private institutions and within international corporate companies.

- Collaborated to prepare lectures, gave presentations, and created teaching materials. Undergraduate Researcher & Conference Presenter – Portland, OR/Chicago, IL 2015 - 2016

- Budgeted and conducted a full thesis research project investigating hormones and behavior.

- Maintained and recorded lab animal health and welfare to satisfy IACUC and OLAW requirements.

- Recorded and collected cell samples plus their respective experimental or microscopy analyses.

- Presenter at the Association for Behavior Analysis International organization conference in Chicago. Teaching Assistant, Comparative Cognition – Reed College; Portland, OR 2015 - 2016

- Prepared rats and mice for experimental studies via surgery, behavioral shaping, and tissue collection.

- Created lab materials and managed computer maintenance and program reporting software.

- Supervised students and rodent handling, answering any questions and resolved any problems. Reed College Summer Research Fellowship (RCSRF) – Portland, OR May – August 2015

- Investigated oxytocin’s effects on brain chemistry and behavior in female Sprague-Dawley rats.

- Kept detailed track records and managed data entry and statistic software.

- Analyzed data and created reports on the behavioral patterns and trends creating visual figures.

- Strong verbal and written skills used to present results to faculty, professors, and other researchers. Intern at University of Texas Health Science Center; San Antonio, TX May – August 2014

- Managed experimental assays: ELISA, HPLC, Histology, Tissue Collection, Protein Purification etc.

- Characterized the functional and molecular presence of cannabinoid receptors in leukocytes.

-Collected and tested mammalian blood samples for specific proteins and chemical compounds. Students for a Sensible Drug Policy Member – Reed College; Portland, OR 2013 - 2016

- Planned and hosted harm reduction events on campus for students and the community.

- Produced info pamphlets advocating for harm reduction and outlining health risks of drug use.

- Taught students to use harm reduction kits and drug testing kits as well as Naloxone kit procedure

- Collaborated with White Bird Clinic to provide health and wellness services to young adults. RESEARCH SKILLS

- Brain & Organ Extraction -Statistical Analyses

- Animal Husbandry - Pharmacokinetics

- Murine/Rodent Surgery - Assay Development

- Cell/Tissue Culture

- ELISA & IHC Assays

- In Vivo Injections (IP, IM, IC)

COMPUTER SKILLS

- Microsoft Office - Adobe Illustrator

- Excel - STATA

- R and RStudio - Mathematica

- Literature Review - Keynote & Pages

- Zotero - Endnote

EDUCATION

Reed College; Portland, OR – B.A. Neuroscience (Biology-Psychology Interdisciplinary) Undergraduate Thesis: The coinciding effects of Oxytocin and the estrous cycle on affiliative vs. maternal behavior

PUBLICATIONS & CONFERENCE MATERIALS

Effects of Oxytocin on Social Reinforcement in Rats: A Dose-Response Analysis EMMA SCHWEITZER (Reed College), Susan Renn (Reed College), Timothy D. Hackenberg (Reed College)

The Role of Familiarity in Preference for Social Reinforcement in Rats Timothy D. Hackenberg (Reed College), Lauren Vanderhooft (Reed College), L. B. Miller (Reed College), EMMA SCHWEITZER (Reed College ), Shirin Porkar-Aghdam (Reed College), Lavinia C. M. Tan (Reed College)

No Sense of Stranger Danger: Rats Preferentially Respond for Unfamiliar Rats Compared to Familiar Rats

Jasmine Huang (Reed College), Shirin Porkar-Aghdam (Reed College), L. B. Miller (Reed College), EMMA SCHWEITZER (Reed College), Lauren Vanderhooft (Reed College), Timothy D. Hackenberg (Reed College)

GRANTS, INTERNSHIPS, FELLOWSHIPS, & AWARDS

Reed College Scholarship Awards (all four years) – Reed College

- P & J Wertheimer Scholarship

- Isidore & Edith Sobeloff Scholarship

Opportunity Grant for ABAI Conference – Reed College Reed College Science Research Fellowship (RCSRF) Program – Reed College UTHSCSA Research Internship – University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio Academic Commendation Award – Reed College

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