Project Manager High School

Curriculum Vitae of Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

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Wayne, PA 19087

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EDUCATION

Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

September 2005-August 2010

• Ph.D., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, August 2010

• M.A., Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, May 2007

• Behavioral Neuroscience

• Advisor: Gregory F. Ball, Ph.D.

State University of New York, College at Geneseo – Geneseo, NY

August 1999-May 2003

• B.A., Psychology, Cum Laude

• Minors: Human Development and Musical Theatre

• Dean’s List Spring 2001-Spring 2003

The National Institutes of Health – Bethesda, MD

September 2003-July 2005

• Post-baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award recipient (NIMH and NIDA)

• Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center: Principles of Clinical Pharmacology

• Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences Graduate School:

BIOL 435M – Neurobiology of Mental Illness

University of Pittsburgh, Institute for Shipboard Education – Semester at Sea

January 2002-May 2002

• Studied and explored culture, history, and economies around the world

• Federal Work Study Grant recipient

EMPLOYMENT

University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA

Biological Basis of Behavior Program

July 2012-Present

• Lecturer A

o Courses: Introduction to the Biological Basis of Behavior (BIBB 109);

Neurobiology of Behavior (BIBB 235); Cognitive Neuroscience (BIBB 249);

Drugs, Brain, and Mind (BIBB 270); Independent Research (BIBB 399);

Honors Research (BIBB 499)

• Undergraduate Research Program Coordinator for 60+ students each semester involved in

independent research and honors thesis projects

o Fund to Encourage Women (FEW) grant recipient

• Academic Major Advisor for 50+ students each year

Exponent, Failure Analysis Associates – Philadelphia, PA

August 2010-August 2012

Human Factors Scientist/Consultant

• Project Manager and primary client contact with Fortune 500 companies and firms; lead

six-figure research projects; prepare expert witnesses for testimony and arbitration, issue

human factors opinions for the largest engineering consulting firm of its kind

• Apply expertise in motivation, reward, addiction, neuroscience, and psychopharmacology

to assess various contributors to a person’s behavior, perceptions, and cognition

• Address the role of human perception, performance, and behavior in accident scenarios

and product design and analyze large-scale injury databases to identify accident and

injury modes across a variety of consumer products

• Identify patterns of safety related behaviors and accident patterns, taking into account

specific demographic information (e.g., age, sex) and behavioral components (e.g.,

motivation, risk-taking)

• Thorough experience with product standards for household and industrial products and

equipment; participate in hazards and warnings creation for new products; and evaluate

efficacy of current on-product warnings

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences – Baltimore, MD

April 2006-August 2010

Ph.D. thesis with Gregory F. Ball, Ph.D.

• Dissertation Title: Comparative Approaches to the Study of Dopamine and Male Sexual

Motivation: What can Japanese quail (Coturnix japonica) Teach Us?

• NICHD Reproductive Biology Training Grant T32 HD007276 recipient

o Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, School of Public Health, Johns

Hopkins University: September 2007-August 2009

Johns Hopkins University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences – Baltimore, MD

September 2005-March 2006

Graduate Student rotation with Veit Stuphorn, Ph.D.

• Researched decision making and self-control using electrophysiology in rhesus macaques

The National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse – Baltimore, MD

April 2004-July 2005

Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow for Elliot Stein, Ph.D.

Neuroimaging Research Branch

• Collaborated in a multidisciplinary methamphetamine toxicity study in rats

The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Mental Health – Bethesda, MD

October 2003-March 2004

Post-Baccalaureate Intramural Research Training Award Fellow for Phillip Gold, M.D.

Clinical Neuroendocrinology Branch

• Investigated HPA Axis functioning in subtypes of Major Depressive Disorder

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

State University of New York, College at Geneseo – Geneseo, NY

September 2001-May 2003

Undergraduate Research Assistant for Ganie DeHart, Ph.D.

Child Development Laboratory

• Conducted longitudinal research investigating children’s sibling and peer relationships

RESEARCH TECHNIQUES MASTERED

• Animal surgery (rats, monkeys, birds), drug self-administration in rats, in vivo microdialysis

in rats and quail, HPLC-EC, histology, immunocytochemistry, in vitro quantitative receptor

autoradiography, behavioral observation (human adults and children, monkeys, rats, birds),

transcribing videotapes, coding transcripts, assisting medical staff and study participants in

insulin clamp procedure, clinical use of the SCID to make psychiatric diagnosis

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

• Psi Chi International Psychology • Society for Neuroscience

Honor Society • Society for Behavioral

• J.B. Johnston Club Neuroendocrinology

• The Endocrine Society

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Lecturer A, University of Pennsylvania – Philadelphia, PA

• 2012 - Intergreek Council Award for Outstanding Professor

• BIBB 109 - Introduction to Biological Basis of Behavior (Neuroscience): 2012-2013

• BIBB 235 - Neurobiology of Behavior: Fall 2014

• BIBB 249 - Cognitive Neuroscience: 2012-Summer 2014

• BIBB 270 - Drugs, Brain and Mind (Psychopharmacology): Spring 2013-Present

• BIBB 399 - Independent Research: 2012-Present

• BIBB 499 - Honors Research: 2012-Present

Adjunct Professor, Eastern University – St. Davids, PA

• PSYC 443 – Senior Thesis: Fall 2014

Instructor, Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

• Instructor, Laboratory Analysis of Psychological Data (200.207): Fall 2007, 2008

• Developed and instructed Women in Science (200.225): Winter 2008, 2009, and 2010

Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

• Assisted Dr. Gregory F. Ball, Behavioral Endocrinology: Fall 2005

• Assisted Dr. Douglas Fogel, Behavior Modification: Spring 2006

• Assisted Dr. Linda Gorman, Introduction to Physiological Psychology: Fall 2006

• Assisted Dr. Linda Gorman, Psychopharmacology: Spring 2007

Teaching Intern, State University of New York, College at Geneseo – Geneseo, NY

• Assisted Dr. Ganie B. DeHart, Child Development: Fall 2002

• Assisted Dr. Terence J. Bazzett, Biological Psychology: Spring 2003

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

Mentor, Johns Hopkins University W.I.S.E. program – Baltimore, MD

• Mentor for a female high school student participating in the W.I.S.E. program (Women in

Science and Engineering - partnership between Garrison Forest School and Johns

Hopkins University): Fall 2009

Tutor, WyzAnt Tutoring – Philadelphia, PA

• Provide tutoring in the greater Philadelphia area in various topics including Psychology,

Neuroscience, scientific writing, and GRE preparation: Fall 2011-Present

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCES WITH EDUCATIONAL OUTREACH

Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair – Philadelphia, PA

July 2012-Present

• Organize and run the annual Kids Judge! Neuroscience Fair at the University of

Pennsylvania where local elementary schools are taught about neuroscience through

various exhibits run by college students

Uniting Colleges Through Tap – Philadelphia, PA

January 2011-May 2012

• Tap dancer in a performance group consisting of members from several college

communities within the greater Philadelphia area

Brain Awareness Week – Baltimore, MD

Spring 2006-Spring 2010

• Taught basic knowledge about the brain with entertaining presentations to Baltimore City

High Schools

CRASH (Creating Responsibility in Adolescent Sexual Health) – Baltimore, MD

Spring 2008

• Volunteered weekly, teaching sexual education to teenage boys at the William Donald

Schaefer House (part of the Maryland Department of Juvenile Services)

Institute for Shipboard Education – Semester at Sea

January 2002-May 2002

• Volunteered independently and with non-profit organizations in several countries

including Cuba, Brazil, South Africa, Vietnam, India, and China

Camp Good Days and Special Times – Mendon, NY

May 2001-August 2002

• Camp counselor, Music/Drama Director, and lifeguard for a non-profit camp for children

and adults facing the toughest challenges of life such as cancer, HIV/AIDS, and violence

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

PUBLICATIONS

• Lynch, KS, Kleitz-Nelson, HK, & Ball, GF. (2013). HVC lesions modify immediate

early gene expression in auditory forebrain regions of female songbirds. Developmental

Neurobiology, 73(4): 315-323.

• Cizza, G, Ronsaville, DS, Kleitz, H, Eskandari, F, Mistry, S, Torvik, S, Sonbolian, N,

Reynolds, JC, Blackman, MR, Gold, PW, & Martinez, PE. (2012). Clinical subtypes of

depression are associated with specific metabolic parameters and circadian endocrine

profiles in women: The Power Study. PLoS ONE, 7(1): e28912.

• Kleitz-Nelson HK, Dominguez JM, Ball GF. (2010). A comparative approach to the

study of dopamine and male sexual behavior: What can Japanese quail teach us?

Behavioral Neuroscience, 124(6): 881–883.

• Kleitz-Nelson HK, Dominguez JM, Ball GF. (2010). Dopamine release in the medial

preoptic area is related to hormonal action and sexual motivation. Behavioral

Neuroscience, 124(6): 773–779.

• Kleitz-Nelson, HK, Cornil, C.A., Balthazart, J., & Ball, G.F. (2010). Differential effects

of central injections of D1 and D2 receptor agonists and antagonists on male sexual

behavior in Japanese quail. European Journal of Neuroscience, 32(1): 118–129.

• Kleitz-Nelson, HK, Dominguez, JM, Cornil, CA, & Ball, GF. (2010). Is sexual

motivational state linked to dopamine release in the medial preoptic area? Behavioral

Neuroscience, 124(2): 300-304.

• Kleitz, HK, Cornil CA, Balthazart J, & Ball GF. (2009). Species differences in the

relative densities of D1- and D2-Like dopamine receptor subtypes in the Japanese quail

and rats: An in vitro quantitative receptor autoradiography study. Brain Behavior and

Evolution, 9(73): 81-90.

• Xi, ZX., Kleitz, HK, Deng, X, Ladenheim, B, Peng, XQ, Li, X, Gilbert, J, Gardner, EL,

Stein, EA, & Cadet, JL. (2009). A single high dose of methamphetamine increases

cocaine self-administration by depletion of striatal dopamine in rats. Neuroscience,

161(2): 392-402.

PRESENTATIONS

• Nelson, HK. (2014, April). Induction Speaker for the University of Pennsylvania’s

branch of the Psi Chi International Psychology Honor Society.

• Kleitz-Nelson, HK. (2011, January). Comparative approaches to the study of dopamine

and male sexual motivation. Invited Lecturer with Honorarium for a “Special Seminar” at

the National Institute on Drug Abuse, Baltimore, MD, January 2011.

Kleitz-Nelson, HK, Dominguez, JM, and Ball, GF. (2010, November). Dopamine release

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in the medial preoptic area is linked to sexual motivation. Poster abstract for presentation

at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

• Kleitz-Nelson, HK. (2010, February). Comparative Approaches to the Study of

Dopamine and Male Sexual Motivation. Presentation at the annual research seminar of

the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University,

Baltimore, MD.

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

• Kleitz, HK and Ball, GF. (2009, October). Differential Effects of Microinjections of D1

and D2 Receptor Agonists and Antagonists into the Medial Preoptic Area on Appetitive

and Consummatory Male Sexual Behavior in Japanese Quail. Poster presented at the

annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago, IL.

• Kleitz, HK. (2009, February). The Role of Dopamine in Male Japanese Quail Sexual

Behavior. Presentation at the annual research seminar of the Department of Psychological

and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

• Kleitz, HK, Cornil, CA, Balthazart, J, & Ball GF. (2008, November). Effects of Central

Injections of a D2-Like Receptor Agonist and Antagonist on Male Sexual Behavior in

Japanese Quail. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience,

Washington, DC.

• Kleitz, HK, Dominguez, JM, & Ball, GF. (2008, July). Extracellular Dopamine Release

in the Medial Preoptic Area of Male Japanese Quail as Measured by in vivo Microdialysis

During Sexual Behavior. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for

Behavioral Neuroendocrinology, Groningen, Netherlands.

• Kleitz, HK, Dominguez, JM, & Ball, GF. (2008, June). Extracellular Dopamine Release

in the Medial Preoptic Area of Male Japanese Quail as Measured by in vivo Microdialysis

During Sexual Behavior. Poster presented at the Johns Hopkins Brain Science Institute

2008 Spring Symposium, Baltimore, MD.

• Kleitz, HK. (2008, February). The Role of Dopamine in Male Japanese Quail Sexual

Behavior. Presentation at the annual research seminar of the Department of Psychological

and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

• Kleitz, H.K, Cornil, CA, Balthazart, J, & Ball, GF. (2007, June). Effects of Central

Injections of D1 Receptor Agonist and Antagonist on Male Sexual Behavior in Japanese

Quail. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Behavioral

Neuroendocrinology, Asilomar, CA.

• Kleitz, HK. (2007, May). Dopamine and the Control of Male Sexual Behavior: What can

Japanese Quail Teach us? Presentation at the annual research seminar of the Department

of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

• Kleitz, HK. (2006, May). The Role of Dopamine in Male Japanese Quail Sexual

Behavior. Presentation at the annual research seminar of the Department of Psychological

and Brain Sciences at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.

• Kleitz, HK, Cornil, CA, Balthazart, J, & Ball, GF. (2007, November). Differences in the

Relative Density of D1 and D2 Receptor Subtypes in the Japanese Quail and Rats as

Shown by in vitro Quantitative Receptor Autoradiography. Poster presented at the annual

meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

• Kleitz, H, Xi, ZX, Deng, X, Peng, XQ, Pak, A, Gardner, EL, Cadet, JL, Stein, EA.

(2005, November). Attenuation of Cocaine’s Behavioral and Neurochemical Actions by a

Single Injection of Methamphetamine. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the

Society for Neuroscience, Washington, DC.

• Peng, XQ, Xi, ZX, Gilbert, J, Kleitz, H, Pak, AC, Dewey, SL, Schiffer, WK, Brodie, JD,

Ashby, C, & Gardner, EL. (2004, October). Gamma-vinyl GABA, but not Gabapentin,

Inhibits Cocaine-Triggered Reinstatement of Drug-Seeking Behavior in Rats. Poster

presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

• Xi, ZX, Gilbert, J, Peng, XQ, Kleitz, H, Pak, AC, & Gardner, EL. (2004, October).

Blockade of mGluR5 by MPEP Inhibits Cocaine Reward and Relapse in Rats by a

Glutamate-Dependent Mechanism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society

for Neuroscience, San Diego, CA.

• Xi, ZX, Gilbert, J, Peng, XQ, Kleitz, H, Pak, AC, Ashby, C, Thomas, AG, Wozniak,

KM, Slusher, BS, & Gardner, EL. (2004, October). Effects of the NAALADase

Inhibitors 2-PMPA, GPI 16476, GPI 16477 on Cocaine Self-Administration and

Reinstatement of Drug-Seeking Behavior. Poster presented at the NIDA Convention

“Frontiers in Addiction Research,” San Diego, CA.

• Martinez, PE, Ronsaville, D, Kleitz, H, Haim, A, Torvik, S, Eskandari, F, Mistry, S,

Reynolds, J, Blackman, MR, Gold, P, & Cizza, G. (2004, June). Atypical Depression Is

Associated with Higher ACTH Levels and Delayed Nadir Suggesting a Distinctive

Pattern of HPA Axis Function across Depressive Subtypes: A Closer Look at the

Circadian Rhythms of Neuroendocrine Hormones in Premenopausal Women. Poster

presented at the annual meeting of The Endocrine Society, New Orleans, LA.

• Dobreva, M, Banks, J, Raimer, K, Kleitz, H, and DeHart, G. (2002, November). The

Social Context of Children’s Conflicts and Averted Conflicts with Siblings and Friends.

Poster session presented at SUNY Geneseo Student Faculty Research Poster Session,

Geneseo, NY.

Hayley Kleitz Nelson, Ph.D.

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