Cara's resume

EDUCATION

University of Pennsylvania, M.S. in Neuroscience, expected May 2008

• Appointed to Behavioral Neuroscience Training Grant and Systems and Integrative Biology Training Grant

University of Pittsburgh, B.S. in Neuroscience with minor in American Politics, 2002

• Honors in Neuroscience, Cum laude

WRITING AND EDITING EXPERIENCE

Editorial Intern, Journal of Clinical Investigation, July 2007-present

• Edit abstracts to conform to JCI guidelines and be understandable to a broad scientific audience

• Draft press releases for published JCI articles

Author of seven abstracts for international meetings

Co-author of peer-reviewed, published research

Editor of numerous peer-reviewed grants and manuscripts

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA

• Investigated structural sex differences in neuroanatomical pathways between the hypothalamus and midbrain.

• Studied anatomy of attention-related projections from the frontal cortex to the brainstem

• Monitored stress effects on cocaine relapse in mice

• Analyzed effects of morphine on ultrastructural localization of the NK1 receptor

NIMH Undergraduate Fellow in Mental Health Research, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

• Researched the alleviation of bone cancer pain by a herpesvirus vector expressing enkephalin

Undergraduate Research Assistant, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA

• Created viral vectors for gene therapy

• Conducted behavioral testing of rodents

TEACHING AND PRESENTATION EXPERIENCE

• Discussion leader, Neuroendocrinology Seminar, University of Pennsylvania, 2008

• Teaching Assistant, Neuroendocrinology, University of Pennsylvania, 2007

• Teaching Assistant, Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, 2005

• Neuroanatomy lecturer, Upward Bound Program, University of Pennsylvania, 2006

• Neuroscience tutor, University of Pittsburgh, 2001-2002

• Speaker, 2007 Systems and Integrative Biology Retreat, University of Pennsylvania

• Speaker, 2005 Behavioral Neuroscience Retreat, University of Pennsylvania

• Speaker, 2002 NIMH Fellowship Symposium, University of Pittsburgh

COMPUTER SKILLS

• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint), Adobe Photoshop, NIH Image, SPOT, StatistiXL, InStat, Statistica, C-Imaging, EndNote, and ImageJ

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