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Research Portfolio

This portfolio highlights the experiences that have clarified my role as a scientist-in-training and an artist.​

For an in-depth view of my research experience:

Literature review and adjacent research proposal investigating the rehabilitative power of the creative process in those diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (PD). Motivated to bring the benefits of art therapy to the Bay Area's community of PD patients, I currently lead the Stanford Connecting Through Art program. More...

1. Art Therapy for Parkinson's Disease

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Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Spring 2023 - Present

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USC Academic Project

Fall 2021

2. Plasma biomarkers (pTau217, pTau181, GFAP, NfL) in Lewy Body Disease

Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of plasma biomarkers in the detection of Alzheimer's disease mixed pathology in Lewy body disease More...

Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Winter 2023 - Present

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3. Plasma pTau181 in Lewy Body Disease Spectrum

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Project lead by Carla Abdelnour, MD, PhD, analyzing plasma ptau181 levels in Lewy body disease (LBD) patients to identify Alzheimer’s disease (AD) mixed pathology. More...

Stanford University School of Medicine

Department of Neurology & Neurological Sciences

Summer 2022 - Spring 2024

4. Intergenerational Narratives & Adolescent's Abstract Life Goals

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Studying the neural and psychosocial development underlying adolescent's abstract life goals through Sages and Seekers, and intergenerational narrative intervention program. More...

USC Brain and Creativity Institute (BCI)

Fall 2019 - Spring 2022

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