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Melissa

Education

University of Rochester

Bachelor's in Brain and Cognitive Sciences Bachelor's in Psychology 2024 - 2028
2026 Spring
Biology of Mental Disorders
BCSC 246
Ethical Decisions in Medicine
PHIL 225
Psychological Intervention
PSYC 282
Research Methods in Psychology
PSYC 219
Independent Research
PSYC 395
2025 Fall
Basic Neurobiology
BCSC 240
Language & Psycholinguistics
BCSC 152
Ethics
PHIL 102
Child Development
PSYC 170
Independent Research
PSYC 395
Supervised Teaching
BCSC 390
2025 Spring
Cognition & Language
BCSC 153
Public Health
PHLT 101
Applied Statistical Methods
STAT 180
Reasoning & Writing
WRTG 105
Independent Research
PSYC 395
2024 Fall
Neural Foundations of Behavior
BCSC 110
Principles of Biology I
BIOL 110L
Cognitive Science
BCSC 111
Introduction to Programming
CSC 161

Work & Publications

2026

Department of Psychology - David Dodell-Feder, PhD, Associate Professor
Lab Manager & Research Assistant

Investigating cognition in Social Cognition and Psychopathology Lab

Supervising and training undergraduates for lab projects and participant engagement

Collaborating on designing new studies and optimally leading current studies

Supervising social isolation study and organizing experiments

Utilizing Box system for data encoding

Helped pilot Affect Recognition study using visual evoked potential (VEP), electroretinography (ERG), and a cognitive battery

Developing social cognition assessment stimuli

Participating in research team meetings with Principal Investigator and graduate students

Conducting literature searches

2026

Atlantic Health Sleep Center - Matthew Epstein, MD, Pulmonology and Allergy Associates
Research Intern/Co-Author

Co-author on manuscript submission '26: Atlantic Sleep Hygiene Questionnaire (ASHQ)

Physician Heal Thyself – A Novel Approach to Improve Sleep in Post-Graduate Medical Trainees (Click for paper)

Development of a Novel Multidimensional Questionnaire to Evaluate Sleep Hygiene (Click for paper)

Co-authored presentations at CHEST and APSS conferences

Developed a sleep hygiene questionnaire

Conducted a validity study with 700 participants

Contributed to a manuscript and research meetings

Designed a pre-treatment questionnaire for FruitStreet (CDC-approved telehealth behavioral health program)

2025

Department of Brain and Cognitive Sciences - Kevin Davis, Associate Professor, Neural Foundations of Behavior
BCSC110 Teaching Assistant

Interests

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