Theodore (M.) F.
PhD Candidate
Experience
Jan 2022 - Present
3 years 11 monthsNew York, United States
PhD Candidate
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
- Characterizing multicellular inflammatory signaling in disease contexts hallmarked by neuroinflammation
- Identifying therapeutic targets in T lymphocytes and reactive astrocytes aimed at treating multiple sclerosis
- Optimizing isolation and culture of pure glial cells
- Developing novel genomic analysis pipelines to study conserved inflammatory responses across disease contexts
Jan 2019 - Dec 2023
5 yearsBoston, United States
Research Assistant
Boston Children’s Hospital
- Detailed the functional and spatial characteristics of immune cell populations at the borders of the brain during development
- Employed and optimized various microscopy approaches to visualize the meninges as an interface between the skull bone marrow and brain
- Performed chemical tissue clearing and lightsheet imaging of various tissues to evaluate structural aspects of the brain borders
- Built semi-automated imaging and computational pipelines to analyze imaging data and detail cell localization and migration
- Analyzed single-cell sequencing data to further cluster and characterize brain border-associated immune cells
Jan 2018 - Dec 2019
2 yearsBoston, United States
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Harvard Medical School
- Conducted research on endothelial cell dynamics and blood-brain barrier leakage assay optimization
- Employed various in-vivo techniques to evaluate tight junction permeability and endothelial cell extravasation
- Constructed a semi-automated pipeline for the 3-D reconstruction of the electron microscopy imaging of the neurovascular unit
- Developed multiple statistical metrics and analysis pipelines to aid in analyzing imaging data sets
Jan 2017 - Dec 2018
2 yearsBoston, United States
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Northeastern University
- Explored the relationship between emotional granularity and the self-regulation of mental and physiological responses towards stressful stimuli
- Assessed responses to various psychological tests through the acquisition of emotion word networks and various physiological metrics (i.e. perspiration, EEG, impedance)
- Performed computational analysis of collected data as it relates to better psychotherapeutic outcomes for PTSD patients
Languages
English
NativeSpanish
AdvancedEducation
Oct 2016 - May 2020
Northeastern University
BS · Behavioral Neuroscience · Boston, United States · 3.745
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
PhD · Neuroscience · New York, United States
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