carissa medeiros

* Taught an undergraduate introductory psychology course. * Maintained student records and issued reports. * Developed curriculum and associated course descriptions and syllabi.

* Assisted the head coach in conducting practice sessions. * Supported the student athletes with lacrosse-related and personal issues. * Helped lead 2005 team to the NCAA Division II National Championship.

Instructed youth lacrosse goalies in positional development. Assessed and evaluated skills and provided recommendations for team placement.

* Provided clinical services to children and their families as part of a multi-disciplinary team. * Implemented diagnostic evaluations and developed initial treatment plans. * Provided counseling and support including individual, family and group modalities.

Bike & Foot Patrol Detail Work

* Coached young women in the development of physical skills and positive attitudes for success in the program and their lives. * Involved in all aspects of recruitment. * Created team strategy and practice sessions with the aim of increasing the overall strength of the team unit.

* Taught undergraduate physiological psychology courses. * Taught an undergraduate cognitive psychology course. * Developed curriculum and associated course descriptions and syllabi.

* Taught undergraduate general psychology courses. * Taught upper-level undergraduate physiological psychology courses. * Developed curriculum and associated course descriptions and syllabi.

* Organized, maintained, and managed all Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy development projects at the 4Tesla laboratory. * Performed weekly quality-assurance (QA) tests and troubleshot when necessary. * Identified, addressed, and resolved weaknesses in the 4T laboratory infrastructure. * Organized and facilitated various administrative tasks relating to billing, purchasing of equipment, scheduling of facilities and International Review Board (IRB) policies.

* Key personnel in various GlaxoSmithKline funded projects including MRS studies measuring brain glycine levels after oral glycine loading in schizophrenic patients and healthy controls. * Coordinated a National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) funded project entitled “Cocaine & Steroids: Brain Vascular & Behavioral Effects”. * Worked in conjunction with Massachusetts General Hospital on a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded f MRI & SPECT study of novel smoking cessation treatments. * Assisted a NIDA funded Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy project on methadone maintained subjects. * Organized and facilitated various administrative tasks relating to International Review Board (IRB) policies and grant submissions. * Performed technical laboratory procedures including phlebotomy, urinalysis, ECG, Quantitative Electroencephalography, vital sign monitoring, and serum assaying.

* Overseeing all aspects of a Division I program in the America East Conference * Developing an inaugural team from the ground up * Assigning duties and responsibilities to the assistant coaches and evaluating the performance of these duties

Activities and Societies: Psi Chi, Division II Varsity Women's Lacrosse