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Hannah Markell
Hannah M. Markell
9290 Tower Side Dr. Apt. 409Fairfax, VA 22031 · (914) 806-7168
EDUCATION
George Mason University Fairfax, VA
PhD Student in Industrial Organizational Psychology
Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO
Bachelor of Arts, May 2013
GPA: 3.72, Major GPA: 3.94
Magna Cum Laude
Major: Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology, with a concentration in Cognitive Neuroscience
Minors: Public Health & Psychology
Université Paris 7- Diderot Paris, France
Study abroad coursework in Psychology Spring 2012
Honors and Awards
Jewish Foundation for the Education of Women Scholarship Summer 2011
Dean’s List Fall 2010-Spring 2013
Jacobs Scholar (for academic excellence) Fall 2010-Spring 2013
Eliot Scholar (for academic excellence) Fall 2009-Spring 2010
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of Pennsylvania, Center for Psychotherapy ResearchPhiladelphia, PA
Research Assistant July 2013- June 2015
●Lead interviewing, hiring, and training for new staff and work-study students and volunteers.
●Analyzed data using SPSS and assisted in writing and preparing manuscripts for submission.
●Orchestrated assessments and study protocols and served as liaison between pilot studies, independent contractors, and Clinical Assessment Core members for pilot studies within a new federally funded research center.
●Prepared and contributed to new grant submissions, yearly progress reports, and milestone reports.
●Managed study funds and budget projections for three federally funded grants.
●Corresponded with and managed submissions to the University of Pennsylvania and City of Philadelphia Institutional Review Boards (IRB).
Weill Cornell Medical College, Laboratory of Cognitive Neuromodulation Manhattan, NY
Research AssistantSummer 2012
●Collected EEG data from 14 healthy control subjects.
●Analyzed this data using Matlab.
●Presented results to the research team and as a poster at Society for Neuroscience in November 2014.
Washington University in St. Louis, Laboratory of Personality and Self-Knowledge St. Louis, MO
Honors Thesis Student Fall 2012- May 2013
●Wrote an honors thesis and delivered an oral defense to a committee.
●Thesis examined the relationship between state-conscientiousness levels and global depression level using
the Experience Sampling Method.
Washington University in St. Louis, Cognitive Control and Psychopathology Laboratory St. Louis, MO Research Assistant Fall 2010
●Ran participants in behavioral studies examining relationship between social competition and reward.
●Assisted with designing experiments and analyzing and entering data.
●Created final poster for presentation to the research team.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Psychology 301 Lab (Research Methods) Fairfax, VA
Teaching Assistant Fall 2015
Psychology 300 Lab (Statistics for Psychology) Fairfax, VA
Teaching Assistant Spring 2016
CLINICAL/APPLIED EXPERIENCE
Centre François Grémy Paris, France Psychology Intern Spring 2012
●Assisted with supervision of treatment and diagnosis at a day hospital for young adults with severe developmental disabilities and behavioral problems.
FEGS PROS Possibilities Manhattan, NY Undergraduate Intern Summer 2011
●Facilitated group therapy sessions for adults with severe mental health disorders in treatment to achieve community re-integration.
●Initiated, developed, and implemented a new resume writing workshop.
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Synapse Education St. Louis, MO Program Director September 2011-May 2013
●Served as co-chair of a developmental committee, which formulated engaging neuroscience-related demos for inner city elementary and middle school students.
●Directed the implementation of the “Demo Days” program including:
•Hosting information sessions at the beginning of each semester to recruit new student volunteers.
•Coordinating weekly trips to St. Louis schools.
PUBLICATIONS
Markell, H. M., Newman, M. G., Gallop, R., Gibbons, M. B. C., Rickels, K., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014). Combined Medication and CBT for Generalized Anxiety Disorder With African American Participants: Reliability and Validity of Assessments and Preliminary Outcomes.Behavior Therapy, 45(4), 495-506.
Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Sadicario, J. S., Markell, H. M., Calsyn, D. A., Tang, W., ... & Woody, G. (2014). Predictors and moderators of outcomes of HIV/STD sex risk reduction interventions in substance abuse treatment programs: a pooled analysis of two randomized controlled trials. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 9(1), 3.
Crits-Christoph, P., Chambless, D. L., & Markell, H. M. (2014). Moving Evidence-Based Practice Forward Successfully: Commentary on Laska, Gurman, and Wampold. Psychotherapy. (In press).
Crits-Christoph, P., Markell, H. M., Gallop, R., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., McClure, B., & Rotrosen, J. (2015). Predicting Outcome of Substance Abuse Treatment in a Feedback Study: Can Recovery Curves be Improved Upon? Psychotherapy Research. (ahead of print). 1-11
King, E. B., Colella, A., & Markell, H. (in press). Workplace discrimination in context. In A. Colella & E. King (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Workplace Discrimination. Oxford Publishing.
Cheung, H.*, King, E.*, Lindsey, A.*, Membere, A.*, Markell, H., & Kilcullen, M. (2016). Understanding and reducing workplace discrimination. In M. R. Buckley, J. Halbesleben, & A. R. Wheeler (Eds.),Research in personnel and human resources management. Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
PRESENTATIONS
Conte, M. M., Fidali, B. C., Markell, H. M., & Schiff, N. D. (October 2015). Evidence of auditory working memory and selective attention in disorders of consciousness. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, Chicago.
Markell, H. M., Mendels, L. F., Conte, M. M., & Schiff, N. D. (November 2014). qEEG evidence for preservation of the auditory working memory buffer in severely brain injured subjects. Poster presented at the annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience, Washington, D.C.
Markell, H. M., Gallop, R., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., Lee, J. K., Mack, R. A., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014, June). Validation of the Psychological Distance Scaling Task in a Community Mental Health Sample. Poster presented at the meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Markell, H. M., Newman, M. G., Gallop, R., Lee, J. K., Connolly Gibbons, M. B., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014, April). Does Standard CBT for GAD Need to be Modified for African Americans? Poster presented at the meeting of Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Canada.
Connolly Gibbons, M. B., Lee, J. K., Mack, R. A., Markell H. M., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014, June). The Reliability and Validity of Community and Self-Report Versions of the Ways of Responding Questionnaire. Poster presented at the meeting of Society for Psychotherapy Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Markell, H.M., Lee, J.K., & Connolly Gibbons, M.B. (2014, June). The Use of Structural Nested Mean Models to Evaluate the Causal Relation of the Alliance to Outcome. Presented as part of a panel at the 45th annual meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Wilson, R. E., Thompson, R. J., Markell, H., & Vazire, S. (May 2014). The Influence of Mood on Daily Fluctuations in Personality. Oral presentation at the annual meeting for the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.
Crits-Christoph, P., Gallop, R., Markell, H.M., Lee, J.K., Mack, R.A., & Connolly Gibbons, M.B. (2014, April). Integrating Patient Preferences into the Treatment of Depression in the Community. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Canada.
Lee, J.K., Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Markell, H.M., Mack, R.A., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014, April). Understanding the Implications of Substance Use Disorders in the Treatment of MDD in the Community. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Canada.
Connolly Gibbons, M.B., Lee, J.K., Mack, R.A., Markell, H.M., & Crits-Christoph, P. (2014, April). Assessing the Acquisition of Compensatory Skills in Patients Receiving Services for Depression in a Community Mental Health Setting. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Exploration of Psychotherapy Integration, Montreal, Canada.
SKILLS
- Fluent in French,
- Proficient in Matlab and SPSS.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office.
- Proficient with EEG and EGI net systems.
- CITI and HIPAA certified.