Emilie Meryem Khalfallah
New York,NY
Summary
Highly organized and dependable candidate. Successful at managing multiple projects simultaneously with a positive attitude. Experienced in working in multidisciplinary scientific environments with great communication and problem solving skills. Seeking a challenging position in scientific consulting and project management to utilize my scientific expertise and leadership abilities to drive innovative research initiatives, promote collaboration and achieve team goals.
Work History
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Weill Cornell Medicine
04.2023 - Current
- Analyze clinical magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) data in patients with brain tumors (Meningioma) to improve diagnosis and prognosis of disease.
- Develop new MRI methods to improve diagnosis of neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and multiple sclerosis.
- Actively participate in research design and execution to address defined problems related to brain diseases.
- Manage research projects, provide alternative approaches and discuss results with professors.
- Participate in discussions, seminars and lectures at both clinical and biomedical engineering events.
- Collaborate with colleagues to gather research and provide better tools for data analysis.
Education
Ph.D. - Medical Imaging
02.2023
- Thesis: Development and validation of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) methods for the diagnosis of nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) in mice.
- Designed and executed three projects simultaneously.
- Managed all aspects of these projects, including budget, animal housing, monitoring, and diet induction, MRI pulse sequence programming, data collection, post processing, analysis and interpretation, in addition to results presentation and publishing.
Master of Science - Medical And Surgical Imaging And Robotics
09.2019
Master of Science - Imaging Robotics And Engineering For Life Sciences
07.2018
Bachelor of Science - Physics And Engineering
07.2017
Bachelor of Science - Optics And Photonics
07.2015
Skills
- Project management: effective project planning and execution ensuring adherence to timelines, budget, and quality standards
- Scientific research: experienced in conducting both preclinical and clinical research, data analysis and interpretation, laboratory techniques, and scientific writing
- Leadership: skilled in working in multidisciplinary teams of researchers, fostering collaboration with high ability of critical thinking, problem solving, and adapting to changing project requirements
- Communication: strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills, presentation skills, and stakeholder engagement
- Technical skills: project management tools (Microsoft project, Smartsheet and OpenProject), data analysis tools (MATLAB, Graphpad, RStudio, MedCalc, lmageJ, ITK Snap), and Microsoft Office Suite
- Languages: English, French and Arabic
Internship experience
Research internship, 02/2019 - 09/2019
ICUBE Laboratory, IMIS research team, Strasbourg, France
- Analysis of functional connectivity networks visualized using functional MRI in mice models of depression.
Research internship, 06/2018 - 07/2018
ICUBE Laboratory, IPP research team, Strasbourg, France
- Off-axis digital holography, application in biomedical imaging: developing a graphical interface for the correction of geometric aberrations in holography images.
Publications
Published Papers
- Khalfallah M, et al. Visco-Elastic Parameters at Three-Dimensional MR Elastography for Diagnosing Non-Alcoholic Steatohepatitis and Substantial Fibrosis in Mice. J Magn Reson Imaging. 2023 May 9. doi: 10.1002/jmri.28765. PMID: 37158252.
Conferences
• Power Pitch presentation at the joint meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2022: "Diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance elastography in mice with NASH and significant metabolic liver disease".
• Digital poster at the ESMRMB 38th meeting 2021: "Diagnostic value of damping ratio and frequency dispersion coefficient at MRE in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease".
• Digital poster at the ISMRM annual meeting 2021: "Temporal diffusion spectroscopy with oscillating gradient echoplanar MRI: signal to noise and ADC repeatability in mice liver".
Activities and Awards
Awards
- Awarded the ISMRM Magna Cum Lade merit award for my wark on "the diagnostic performance of magnetic resonance elastography in mice with NASH and significant metabolic liver disease" at the joint meeting ISMRM-ESMRMB 2022
- Awarded a Trainee Educational Stipend at ISMRM & SMRT Annual Meeting & Exhibition 2021.
- Awarded the best poster presentation award at the scientific days of MTCI doctoral school - University of Paris.
Leadership activities
- PhD students representative at the Center of Research on Inflammation (CRI) at the national institution of health and medical research, Paris, France, for two years.
Timeline
Postdoctoral Research Associate - Weill Cornell Medicine
04.2023 - Current
Université Paris Cité - Ph.D., Medical Imaging
Télécom Physique Strasbourg - Master of Science, Medical And Surgical Imaging And Robotics
Télécom Physique Strasbourg - Master of Science, Imaging Robotics And Engineering For Life Sciences
UFR De Physique Et Ingénierie, Strasbourg Univ. - Bachelor of Science, Physics And Engineering
Institute of Optics And Precision Mechanics - Bachelor of Science, Optics And Photonics
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