Nila Dharmaraj

• Transcribed 20 audio memories into data sets using Express Scribe software a week
• Tested for associations between nostalgic music and memories
• Checked MRIs for differences in brain activity with age while listening to music

Four-week research program where I wrote a research paper with two peers

• Received four credits in the UC system
• Received an A grade in the course 'Divergent Minds and Neurotribes' taught by PHd student
• Wrote a research paper about the relationship between the gamification of social media and ADHD symptoms
• Collected 200 responses for data and literature review
• Presented paper and findings in Capstone Seminar

• Wrote a research paper addressing autism and stress in terms of the pandemic
• Worked with a mentor who has a Ph.D
• From UCSB
• Conducted my own research by creating a survey for the paper
• My paper 'Comparing Stress in Neurotypical People and People with ASD in Terms of the Pandemic' was published in Polygence Scholars Journal

• Two-week internship exploring cardiothoracic surgery taught by a professor at Stanford
• Performed mock surgeries on silicone hearts and valves by learning various stitches
• Eight-hour sessions every day with lectures and lab
• Presented cardiothoracic advancement presentation exploring a synthetic heparin treatment

• Two-week Abnormal Psychology course
• Wrote a case vignette paper about case studies
• Wrote reaction paper: 'Should therapists use evidence-based medicine?' examining effects of different kinds of therapies