Vasudha Attanti

Undergraduate Research Assistant, Riverside, CA June 2022 - Present

Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-Being, University of California, Riverside

PI: Aaron Seitz, Ph.D.

• Recruited participants and lead sessions for hundreds of younger and older adults
• Addressed translational neuroscience studying aspects of cognition and learning in a wide range of populations ranging those from cognitive impairments (due to disease, injury or development) to specialists (radiologists, athletes, etc).
• Long-term goal: Understand cognitive diversity and design beneficial training experiences tailored to individual differences.

Campbell Research Fellow, Riverside, CA October 2022 - June 2023

Brain Game Center for Mental Fitness and Well-Being, University of California, Riverside

PI: Aaron Seitz, Ph.D.

• Tablet-based simulation of central vision loss.
• Eye-tracking in Virtual Reality (VR).
• Developing gaze-contingent measures of vision.
• Integrating eye-tracking into cognitive training tasks.

Genetics Lab Research, Riverside, CA

January 2022 - March 2022

PI: Jaimie Van Norman, Ph.D.

• Studied removal of LRR domain in plant roots using Arabidopsis Thaliana plant as model
• Amplified coding regions in assigned gene and utilized ligation and PCR to see bacterial transformation
• Utilized PCR gel to recognize if fragments were correctly ligated to form their own DNA sequence without LRR domains

• Cheng, A., Jacuinde, D., Attanti, V., Astafanous, M., Fernandez, A., Lelo de Larrea-Mancera, E.S. Remote Auditory Assessment Using Portable Automated Rapid Testing (PART) and Participant-owned Devices. Poster presented at: Undergraduate Symposium, May 2023, University of California, Riverside.
• Anand, D., Attanti, V., Ruiz, Z., Jayakumar, S., Seitz, A. The effect of task environment on behavior in healthy young adults with simulated central vision loss. Poster presented at: Undergraduate Symposium, May 2023, University of California, Riverside.

Pediatric Scribe, Westlake Village, CA     Mar 2021 - Aug 2021

Pediatrician: Dr. Tahan MD.

• Listened, observed, and accurately documented the interaction between the pediatrician and their patients and parents.

Clinical Volunteer, Thousand Oaks, CA     Aug 2019 - Present

Los Robles Hospital and Medical Center

• Shadowed physicians in Labor & Delivery, Emergency Room, and Oncology
• Served patients by performing emergency blood and specimen runs, conducting discharges, and delivering food trays

• English, Full Professional Proficiency
• Telugu, Full Professional Proficiency
• Hindi, Limited Working Proficiency