Andrew Mattson resume
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Andrew Mattson resume

Education
Northeastern University Boston, MA
Bachelor of Science in Behavioral Neuroscience 2018
Awards & Honors: Magna Cum Laude, Northeastern University Honors College Distinction, Dean’s, Recipient of Northeastern University scholarship grant

Skills
In Vivo: Experienced with rodent handling, tissue harvest, stereotaxic surgery, bronchoalveolar lavage collection, bleomycin administration, widefield fluorescence imaging, Subcutaneous/IP injections, rodent behavioral training.
In Vitro: Experienced with DNA/RNA isolation, western blotting, qPCR, Hydroxyproline/collagen assay
Software: Experienced with MATLAB, MWorks Software, Graphpad PRISM, Bio-Rad Software, Powerchart and DynamicDoc EHR programs & Microsoft Office programs

Professional Experience
ScribeAmerica, Inc. Honolulu, HI
Hospitalist/ICU Medical Scribe July 2018-Present
-Worked one-on-one with physicians in an inpatient facility and intensive care unit to accurately and thoroughly document medical charts via the EMR system for 20-30 patients concurrently
-Accompanied physicians into examination rooms to record patient histories, subjective complaints, and physical examinations in real-time as articulated by patients and physicians
-Organized and managed patient care plans within the EMR system, including laboratory/radiology orders, procedures, and physician consults

Acceleron Pharma, Inc. Boston, MA
Preclinical Pharmacology Co-op July 2017-December 2017
-Worked in a team to evaluate potential treatments of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis using both in vivo and in vitro approaches
-Performed intra-tracheal bleomycin administration on mice, then evaluated pulmonary capacity through behavioral testing
-Collected lung tissue, bronchoalveolar lavage fluid & blood samples for in vitro analysis
-Executed multiple in vitro assays including RNA isolation, western blotting, collagen assay, and qPCR
-Presented data to the company at the end of internship

Duke University, Department of Neurobiology Durham, NC
Research Assistant July 2016-December 2016
-Worked in a team to study the functional organization of neural circuits in the rodent cerebellum
-Performed a variety of rodent surgical procedures including headpost installation, craniotomy/window installation, stereotaxic injections
-Trained mice on a variety of behavioral paradigms while conducting in vivo calcium imaging of neural activity, evaluating motor responses to visual and auditory stimuli
-Developed MATLAB code to analyze behavioral data & presented analysis of project to multiple labs at the end of internship

Harvard Medical School, Department of Neurobiology Boston, MA
Research Assistant July 2015 -December 2015
-Assisted in the study of high level perception & mirror neurons via neurophysiological recordings in the Rhesus Macaque pre-frontal cortex
-Maintained and organized lab recordings through MonkeyLogic and developed MATLAB code to analyze recordings
-Developed a lever press apparatus for future rodent behavioral paradigms