Research Coordinators | Overview
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Matthew Armstrong, MS Matt has returned to the Faja Lab after successfully completing a master's degree in Biomedical Studies at Drexel University in Philadelphia. His bachelor's degree in Natural Sciences is from the Woods College of Advancing Studies at Boston College. Matt is currently taking classes at UMASS Boston with the goal of becoming a physician assistant. Matt’s research interests include the role that autism plays in dating and developing quantitative measures of how an autism diagnosis can affect relationships. As a graduate student in the Faja Lab, he played a pivotal role in writing the CRUSH curriculum, which aims to support the development of dating skills and sexual health and is excited to help with its initial pilot testing. Matt will also be working on the KISS project which seeks to develop tasks for autistic adults to measure their sexual health. He will also support the L16HTHOUSE Study and ABC-CCT. Matt recently hiked Franconia Notch in New Hampshire where his photo was taken on top of Mount Lafayette, the tallest mountain he has hiked. Aside from hiking, Matt also enjoys listening to the Boston Symphony, swimming at the Harvard Pool and surfing over the summers on Cape Cod.
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Doo-yun Her Doo-yun graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Cognitive and Brain Sciences from Tufts University (during which she wrote an honors thesis as a student intern under Dr. Nelson here at the LCN!). Since graduating, she worked on cognitive neuroscience research at Cambridge Health Alliance, supported data projects at Mount Holyoke, and completed a data science fellowship at the University of Pennsylvania. She’s developed a strong curiosity for human experiences and perception, which she is excited to explore under Dr. Faja’s mentorship. As the ABC-CT study coordinator, Doo-yun wears many hats in supporting the Faja Lab’s operations, but her favorite responsibility is maintaining a robust and exciting spread of snacks and prizes to offer our participants when they visit the lab. While she loves to spend her free time laying down, Doo-yun very much enjoys thrifting, yoga, painting, and going outside.
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