Staff Research associate
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA, United States
Angela Drexler graduated from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Bachelors of Arts in Cognitive Science in the Spring of 2020. During her time at Berkeley, Angela was a research assistant for various Neuroscience labs which focused on the behavior of astrocytes after brain injury, and fear conditioning in visual cortex in animal models which ignited her interest in research. During Angela’s undergraduate studies, she undertook a Developmental Psychopathology course which prepared her to effectively read publications and understand child trauma symptomatology, and birthed her interest in clinical research and transdiagnostic processes. One year after graduating, she began working as a research assistant with the Child Trauma Research Program at the University of California, San Francisco, where she is still currently employed. Before starting her RA role and after graduating her undergraduate career, she held numerous para-educational positions as a highschool teaching assistant and summer camp instructor for preschoolers in Los Angeles, California. As an RA, Angela is trained on data cleaning, and psychodiagnostic assessment scoring for child behavior measures. This poster is Angela’s first presentation and she received support from her Postdoctoral mentor at CTRP, Dr. Melissa Bond, and Lab Manager, Belén Rogowski. Angela’s interest in the International Society and Study for Trauma and Dissociation stems from her focus on treatment for transdiagnostic symptoms in youth who have experienced traumatic stress, which she hopes to pursue more practically as a Masters in Social Work at the University of Chicago this Fall 2023. As a Masters level clinician, Angela hopes to work with parents to help them develop emotion regulation skills and evidence based parenting techniques.
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Saturday, April 15, 2023
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US Eastern Time