Jennifer Sloane

Jennifer Sloane

Postdoc fellow in Health Services Research and Development

Houston VA and Baylor College of Medicine

Biography

I’m a postdoc fellow in Health Services Research and Development at the Center for Innovations in Quality, Effectiveness and Safety, which is associated with the Houston VA and Baylor College of Medicine. I received my BA in psychology from the University of Maryland, my Masters of Science in experimental psychology from Syracuse University, and my PhD in cognitive psychology from University of New South Wales. My research interests include improving diagnostic decision-making, reducing errors in medicine, and studying the effects of interruptions and time-pressure on medical decision-making.

Download my academic CV and resumé.

Interests
  • Cognitive psychology
  • Medical decision-making
  • Data science
  • Data analysis/statistics
  • Teaching and mentoring
  • RLadies
Education
  • PhD in Cognitive Psychology, 2022

    University of New South Wales

  • Masters of Science in Experimental Psychology, 2017

    Syracuse University

  • BA in Psychology, 2014

    University of Maryland

Skills

R

I have been using R since the start of my graduate studies in 2015. I essentially use R for all my data analysis, modeling, and visualization. This year, I designed my first Shiny App (an interactive website to explore a dataset on baby names in Australia) in R.

Overleaf

I have recently started using Overleaf and learning LaTeX in 2018 for writing papers and other documents, such as my CV. I also believe it is a great tool for collaborations.

JavaScript

I began learning JavaScript this past year, specifically using jspsych to run some of my computer-based experiments online.

Python

In addition to JavaScript, I often use Python to code my psychology experiments. I have a couple of years of experience using Python.

Open Science Framework

I am an avid supporter of open science and greatly value their mission to “increase the openness, integrity, and reproducibility of scientific research.”

Experience

 
 
 
 
 
Postdoc Research Fellow
Houston VA and Baylor College of Medicine
Aug 2022 – Present Houston

Responsibilities include:

  • Studying the effects of interruptions on diagnostic decision-making
  • Conducting research to improve diagnostic decision-making and reduce errors in medicine
  • Delivered a series of 8 workshops on “Introduction to R and Programming” to over 30 employees
 
 
 
 
 
PhD Student
University of New South Wales
Jan 2018 – Mar 2022 Sydney

Responsibilities include:

 
 
 
 
 
Graduate Student
Syracuse University
Aug 2015 – Dec 2017 New York

Responsibilities include:

  • Successfully defended Master’s Thesis on “Effects of Item Relatedness on Output Interference in Recognition Memory”
  • Instructor for “Cognitive Psychology”
  • Teaching assistant and coordinator for “Introduction to Psychology”
  • Teaching Mentor for incoming international and domestic teaching assistants
 
 
 
 
 
Part-Time Research Assistant
University of Maryland College Park
Jan 2015 – Aug 2015 Maryland

Responsibilities include:

  • Researcher on a project titled “Hippocampal Memory Network”
  • Recruited and tested dozens of children 6-8 years old using fMRI, EEG, and behavioral methodologies
 
 
 
 
 
Undergraduate Student
University of Maryland College Park
Aug 2011 – Dec 2014 Maryland

Responsibilities include:

  • Research assistant in the Neurocognitive Development Lab
  • Research assistant in the Decision, Attention, and Memory Lab
  • Teaching assistant for Developmental Psychology
  • Math tutor for Division I student athletes

Blogs

Why can't I breathe?

Why can’t I breathe?

In this blog, I investigate whether my recent trouble with breathing could be related to air quality and/or allergies

R-Girls Lesson

R-Girls Lesson

In this blog, I’ll share my experience teaching an R-Girls lesson at Green Oak Academy

Introduction to R

Introduction to R

This blog is for those of you who are just beginning your R journey

My First API: Which NFL games should I watch?

My First API: Which NFL games should I watch?

In this blog, I share my experience using an API for the first time

R blogdown

R blogdown

This blog is a step-by-step guide to building websites in R using blogdown

SciX

SciX

This is my blog on my experience as a PhD mentor for UNSW’s SciX program

Math Psych

Math Psych

This is a blog about my life as a mathematical psychologist (written by Emily Vohralik)

\#dataHackEd

#dataHackEd

This is a blog I wrote on Resources Hack Day to support Data Science Education

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