Ian Persaud Current Address: 808 East State Street Apt. 1 Ithaca NY, 14850

Ipp4@cornell.edu (718) 415-0942

Permanent Address: 88-20 209 Street

Queens Village NY, 11427

EDUCATION_______________________________________________ Cornell University, College of Human Ecology, Ithaca, NY Bachelor of Science in Human Development, Cognitive Neuroscience Concentration |Expected May 2017 Minors in Health Policy and Nutrition for Health GPA: 3.31, Major GPA: 3.43 Relevant Coursework: Pharmaceutical management and policy, US Healthcare System, Responses to health crises, Comparative (global) healthcare systems, Statistics, Microeconomics, Sociology, Psychology, Human Development (2 Semesters), Nutrition, Health and Society

HONORS AND AWARDS________________________________________ Dean's List at Cornell University: Semester GPA > 3.7 |May 2016 University of Maryland School of Medicine Conte Scholar |May 2016

EXPERIENCE______________________________________________ Maryland Psychiatric Research Center, Catonsville, MD |May 2016 -- August 2016 Conte Research Scholar, Mentored by Elliot Hong M.D., Joshua Chiappelli M.D.

Conferred with mentors to conduct original research to elucidate relationships between various stress biomarkers and Hippocampal Volumes in Schizophrenia patients

Processed MRI data for 91 subjects and performed statistical analyses inSPSS on large resulting data sets to infer correlations between hippocampal volume and aforementioned stress biomarkers

Interviewed Schizophrenia patients and healthy individuals for fMRI and behavioral data collection

Presented findings to professional and peer audience at University of MD Med School Summer Conference Poster Session and Conte Symposium

Affect and Cognition Lab, Ithaca, NY |January 2015 -- May 2016 Research Assistant to Prof. Eve DeRosa

Collaborated with lab members on several projects to understand the role of Choline in Attention processing in Alzheimer's patients

Prepared chemicals, other materials, and rats for surgical procedures and data collection

Collected data from rat and human subjects in EEG, fMRI, interview, other behavioral tasks Queens Hospital Center, Jamaica, NY |May 2014 -- August 2014

Consolidated and catalogued data from budget reports in Financial Department to determine overall spending trends, accounting for several hundred thousand dollars spent in the red

Aided doctors and administrators in maximizing efficiency of patient processing in Eye Clinic

EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES__________________________________ Karisma Charity Showcase, Executive Board Member |June 2012 - Present

Chaired Public Relations for Charity Organization for yearly culture showcase to raise >$25,000 in the previous year to benefit Charity Organizations such as St. Jude's Children's hospital

Promoted showcase, networked to expand social media audiences, creation of promotional material Independent Music Editor, small business executive |May 2015 - Present

Provide music editing and creative advisory services, for national clientele

Manage all legal, financial documentation, and networking with past and future clients Creative Director, Cornell Raas Club |May 2014 - May2015

Conceptualized promotional material, music, and theme; functioned as "think tank" for top 10 nationally ranked dance team.

SKILLS/CERTIFICATIONS______________________________________ Proficient with Microsoft Suite, Ableton Live 9, basic knowledge of R-studio, HTML, inDesign, SPSS

Additional languages include conversational Spanish