Clinical Assistant/Psychometrist Resume Example

New Orleans native working toward a brighter and progressive future through the advocacy of academic resilience and positive psychosocial skills for underserved youth. Well-versed in psychological assessment, long-term project methodology, design, and analysis, software proficiency as well as computer program development. Eager to join the efforts of a team that demonstrates an unwavering persistence toward making change.

Primary Investigator, Exploring the relationship between ruminative thought and cognitive dysfunction: Through the lens of attentional mechanisms and emotional content.

• Proposed long-term investigational plan to review committee
• Submitted required documentation to Institutional Review Board (IRB)
• Recruited undergraduate students for participation through University research posting
• Demonstrated good clinical practice and patient safety in experimental design
• Developed Affective Shift Task program using Super Lab Software to measure for executive function
• Transcribed and cleaned data using embedded macros in Microsoft Excel
• Analyzed data through linear regression, repeated measures, mixed-model ANOVA, and paired sample t-tests
• Originated a defense including clinical implications (e.g., CBT) and future research suggestions

Project Director, Cognition and Psycholinguistics Lab

• Managed a team of 10 undergraduate students in behavioral intervention, cognitive processes, and death-perception
• Designated appropriate team roles based on short-term goal achievements
• Evaluated poster submissions which resulted in multiple local and regional conference presentations including SWPA, LPA, and UL Undergraduate Research Conference
• Formulated stimulus design and analysis based on scientific-findings
• Oversaw safety regulations associated with conducting experimental trials based on IRB protocol

Volunteer Research Assistant, Utility of neuropsychological evaluation in a general neurology outpatient setting, Ochsner Hospital, Baptist and Main Campus locations.

• Illustrated extensive literature review based on previous findings of health outcome efficiency as a result of neuropsychological assessment
• Analyzed retrospective medical files using Epic software
• Consulted with neuropsychological treatment care team regarding IRB document review and completed safety regulation

Publications
• Sohr-Preston, S. L., Lacour, A.K., Brent, T., Dugas, T., & Jordan, L. (2016). Blogging about family building (infertility, pregnancy loss, adoption, pregnancy, and trying to conceive): Content and blogging motivations. Studies in Media and Communications, 4, 8-20.
Conference Presentations
• Lacour, A.K., Wozencraft, T., Matthews, L. (November 2019). Those Were the Days…Exploring the Relationships Amongst Reminiscence Style, Cognition, and Psychopathology. Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the Southwestern Psychological Association convention, Frisco, Texas (April 2020).
• Lacour, A.K., Breaux, B. (April 2018). Understanding the Relation Between Depression, ADHD, and Rumination. Abstract awarded finalist for graduate research talk at the Southwestern Psychological Association convention, Houston, TX.
• Lacour, A.K., Cantú, N.G., Connell, N.J., Knox, M.K., & McDermott, M.J. (May 2016). Examining the Mediating Role of Rumination and Anxiety Sensitivity in the Relation between Depression Symptoms and Physical Health Symptoms. Poster awarded second place for graduate session at the Louisiana Psychological Association, New Orleans.
• Lacour, A.K., Sohr, S. (June 2015). Correlates of Parenting Doubts and Self-Efficacy in a Sample of College-Attending Parents. Poster presented at the convention of the Louisiana Psychological Association, New Orleans, LA.

Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children (CASA), Jefferson Parish, Metairie, Louisiana.

• Advocate for the vital resources and overall well-being of children who are currently a part of the foster care system in Jefferson Parish.
• Offer suggestions and environmental observations in assigned court hearings based on program regulations.
• Serve as part of an interdisciplinary team and engage in differing perspectives based on clinical experience and involvement per case.
• Engage with the child through verbal and nonverbal communication cues while remaining adamant and diligent to the child's physical, emotional, mental, academic, and health requirements.