ALAINNA WEN 12 Fischer Grad. Res., Apt 2B Notre Dame, IN, 46556 Phone: 574 298 8017 (c) Email: awen@nd.edu EDUCATION 2016 present Master of Arts, Clinical Psychology, University of Notre Dame; Notre Dame, IN Advisor: K. Lira Yoon, PhD 2012 2015 Honours Bachelor of Science (First Class), Psychology University of Calgary; Calgary, AB Honours thesis title: Set Shifting Biases in Currently, Previously and Never Depressed Individuals Advisor: Keith S. Dobson, PhD 2008 2012 Bachelor of Science, Microbiology and Immunology (Major), Psychology (Minor) McGill University; Montreal, QC Independent research study title: Bacterial Strains with Defective Chromosome Replication Protein Binding Sites Advisor: Gregory Marczynski, PhD AWARDS AND SCHOLARSHIPS Feb. 2016 May Aug. 2015 Ontario Graduate Scholarship, Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities (Waitlisted) Markin Undergraduate Student Research Program in Health and Wellness Summer Studentship, University of Calgary (Value: $6000) 2014 2015 Senate Bursary, University of Calgary (Value: $5000) 2014 2015 Louise McKinney Scholarship, University of Calgary (Value: $2500) Aug. 2015 Aug. 2015 Clinical Section Student Poster Award, American Psychological Association Travel & Conference Funding, University of Calgary Students Union (Value: $205) Page 1 of 6
June 2015 June 2015 June 2015 June 2015 May Aug. 2014 May Aug. 2014 Clinical Section Best Student Conference Presentation Award, Canadian Psychological Association (Value: $100) Travel & Conference Funding, University of Calgary Students Union (Value: $250) Student Travel Award, Canadian Psychological Association (Value: $250) Clinical Section Travel Award, Canadian Psychological Association (Value: $300) Summer Studentship, Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (Value: $5600) Program for Undergraduate Research Experience (PURE) Award, University of Calgary (Value: $6000; Declined) 2012 2015 Dean s Honor List, University of Calgary 2013 2014 Jason Lang Scholarship, University of Calgary (Value: $1000) 2009 2012 Fluor Scholarship (Value: $2000 per year for 3 years) RESEARCH EXPERIENCE May 2014 Depression Research Lab, University of Calgary August 2016 Supervisor: Keith Dobson, PhD Independent Researcher (May 2016 August 2016) Project title: Avoidance and Depression Vulnerability: An Examination of Avoidance in Remitted and Currently Depressed Individuals Conducted literature review on depression and avoidance Prepared manuscript for publication Research Coordinator (May 2015 April 2016) Project title: An Examination of Executive Control Biases and Rumination in Currently, Previously, and Never Depressed Individuals Oversee protocol for participant pool, including recruitment, phone screening, and scheduling participants for clinical research with a community population Responsible for preparation and organization of more than 700 participant files, study materials, and computer databases Trained and supervise four research assistants Page 2 of 6
Research Assistant (May 2014 April 2015) Project title: An Examination of Executive Control Biases and Rumination in Currently, Previously, and Never Depressed Individuals Conducted telephone interviews with more than 200 participants using screening tool for depression, substance use, psychosis and mania Administered computer tasks measuring executive functioning Responsible for preparation and organization of participant files, study materials, and computer databases Prepared study results for two conference presentations Summer Research Student (May 2014 August 2014) Project title: A Comparison of Cognitive Inhibition Biases in Previously, Currently, and Never Depressed Women Conducted literature review on the role of cognitive inhibition biases in acute and remitted depression Conducted cross-sectional analysis comparing cognitive inhibition of emotional stimuli across participant groups Prepared study results for four conference presentations May Aug. 2015 Dec. 2014 Apr. 2015 Summer Research Student, Mathison Center for Mental Health Research & Education, University of Calgary Independent research study title: Early Identification and Prevention of Major Depression in Male Workers Supervisor: JianLi Wang, PhD Assisted with systematic literature review on depression in male workers and study on the development of e-mental health programs for working men at risk for depression Responsible for analysis of phone interview data Prepared study results for one conference presentation Independent Researcher, Course Credit, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary Independent research study title: An Examination of Depression Stigma in Asian and Caucasian Canadians Supervisor: Andrew Szeto, PhD Designed and conducted research on cultural differences in depression stigma Completed literature review on the cultural differences in depression stigma Responsible for ethics application, data collection, data analysis, and manuscript write up Prepared study results for one conference presentation and manuscript publication Page 3 of 6
July Aug, Research Assistant, University of Calgary Applied Psychological 2013 and 2014 & Educational Services (UCAPES), University of Calgary Supervisor: Tanya Beran, PhD Assisted with study design and data collection on conformity in clinical assessments Nov. 2012 Feb. 2013 Research Assistant, Language Processing Lab Department of Psychology, University of Calgary Supervisor: Penny Pexman, PhD Conducted behavioral coding based on video recordings of participants Assisted with project studying language acquisition in children PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS Submitted Refereed Journal Articles Davoodi, E., Wen, A., Dobson, K.S., Noorbala, A.A., Mohammadi, A., Alibeigi, N. Early Maladaptive Schemas in Depression and Somatization Disorder. Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Affective Disorders. Wen, A. & Szeto, A. An Examination of Depression Stigma in Asian and Caucasian Canadians. Manuscript submitted to the Journal of Cross Cultural Research. Abstracts Wen, A. Quigley, L., Dobson, K.S. (2016, October). Do Depressed Individuals Exhibit Biases in Set Shifting? An Analysis of Emotional Information Processing in Current and Remitted Depression. Poster presented at the 50 th annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT), New York, New York, United States. Wen, A. Quigley, L., Dobson, K.S. (2016, September). An examination of avoidance in remitted and currently depressed individuals. Poster presented at the annual conference of the Association of Women in Science (AWIS), Notre Dame, Indiana, United States. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Dobson, K.S. (2016, March). An analysis of set shifting biases in currently, previously and never depressed individuals. Poster presented at the 6 th annual conference of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Dobson, K.S. (2015, September). Set shifting impairments in currently depressed individuals versus previously and never depressed individuals. Paper presented at the 3 rd annual convention of the Campus Alberta Students Conference on Health (CASCH), Banff, Alberta, Canada. Page 4 of 6
Wen, A., Szeto, A. (2015, September). An Examination of Depression Stigma in Asian and Caucasian Canadians. Poster presented at the 3rd annual convention of the Campus Alberta Students Conference on Health (CASCH), Banff, Alberta, Canada. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Newman, K.R., Fernandez, A., Dobson, K.S., Sears, C.R. (2015, August). An Analysis of Cognitive Inhibition Biases in Women with Depression. Poster session presented at the 123 rd annual convention of the American Psychological Association (APA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Newman, K.R., Fernandez, A., Dobson, K.S., Sears, C.R. (2015, June). Comparison of Cognitive Inhibition Biases in Previously, Currently, and Never Depressed Women. Poster session presented at the 76 th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Abstract published in the CPA fall clinical section newsletter. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Newman, K.R., Fernandez, A., Dobson, K.S., Sears, C.R. (2015, May). An Analysis of Cognitive Inhibition Biases in Women With Depression. Poster session presented at the annual convention of the Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioral Therapies (CACBT), Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Wen, A., Quigley, L., Dobson, K.S. (2015, May). Set shifting impairments in currently depressed individuals versus previously and never depressed individuals. Paper presented at the 19th Annual Student Research Conference of the University of Calgary Department of Psychology, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. PROFESSIONAL AND VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE May 2013 Apr. 2015 Crisis Line, Calgary Distress Center Supervisor: Chloe McBean Leadership Volunteer (Oct. 2014 April 2015) Trained over 20 new crisis line volunteers in role play Supervised over 20 new crisis line volunteers on phone shifts Spent approximately 3 hours per week supervising and training Volunteer (May 2013 Sep. 2014) Engaged in risk assessment and crisis intervention for more than 400 callers in distress Responsible for transferring and/or referring callers to professional programs including 211, mobile response team, and counseling centers Attended and participated in Calgary Distress Center social activities and fundraisers Spent approximately 4 hours per week on the crisis line Page 5 of 6
Sep. 2013 Apr. 2015 Psychology Undergraduate Students Association (PSYCHS), University of Calgary Vice President of Academics (Sep. 2014 April 2015) Organized academic events including Honors seminars, Graduate School seminars, Meet Your professors event, and What to do with your Degree seminars Assisted with creating a training manual for PSYCHS commissioners Assisted with training new academic commissioner Commissioner of Academics (Sep. 2013 April 2014) Organized academic events including Honors seminars, Graduate School seminars, Meet Your professors event, and What to do with your Degree seminars PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIPS 2016 present Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapy (ABCT) 2016 present Canadian Association of Cognitive and Behavioural Therapies (CACBT) 2015 2016 American Psychological Association (APA) 2014 2015 Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) LANGUAGES English (fluent), Mandarin (fluent), French (intermediate), Korean (basic), Japanese (basic) Page 6 of 6