My Research Resume

My dream job would allow me to balance individual therapy, group therapy, presentations, advocating for disability rights and research. It's invigorating to learn evidence-based practices and set up research designs to study those newer ideas. This is a very brief overview of some of my research experience. Click HERE for a pdf version.

Hillary Jackson Little

hillary_little@med.unc.edu

704.724.6429

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Novel Oncology Study of Antidepressants (NOSAD) Clinical Research Coordinator, UNC Lineberger Cancer Center, 2011                                                                                                      

• Collaborated on research design criteria, interviewed patients, administered test measures and marketed the trial, while maintaining rigorous ethical standards.
• Partnered with pharmacists, psychiatrists and the primary investigator to develop, coordinate and oversee the logistics of a double-blind procedure.
• Conducted clinical trials using good clinical practices principles with a focus on informed consent, confidentiality, documentation and other ethical concerns as outlined by the Declaration of Helsinki.
• Presented to medical faculty and clinicians explaining the objectives, measures, anticipated barriers, and overall design of the multi-stratum double-blind antidepressant trial.

 Lab of Dr. Kevin Pelphrey, Duke University, Research Assistant, 2004 – 2005

                                                                                                                                          

• Neuroimaging Research Assistant in a study examining neurological differences in perception between children with autism and typically developing children.
• Worked with participants and parents, preparing them for the experiment, and ran mock functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) trials and practice sessions to acclimate participants with experimental procedures.

Lab of Gary Mesibov, UNC-Chapel Hill, Research Assistant, 2004 - 2005

• Gathered, organized and coded data for a meta-analysis investigating executive function in individuals with autism.

 Lab of Dr. Bruce Bartholow, UNC, Research Assistant, 2003 - 2004

• Prepared participants for, and conducted experiments using electroencephalogram (EEG) biofeedback equipment. 
• Obtained consent, debriefed participants and ran experiments.