Education

• PhD, in progress, Epidemiology, New York University School of Medicine
• M.A. Global Health, Arizona State University 2020
• A.B. Human Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University 2018

Conference Abstracts

• Adelman, S. M., Charifson, M., Brubaker, S. G., Roman, A. S., Kahn, L. G., & Mehta-Lee, S. The longitudinal impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on births in a single NYC health-care system. American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology Annual Meeting. 2023.
• Schabath MB, Karpel HC, Sampson A, Charifson M, Fein L, Murphy D, Sutter M, Tamargo C, Quinn G. “Medical student readiness to treat LGBTQ patients.” American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting. 2022; 11030-11030.
• Truong J, Meyer L, Sabin S, Charifson M, Maroofi H, Ledesma D, Karirirwe G, Dennehy T, Shafer M, Jehn M. “Developing a Secure Digital Platform for a Remote, Volunteer-Based COVID-19 Case Investigation Surge Workforce”. Academy Health Annual Research Meeting. Remote. 2022.
• Charifson M, Vieira D, Shaw J, Kehoe S, Quinn G. “Why are Black individuals disproportionally burdened with uterine fibroids and how are we examining it? A systematic review”. New York University 7th Annual Health Disparities Symposium. New York, NY. 2021.
• Domogauer JD, Haseltine M, Nelson R, Charifson M, Sutter, ME, Chachoua A, Quinn GP. “Faculty and Staff Cultural Awareness in the Care of LGBTQ Patients, A Single NCI-Comprehensive Cancer Center Experience”. International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics, Volume 111, Issue 3, Supplement, 2021, Page e335.
• Charifson, M., Marquez, M., García, A.R., Blackwell A.D., Trumble B.C. “Differential impacts of female reproductive phase on immune profiles based on different immune ecology for female-individuals in Honduras and the United States”. Human Biology Association Conference, Los Angeles, California. [submitted for 2020]
• Charifson, M., Cummings, D., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Trumble, B.C. “Physiological and Life History Determinants of Interbirth Interval”. The Institute of Social Science Research Graduate Student Poster Contest, Tempe, Arizona. 2019.
• Charifson, M., Cummings, D., Stieglitz, J., Kaplan, H., Gurven, M., Trumble, B.C. “Energetics and Fertility: The Impact of Body Mass and Insulin on Parity”. Human Biology Association Conference, Cleveland, Ohio. 2019.
• Insel, K., Charifson, M., Prater Fahey, M., Falcone, G., Somerville, L. “When high stakes help: developmental shifts in reinforcement learning from gains and losses”. Social Affective Neuroscience Society Conference, Orlando, FL. 2018.
• Insel, K., Charifson, M., Falcone, G., Somerville, L.“High stakes accelerate reinforcement learning”. Social Affective Neuroscience Society Conference, Detroit, MI. 2017.

Honors, Scholarships and Awards

• Student Dissertation Workshop, Society of Edidemiologic Research. 2023
• National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program. 2019-2022.
• Center for Evolutionary Medicine Graduate Student Scholarship. 2018-2020.
• School of Human Evolution and Social Change Conference Travel Funds. 2019.
• Graduate College Travel Grant, Arizona State University. 2019.
• Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, A.B. 2018.
• Graduated with Highest honors from Human Evolutionary Biology Department at Harvard University. 2018.
• Harvard Global Health Initiative Summer Fellowship: Adolescent HIV Research & HIV Care Delivery Project in Durban, South Africa. 2017.
• Harvard College Research Program: Quantifying reinforcement learning deficits in adolescent depression: A computational imaging study. 2016-2017.
• Mark Schwartz Undergraduate Travel and Research Fund Grant: David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies Health and Spanish Immersion in Chile. 2015.

Research Experience

• Graduate Research Assistant for Children’s Health and Environment Study, New York University Grossman School of Medicine. PI = Dr. L. Trasande, Co-PI = Dr. L. Kahn. 2020-present.
• Intern, Data Analyst, Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health, Arizona Department of Health Services. 2019
• Research Assistant, Data Analyst and Manager; Comparative Health Lab, Arizona State University, Co-PI = Dr. B. Trumble, Co-PI = Dr. K. Hinde. 2018-2020.
• Research Assistant, Ethnographer; Culture, Cognition and Coevolution Lab, Harvard University, PI = Dr. J. Henrich (Project: Survey of Mystical Harm). 2018.
• Research Assistant; Affective Neuroscience and Development Lab, Harvard University, PI = Dr. L. Somerville (Project: Quantifying reinforcement learning deficits in adolescent depression: A computational imaging study). 2015-2018.
• Fellow, Research Assistant, Counselor; Harvard Global Health Initiative Summer Fellowship: Adolescent HIV Research & HIV Care Delivery Project in Durban, South Africa. (field work) 2017.
• Pre-Medical Resident, Student; David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies: Health and Spanish Immersion Program in Santiago, Chile. (field work) 2015.
• Research Assistant; Hoekstra Lab, Harvard University, PI = Dr. H. Hoekstra (Project: The evolution of nesting behaviour in Peromyscus mice). 2015.

Teaching

• Teaching Assistant, Data Analysis and Biostatistics in R. New York Univeristy Grossman School of Medicine. 2023.
• Teaching Assistant, Epidemiology Journal Club, New York Univeristy Grossman School of Medicine. 2021-2022.
• Teaching Assistant, Epidemiologic Methods 1. New York Univeristy Grossman School of Medicine. 2022.
• Teaching Assistant, Anthropological Science and Mathematics 201: Epidemics and Outbreaks, Arizona State University. 2020.
• Teaching Assistant, Anthropological Society and Behavior 357: Society and Drugs, Arizona State University. 2020.
• Teaching Assistant, Anthropological Science and Mathematics 414: Urban and Environmental Health, Arizona State University. 2019.
• Peer Tutor; Computer Science 1: Great Ideas in Computer Science, Harvard University. (2017-2018)
• Peer Tutor; Life Sciences 1B: Introduction to Life Sciences, Harvard University. (2018)
• Peer Tutor; Life Sciences 2: Evolutionary Human Physiology & Anatomy, Harvard University. (2016)
• Peer Tutor; Spanish 40: Advanced Spanish Language 1, Harvard University. (2016)
• Peer Tutor; Life Sciences 1A: An Integrated Introduction to Life Sciences, Harvard University. (2015)

Progamming Languages

• R
• GitHub
• SPSS
• SAS
• MAXQDA
• Python (numpy, pandas, scikit, seaborn, matlab)
  • Python for Data Sciene and Machine Learning Course Certification, Udemy

Languages

• Spanish (Advanced)
• Japanese (Intermediate)
• English (native)

Media Coverage

• Podcast Interview, Episode 17: Why is the number of women with PCOS increasing if it’s a genetic condition?, The PCOS Nutritionist Media coverage.

Service and leadership

• Teen Sexual Health Council Facilitator and Educator. Community Outreach Course: Project Reach Youth. 2022.
• Volunteer, Social Media Content Creator. Harvard Forward. 2021.
• Co-Director, Sexual Violence Counselor. Harvard University. 2015-2018.
• Program Director; Hear Me Now: A Take Back the Night Event. 2016.

Laboratory Techniques

• In house EIA/ELISA: Cortisol, Testosterone, Estrogen, Progesterone
• Commercial EIA/ELISA: Cytomegalovirus, Immunoglobulin E, Estrogen, Progesterone