Curriculum Vitae - Center for Health Care Evaluation (CHCE)

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Curriculum Vitae
(Last Updated: May, 2011)
Nicole A. Short, B.A.
Office Address
Center for Health Care Evaluation
VA Palo Alto Health Care System
795 Willow Road (152-MPD)
Menlo Park, CA 94025
(650) 493-5000 x: 27623
nicoleashort@gmail.com
Educational History
University of California, Berkeley, CA
Bachelor of Arts (Psychology major, Education minor) August 2007-May, 2011
Cumulative GPA: 3.66, Psychology GPA: 3.71
Honors and Awards
Psi Chi National Honor Society in Psychology, January 2010
Research Experience
Research Assistant
June 2011-present
Substance Abuse and Anxiety Program, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA
Research Projects: (1) Impact of PTSD on Marijuana Use Treatment Outcome, and (2)
Impact of Marijuana Use on HIV Treatment Adherence
Supervisor: Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Ph.D.
Major Duties: Participant screening, recruitment, scheduling, updating and maintaining
the study database, and participant running. Participant running includes the
administration of self-report questionnaires, Timeline Follow-Back (TFLB), and
computerized Mirror Tracing and Delay Discounting tasks.
Research Assistant January 2010-May 2011
Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Projects: Youth and Teen Sleep Study, Insomnia Treatment Study
Supervisors: Kerrie Hein, B.A. and Allison Harvey, Ph.D.
Major Duties: Coding participants’ data, performing literature searches to gain
background information, data entry, routing participant phone calls and answering
emails, maintaining lab website, and recruitment.
Research Assistant August 2009-December 2010
Institute of Personality and Social Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Research Project: Self-Presentation in Online Dating
Supervisor: Lindsay Shaw-Taylor, Ph.D.
Major Duties: Coding participant data for self-esteem and social worth, running
participants, conducting literature reviews.

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Clinical Experience
Clinical Interviewer
June 2011-present
Substance Abuse and Anxiety Program, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Menlo Park, CA
Research Projects: (1) Impact of PTSD on Marijuana Use Treatment Outcome, and (2)
Impact of Marijuana Use on HIV Treatment Adherence
Supervisor: Marcel O. Bonn-Miller, Ph.D.
Major Duties: Supervised administration and scoring of the Structured Clinical Interview
for DSM-IV Axis-I Disorders (SCID-I) and Clinical-Administered PTSD Scale (CAPS).
Mental Health Services Volunteer May 2010-August 2010
ACT for Mental Health, San Jose, CA
Major Duties: Worked with a social club for those with residual mental illness by
coordinating activities for the members, and facilitating weekly check-ins as well as
weekly lunch meetings.
References
Available upon request