Elyse Barkstrom, B.S.

Junior Writer

Elyse Barkstrom is a research assistant at Montana State University who currently studies sleep, anxiety, and cardiovascular health. She enjoys everything outdoors, mainly running, fly fishing, and skiing.

Education

• B.S. in Behavioral Neuroscience from Lehigh University

Work/Research Experience

• ​Research assistant in a lab focused on sleep, anxiety, and cardiovascular health.
• Psychiatry intern working remotely in Barcelona, Spain, developing mental health research protocol for refugees.

Expertise/Skills:

• Knowledge of how brain functionality relates to human behavior
  
• Writing and editing research papers for journal submission
  
• Data analysis through SAS and MATLAB programming
  
• Having fun