Email: svincibo@indiana.edu Last updated: October 7, 2015 Education PhD Psychology, pre-candidacy Indiana University Primary Major: Cognitive Neuroscience Secondary Major: Neuroscience Primary advisor: Karin H. James, PhD Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences College of Arts and Sciences Expected Date of Graduation: May 2018 B.A. French Advisor: Didier Bertrand, PhD Department of World Languages and Cultures School of Liberal Arts Date of Graduation: December 2009 B.S. Biomedical Engineering Concentration in Computational Neuroscience Minor: Mathematics Advisor: Karen Alfrey, PhD Department of Biomedical Engineering School of Engineering and Technology Date of Graduation: December 2008 Indiana University, IUPUI Campus Purdue University, IUPUI Campus Peer Reviewed Journal Publications Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K. H (2015). Functional connections during letter perception reflect aspects of letter writing: A gppi functional connectivity study. Manuscript in preparation. Vinci-Booher, S., & James, K. H. (2015). Neural Substrates of Sensorimotor Processes: Letter Writing and Letter Perception. Journal of neurophysiology, jn-01042. Foroud, T., Wetherill, L., Vinci-Booher, S., Moore, E.S., Ward, R.E., Hoyme, H.E.,et al. (2012). Relation over time between facial measurements and cognitive outcomes in alcohol exposed children. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. 36(9), 1634-1646. Anthony, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Wetherill, L., Ward, R.E., Goodlett, C., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Alcohol induced facial dysmorphology in C57BL/6 mouse models of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. Alcohol, 44(7-8), 659-671. Paper Symposium Contributions Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015, March). The influence of visual-motor experiences on the development of brain mechanisms subserving letter perception. In E. Wakefield & M. Novack, Comparing the effects of active and passive learning experiences through action and gesture. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
2 Conference Proceedings Publications Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Surface feature analysis using video volumes of mouse embryos for fetal alcohol syndrome classification. International Conference on Digital Image Computing: Techniques and Applications (pp. 22-26). Sydney, Australia: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers. Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2009). Facial image classification of mouse embryos for the animal model of fetal alcohol syndrome. Symposium on Applied Computing (852-856). Hawaii: Association for Computing Machinery. Belcher, C., Terry, M., Vinci-Booher, S., & Du, Y. (2007). Video image based multimodal face recognition system. Illinois-Indiana Section Conference (paper 14-1-10). Indiana: American Society for Engineering Education. Poster Presentations Vinci-Booher, S., Engelhardt, L., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015). Functional connections during letter perception reflect aspects of letter writing. Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Neuroscience Society, San Francisco, California, USA. Vinci-Booher, S., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2015). Investigating functional connectivity in the developing brain using generalized psychophysiological interactions analysis. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Vinci-Booher, S., Engelhardt, L., James, T.W., & James, K.H. (2014). Investigating the development of letter perception using gppi connectivity analysis. Presented at the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology Conference,. Black, L., Vinci-Booher, S., Begyn, E., McDonald, B.C., Katzenstein, J. (2013). Neurocognitive and behavioral profile differences in children treated for medulloblastoma. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology, Chicago, Illinois. Fang, S., Liu, Y., Huang, J., Vinci-Booher, S., Anthony, B., & Zhou, F.C. (2010). Surface analysis from video volumes for fetal alcohol syndrome classification. Presented at the International Conference on 3D Data Processing, Visualization, and Transmission, Sydney, Australia. Anthony, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Wetherill, L., Ward, R., Goodlett, C., & Zhou, F.C. (2009). Alcohol induced facial dysmorphology in C57BL/6 mouse models of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder. Presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism meeting, San Diego, CA. Belcher, C., Terry, M., Vinci-Booher, S., & Du, Y. (2006). Multimodal face recognition system. Presented at the Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference, Indianapolis, Indiana.
3 Abstracts Highley, E., Vinci-Booher, S., Begyn, E., and Katzenstein, J. (2013). Evaluation of intellectual abilities pre- and post- radiation therapy in preschool aged children with solid brain tumors. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Black, L., Begyn, E., McDonald, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Katzenstein, J. (2013) Neuropsychological outcomes in children with medulloblastoma. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Black, L., Begyn, E., McDonald, B., Vinci-Booher, S., Katzenstein, J. (2013) Behavioral outcomes in children with medulloblastoma. Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychology. Appointed Honors & Awards Developmental Training Grant recipient from the National Institute of Health through Indiana University [Grant Number: 2 T32 HD007475-21] (2015-2016) Developmental Training Grant recipient from the National Institute of Health through Indiana University [Grant Number: 5 T32 HD 7475-20] (2014-2015) Graduate student poster winner at the Center of Excellence for Women in Technology Conference (2014) Runner-Up for Rotary International Ambassadorial Scholarship (2011) Recipient of the International Experience Scholarship (2009) Recipient of the Margaret A. Cook Scholarship for Foreign Study (2009) Recipient of the Marius J. Fauré Family Scholarship for Students of French Language and Literature (2009) Hosted the Society of Women Engineers Region H conference at IUPUI (2009) Recipient of the Commitment to Engineering Excellence Scholarship (2006 2008) Clinical Experience 9/2011 07/2013 Department of Neurology, Section of Neuropsychology Title: Neuropsychology Technician Supervisor: Brenna McDonald, PhD, MBA, ABPP-CN Indiana University Health Physicians Job description: Clinical neuropsychological assessment of children ages 4-18 Research Experience 1/2010 07/2013 Department of Medical and Molecular Genetics Mentor: Tatiana Foroud, PhD Indiana University, School of Medicine Major Projects: Compare dysmorphologist s diagnosis of FAS with a diagnosis obtained from a 3D laser scanner and a software package using 2D images
4 9/2010 9/2011 Department of Neurology Supervisor: Elizabeth Sowell, PhD Developmental Cognitive Neuroimaging Laboratory David Geffen School of Medicine University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California Job Description: Neuropsychological assessment of children ages 5-18 and operation of Siemens MRI scanners 8/2009 1/2010 Department of Anthropology Mentor: Richard E. Ward, PhD Indiana University, School of Liberal Arts Major Projects: Human facial measurements using 3D images 8/2007 1/2010 Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology Mentor: Feng C. Zhou, PhD Indiana University, School of Medicine Major Projects: Dysmorphology assessment of embryonic mice and osmium tetroxide staining with Micro-CT imaging to obtain 3D surface structure of embryo 8/2006 5/2007 Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering Title: MURI Scholar Mentor: Eliza Yingzi Du, PhD Purdue University, School of Engineering and Technology Major Projects: Developed a scoring system to capture the selective use of facial muscles during facial expression for use in a multi-modal biometric facial recognition computer algorithm run in MATLAB Teaching Experience Spring 2014 Cognitive Neuropsychology (8-week course), Graduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Supervisor: Karin H. James, PhD Fall 2013 Human Neuropsychology (8-week course), Graduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences Supervisor: Karin H. James, PhD
5 Summer 2012 Fall 2009 English as a Second-Language (1week course), Instructor Saint Nicolas Parish High School Môle Saint-Nicolas, Haïti Medical Anthropology (16-week course), Undergraduate Teaching Assistant Indiana University, School of Liberal Arts Supervisor: Richard E. Ward, PhD Continuing Education Databrary Pre-conference Workshop at Cognitive Development Society, Columbus, OH (2015) EEG Data Analysis Workshop at Indiana University (2014) Received French language instruction at L Alliance Française de Los Angeles (2011) Committee Service Indiana University Purdue University in Indianapolis (IUPUI) Transportation Committee (2012 2013) Society of Women Engineers (SWE), IUPUI Chapter (2006 2009) Professional Memberships Society for Research in Child Development Cognitive Neuroscience Society Society of Women Engineers (2005 2009) Volunteer and Community Activities Bloomington Area Birth Services (BABS), Italian Heritage Society of Indiana (IHS), (2009 present) LabTV interviewee, (2014) Project Gutenberg, (2011 2013) L alliance Français and The French Connection, (2009, 2011 2013) School on Wheels, (2011 2013) Indy Velonauts, (2009 2013) School on Wheels, Los Angeles, California (2011) Rotary Club of Culver City, Los Angeles, California (2010 2011) Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, (2007) Society of Women Engineers (SWE), (2005 2009)