Samantha Shah
Project Manager
About
Chang Lab
Mary S. Easton Center for Alzheimer's Research and Care at UCLA
Chang Lab
710 Westwood Plaza, Room 3-155
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1769
Email: SamanthaShah@mednet.ucla.edu
Biography
Samantha (Sam) received her B.S. degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign with a minor in Social Work. As an undergraduate, she had a keen sense for research and completed her own research project, which she wrote up as thesis that earned distinction. Sam’s passion for research has continued after graduation. She previously worked at Northwestern University as a Clinical Researcher, and is a Project Manager for Dr. Tim Chang in the UCLA Easton Center. Sam is excited to learn more about Alzheimer’s disease and various movement disorders.
Affiliations
ADRC - Data Management and Statistical Core
ADRC - Outreach, Recruitment, and Engagement Core
Education and Degrees
Bachelor of Science in Psychology, and minor in Social Work, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Illinois
Publications
Abstracts and Publications at Scientific Meetings
Shah, S. J., Griffith, J. (2021). Veterans’ Patient engagement and Health Literacy. In preparation.
Shah, S. J., Tworek C. M., Cimpian, A, Pomerantz, E. M. (2016). Parent’s Talk about Success and Failure in Math: Causes and Consequences for Children’s Beliefs, Achievement, and Motivation. Bachelor’s Thesis.
Presentations
Barger, M. M., Finis, B., Oh, D., Shah, S., Cimpian, A., & Pomerantz, E. M. (2019). Children’s stable explanations of success and failure as precursors to fixed mindsets about math ability. Poster presented to the Biennial Society for Research on Child Development Conference, Baltimore, MD
Barger, M. M., Pomerantz, E., Oh, D., Shah, S., & Cimpian, A. (2018). Socialization of elementary students’ math mindsets: Parents’ failure mindsets and messages. Paper presented in the symposium Family, friends, and faculty: How actual and perceived beliefs of others shape students' STEM motivation to the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New York
Oh, D., Barger, M. M., Pomerantz, E., Shah, S., & Cimpian, A. (2018). Changing parents’ beliefs about math learning and implications for constructive parenting practices. Poster presented to the American Educational Research Association Annual Conference, New York.
Barger, M. M., Pomerantz, E., Oh, D., Shah, S., & Cimpian, A. (2017). Helping parents to see that math ability can grow: Implications for parents’ math beliefs. Poster presented at the Learning, Educational Achievement, and Life Course Development Retreat, Bad Boll, Germany.
Undergraduate Research Presenter at Midwestern Psychological Association conference, 2016
University of Illinois Undergraduate Research Symposium, 2016
Psychology Department Honors and Capstone Research Fair, 2016