Alison (Al/aL) W. Xin's site
Curriculum VitaeLast updated: 2025-01-05.
I am currently applying to PhD programs. If you’re an application reviewer, I don’t believe you’ll find much more compared to the CV I’ve likely already attached. More novel information might be found on Projects.
Harvard University. Cambridge, MA. 2019-2023. Statistics. Secondary: Linguistics. Classes taken.
Hathaway Brown High School. Shaker Heights, OH. 2015-2019.
David McCord Prize, Adams House, Harvard, 2023.
Phi Beta Kappa Junior 24, 2022.
Harvard College Research Program Summer Research Grant, 2022.
Coolidge Scholar, Calvin Coolidge Presidential Foundation, 2018.
My list of publications can also be found on ORCID.
Xin AW, Nielson DM, Krause KR, Fiorini G, Midgley N, Pereira F, et al. Using large language models to detect outcomes in qualitative studies of adolescent depression. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association. 2024 Dec 11;ocae298. https://doi.org/10.1093/jamia/ocae298.
Xin AW, Rivera-Delgado E, von Recum HA. Using QSAR to predict polymer-drug interactions for drug delivery. Frontiers in Soft Matter. 2024; 4. https://frontiersin.org/journals/soft-matter/articles/10.3389/frsfm.2024.1402702/full.
Cui M, Wang Q, Xin AW, Che D, Lu Z, Zhou L, Xin W. Vascular thrombosis and vasculitis in the gastrointestinal tract are associated with poor prognosis in patients with COVID-19. Int J Clin Exp Pathol. 2021;14(11):1069–79.
Dubowchik GM, Conway CM, Xin AW. Blocking the CGRP Pathway for Acute and Preventive Treatment of Migraine: The Evolution of Success. J Med Chem. 2020 Jul 9;63(13):6600–23.
Wang W, Yu S, Myers J, Wang Y, Xin WW, Albakri M, Xin AW, Li M, Huang AY, Xin W, Siebel CW, Lazarus HM, Zhou L. Notch2 blockade enhances hematopoietic stem cell mobilization and homing. Haematologica. 2017 Oct;102(10):1785–95.
High-level project summaries can be found on Projects.
Machine Learning Team, National Institute of Mental Health. Bethesda, MD. Jun 2023–Present. Postbaccalaureate IRTA.
Dr Megan Murray, Harvard Medical School. Cambridge, MA. Oct 2021–May 2023. Undergraduate research assistant, funded by the Harvard College Research Program for the summer of 2022.
Dr Lan Zhou, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH. Jun 2022–Aug 2022. Temporary research contractor.
Dr David Gow, Massachusetts General Hospital. Boston, MA. Jan 2020–Jun 2020. Undergraduate research assistant.
Dr Horst von Recum, Case Western Reserve University. Cleveland, OH. Jan 2016–May 2019. High school research assistant.
ACM KDD 2024, Workshop on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science in Healthcare (2024). Barcelona, Spain. Using Large Language Models to Detect Outcomes in Qualitative Studies on Adolescent Depression. Xin A, Nielson DM, Krause KR, Fiorini G, Midgley N, Pereira F, Lossio- Ventura J.
Psychonomic 61st Annual Meeting (2020). Avcu E, Newman O, Xin A, Giannatsis T, Gow D. Are two lexica better than one? Testing computational hypotheses with deep convolutional models.
Cleveland Big Data Meetup (Mar 2018). Creating QSARs to predict cyclodextrin affinity binding.
Cleveland Progressive Insurance (Jun 2018). Experiences in high school research and machine learning.
Center For Communicable Disease Dynamics, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. Cambridge, MA. Research and Communications Assistant. Aug 2021–Present.
Biohaven Pharmaceuticals, New Haven, CT. Summer intern in 2019, 2020, and 2021.
STAT 210: Probability I. Fall 2022.
STAT 111: Introduction to Statistical Inference. Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023.
STAT 110: Introduction to Probability. Fall 2021.
COMPSCI 50: Introduction to Computer Science. Fall 2020.
HAUSCR Student Youth Leadership Conference, Harvard Association for US-China Relations. Student Leader. “Mentality, Misery, and Morality,” (Aug 2020), “How to Save the World” (Aug 2021).
Harvard SPLASH Instructor. Apr 2021. Remote class for high school students. “Puzzles in Probability”.
Harvard Undergraduate Effective Altruism, Harvard University. Communications, Treasurer. Jan 2023–Jun 2023. Arete Fellowship Co-lead, Fellowship Director. May 2021–Dec 2022.
Harvard Undergraduate Breakers, Harvard University. President. September 2021–June 2023. Publicity and Design Chair. September 2020–June 2021.
Adams House Committee, Harvard University. Publicity and Design Chair. January 2021–June 2023.
Cleveland MetroHealth. Cleveland, OH. Remote work. Supervisor: Angelia Vannoy. Calls for HOPE Volunteer. Sep 2022–Present.
Health Betterment Initiative. Washington, D.C. Supervisor: Erik Gomez. Mar 2024–Present.
Red Cross at Walter Reed Military Medical Center. Bethesda, MD. Supervisor: Molly Wilson. Volunteer at the Regional Anesthesia Bay. Mar 2024–Present.