Micaelan V. Gasperich

Micaelan Gasperich is a Data Scientist at Kids First Chicago, where responsibilities include utilizing technology and data analysis to empower parents in their children's K-12 education while advocating for equitable education policy and program reform. Previously, Micaelan served as a Graduate Research Assistant at Rush University, focusing on the application of Item Response Theory in locomotor behavior studies, developing efficient data extraction programs, and conducting various statistical analyses. Micaelan has also worked as a Research Assistant at the University of Pittsburgh, managing clinical study data and optimizing data entry systems, and completed a research internship at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior. Micaelan holds a Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences from Rush University and a Bachelor's degree in Neuroscience from Washington & Jefferson College.