Sonia Ponzo

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Skills, qualifications and awards

Skills at a glance

Legend: 100% – full proficiency; 90-80% – frequent use or excellent proficiency; 70-60% – frequent use or intermediate proficiency; 50-40% – less frequent use or beginner proficiency

  • 80%

    R

  • 40%

    Python/PsychoPy

  • 40%

    Matlab

  • 100%

    Jamovi/JASP/SPSS

  • 40%

    Machine Learning

  • 90%

    GVS/tDCS

  • 60%

    TMS

  • 50%

    VLSM analysis

  • 90%

    Supervision/Teaching

  • 100%

    Neuropsychology

Skills – breakdown

  • Competent in neuromodulation techniques (Galvanic Vestibular Stimulation), elements of transcranial Direct Current Stimulation and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) in healthy and clinical populations
  • Good R skills, experience with Python and MATLAB
  • Elements of Machine Learning (regression/classification; bias; overfitting; parameters selection)
  • Confident use of statistical/experimental packages (R/SPSS/Jamovi/JASP/PsychoPy/AcqKnowledge)
  • Expert in neuropsychological assessments (such as the Behavioural Assessment of the Dysexecutive Syndrome (BADS); Behavioral Inattention Test (BIT); Frontal Assessment Battery (FAB); MOntreal Cognitive Assessment (MOCA); Wisconsin card sorting test (WCST)) and rehabilitation techniques
  • Strong teaching, supervising and tutoring skills at the undergraduate and postgraduate level
  • Experience in Voxel-based lesion–symptom mapping (VLSM) analysis (in NPM and NiiStat)
  • Fluent in Italian and English

Qualifications

Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (reference: PR130952, 07/2017).


Awards

Best Oral Communication (“See it, feel it, own it: How galvanic vestibular stimulation enhances body ownership during the rubber hand illusion”) – UH LMS Research Conference, 04/2017.