Helen Wang

Data Science for Public Policy @ Georgetown

Here is a selection of my computational work, including my undergraduate thesis, academic publications, data science projects, research, and personal ventures.

Thesis

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Moral Inferencing Patterns within Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Populations

Helen Wang
Undergraduate Senior Thesis
Leverages a moral inferencing task to evaluate social learning deficits in populations with Complex Post-traumatic Stress Disorder symptoms (awarded the Howard Crosby Warren Senior Prize in Psychology)
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Publications

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Emotional Function, Negative Thoughts about the Pandemic, and Adaptability Skills among Dementia Caregivers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Evdokia Nikolaidou, Marianna Tsatali, Marina Eleftheriou, Helen Wang, Konstantina Karagiozi, Petrina Margaritidou, and Magdalini Tsolaki
Published in Brain Science 12(4)
Navigating the mental health of Greek caregivers of dementia patients during COVID-19
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The role of marriage and partnership in caregiving: Links to the hypothalamic–pituitary–adrenal axis

Melissa Zajdel, Helen Wang, Tracy Swan, Krystyna Keller, Jielu Lin, and Laura M. Koehly
Published in Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice 14(4)
Evaluating the effect that marital status has on the coping mechanisms, mental health, and physical health outcomes of caregivers of children with rare and/or undiagnosed diseases
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Data Science Projects

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Predicting NYPD Misconduct Case Outcomes and Penalties

Helen Wang
Project
Supervised Machine Learning to predict case and penalty outcomes for NYPD misconduct cases
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Examining SHSAT Sentiments

Helen Wang
Project
Diachronic Semantic Analysis and Stance Detection of newspaper headlines revolving around NYC's Specialized High School Admission Test (SHSAT)
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Structural Topic Modeling of DEI Legislation

Helen Wang
Project
Structural topic modeling to evaluate topic prevalence and content in DEI legislation along with network analysis of cosponsorship networks
📄 Paper 🌐 Dashboard 💻 Code

Research

Linking “Drinking to Cope” with Social Network Properties and Caregiving Context

Linking “Drinking to Cope” with Social Network Properties and Caregiving Context

Poster Presented at the National Human Genome Research Institute Symposium and National Institutes of Health Poster Day
Evaluates (1) the effect of drinking to cope on physical and mental health and (2) network characteristics as correlates of drinking to cope in caregivers of children with rare and/or undiagnosed diseases (awarded the Outstanding Poster Award)
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Gender Differences in Division of Labor and Network Utilization in Rare Disease Caregivers

Gender Differences in Division of Labor and Network Utilization in Rare Disease Caregivers

Poster Presented at the National Human Genome Research Institute Symposium
Assesses for gender differences in network utilization, division of labor, percieved partner involvement, and mental health outcomes in caregiving dyads of children with rare and/or undiagnosed disease
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