Olafur Palsson
Professor Emeritus Of Medicine at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States
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Top SchoolOlafur Palsson is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and a clinical psychologist with over three decades of research linking mind–body processes to health, particularly in functional gastrointestinal disorders. He has led behavioral medicine research at UNC Chapel Hill and Eastern Virginia Medical School, authoring 180+ papers and 12 book chapters while developing validated GI questionnaires and psychological treatments for IBS. His work spans clinical practice, medical hypnosis, and the subtle role of subconscious mental processes in everyday functioning. He is also a co-inventor on multiple NASA-patented neurofeedback technologies that translated into commercial health tools, reflecting an uncommon blend of academic rigor and practical innovation. Recently he has contributed front-end improvements to open-source projects, demonstrating a hands-on approach to high-quality code and user-facing design. Based in Chapel Hill, he combines deep clinical expertise with technical literacy in digital health and large-scale electronic data collection.
8 years of coding experience
17 years of employment as a software developer
Psy.D., Clinical Psychology, Psy.D., Clinical Psychology at Eastern Virginia Medical SchoolBehavioral Medicine, 2-year post-doctoral fellowship, Behavioral Medicine, 2-year post-doctoral fellowship at UNC School of Medicine
English, Icelandic
Github Skills (16)
javascript10
electron10
react10
sound-player9
ui-design9
music9
player9
media-player9
html9
css9
audio-player9
sass9
git7
linux5
macos5
Programming languages (12)
Github contributions (5)
nukeop/nuclear
Jun 2019 - Jul 2019
Streaming music player that finds free music for you
Role in this project:
Front-end Developer
Front-end DeveloperContributions:10 commits, 10 PRs, 22 comments in 19 days
Contributions summary:Olafur primarily worked on the front-end of the music player, making UI improvements and refactoring existing components. Their contributions involved modifying settings, track display, and popup elements. They also addressed code style issues by adding and applying linting rules, ensuring code consistency, and modifying components for better readability. The changes indicate a focus on improving the user interface and overall application maintainability.
electronwindowslinuxstreamingmusic-streaming
olafur-palsson/portfolio
May 2019 - Apr 2022
Contributions:6 PRs, 17 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 11 months
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