Experience

NASHP | National Academy for State Health Policy

• United States
• Public Policy Offices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Emerging Leaders of Color Fellow

  • Apr 2022 - Present



Lyfebulb

• United States
• Health, Wellness & Fitness
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Project Manager

  • Feb 2022 - Present

  • Plan, coordinate, and implement projects about IBD, transplantation, and chronic illnesses within the decided-upon budget, timeline, and scope for client projects. • Organize process / set agendas / build timelines / check progress of all key steps, while interacting with clients. • Support and expand Patient Entrepreneur Network by managing applicants/finalists in Innovation Summits. • Manage strategic plan for expansion of disease-centered digital platform to promote patient connection. Show less



Mount Sinai Health System

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Clinical Research Coordinator

  • Apr 2021 - Sep 2021

  • Consented genitourinary oncology patients to clinical trials at their surgical and medical appointments. • Screened EMR daily to enroll patients into ongoing trials. • Prepared and maintained trial-related documents for audits, IRB, and grant submissions. • Collaborated with translational research teams to procure tissue and blood samples for experiments. • Consented genitourinary oncology patients to clinical trials at their surgical and medical appointments. • Screened EMR daily to enroll patients into ongoing trials. • Prepared and maintained trial-related documents for audits, IRB, and grant submissions. • Collaborated with translational research teams to procure tissue and blood samples for experiments.



NYC Health + Hospitals

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Health Adivosr

  • May 2020 - Mar 2021

  • Conducted qualitative interviews with COVID-19 patients to optimize NYC pandemic response. • Managed 45+ COVID-19 cases weekly through home visits throughout Harlem and Washington Heights. • Coordinated contact tracing in NYC public schools and guide school administrators through infection control policy development and execution. • Conducted qualitative interviews with COVID-19 patients to optimize NYC pandemic response. • Managed 45+ COVID-19 cases weekly through home visits throughout Harlem and Washington Heights. • Coordinated contact tracing in NYC public schools and guide school administrators through infection control policy development and execution.



Physicians for Human Rights

• United States
• Non-profit Organization Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Advocacy Intern

  • Jan 2020 - May 2020

  • Contributed to the development of communications and strategic partnerships strategies to promote PHR’s advocacy priorities towards the United Nations in New York and Geneva and towards other international stakeholders. • Assisted with research, policy papers, blog posts, press releases, and internal memos regarding PHR’s research, investigations, and advocacy initiatives. • Contributed to the development of communications and strategic partnerships strategies to promote PHR’s advocacy priorities towards the United Nations in New York and Geneva and towards other international stakeholders. • Assisted with research, policy papers, blog posts, press releases, and internal memos regarding PHR’s research, investigations, and advocacy initiatives.



Cochrane

• United Kingdom
• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • May 2019 - Jul 2019

  • Assessed regulatory compliance and usability by scientists of 300+ clinical trial reports for vaccines, therapeutics, and other pharmaceutical products. • Developed a novel toolkit to evaluate the usability of publicly available clinical study reports for researchers validating the safety and efficacy of trials. • Conducted pharmacovigilance using a systematic review protocol in liaison with stakeholders representing academia, not-for-profit research institutions, and governmental research centers. • Worked in a cross-cultural environment and translated excerpts from French to English for inclusion in the protocols. Show less



Human Rights Watch

• United States
• Non-profit Organizations
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Student Intern

  • Feb 2019 - May 2019

  • Contributed to a database for the use of more than 450 HRW employees to refer public inquiries to relevant, outside organizations. • Performed research on global organizations focusing on human rights violations, for inclusion in the aforementioned database. • Contributed to a database for the use of more than 450 HRW employees to refer public inquiries to relevant, outside organizations. • Performed research on global organizations focusing on human rights violations, for inclusion in the aforementioned database.



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Alumni Association Intern

  • May 2018 - Sep 2018

  • Created a digital database of student and alumni files using Microsoft Access and Excel. • Conducted research on alumni associations of other ACC schools to recommend innovative projects for the association. • Wrote weekly update reports to promote collaboration and transparency of tasks. • Created a digital database of student and alumni files using Microsoft Access and Excel. • Conducted research on alumni associations of other ACC schools to recommend innovative projects for the association. • Wrote weekly update reports to promote collaboration and transparency of tasks.



Virginia Tech

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Biochemistry student researcher and peer mentor

  • Aug 2016 - May 2017

  • Conducted research on Zika virus vectors, resulting in the creation of portfolios and memos for each lab team member. • Presented research progress at weekly lab meetings. • Aided graduate students in the creation of literature reviews. • Served as a peer leader for first-year biochemistry students and guided 12 students through class activities. • Assisted faculty planning of lectures and class instruction. • Conducted research on Zika virus vectors, resulting in the creation of portfolios and memos for each lab team member. • Presented research progress at weekly lab meetings. • Aided graduate students in the creation of literature reviews. • Served as a peer leader for first-year biochemistry students and guided 12 students through class activities. • Assisted faculty planning of lectures and class instruction.