Experience

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  Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

  • Medical Student

    • Aug 2020 - Present

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  CHOC Children's Neuroscience Institute

  • Children's Hospital of Orange County

  • Medical Scribe

    • May 2019 - Jun 2020
    • Children's Hospital of Orange County

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  UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders (MIND)

  • University of California, Irvine

  • Research Assistant

    • Sep 2018 - Apr 2019
    • University of California, Irvine

    Research Assistant at the UCI Institute for Memory Impairments and Neurological Disorders for Professor Carl Cotman-Investigating for cell-type specific neuroepigenetic changes in an aging hippocampus and Alzheimer's diseased brains, and how learning and memory is affected

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  An Lanh Free Clinic

  • Chair of Physician and Volunteer Recruitment Committee

    • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

    Oversee operations in physician recruitment, pharmacist recruitment, and undergraduate recruitment for the Free Clinic Project; coordinated partnerships with Dr. Mai-Khanh Tran’s 2018 Congressional Campaign, Orange County Medical Associations (OCMA), Social Assistance Program-Vietnam (SAP-VN), partnered with Vietnamese radio and TV stations to advertise annual health fair, coordinated with physician guest speakers to speak at general meetings

  • Community Outreach Committee Board Member

    • Sep 2015 - Aug 2016

    Patient educator at An Lanh Clinic to educate the underserved community how they can improve diet, lifestyle, and health; run general meetings for the student run clinic; medical assistant to take vitals of patients

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  Free Clinic Project at UCI

  • An Lanh Free Clinic

    • Sep 2015 - Jun 2018

    3 years of volunteering at the An Lanh Free Clinic in Garden Grove as a patient navigator, patient educator, medical vitals assistant, and front office assistant.

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  University of California, Irvine Neurobiology and Behavior Department

  • Irvine

  • Research Assistant

    • Apr 2015 - Jun 2018
    • Irvine

    Research Assistant in the Neurobiology and Behavior Department under Professor Jorge Busciglio • Modeling neuroinflammation in BV2 microglial cells to study the role of the Kv1.3 potassium channel in immune response and its potential implication in Alzheimer's disease (Excellence in Research Awardee and UROP and SURP Fellowship Recipient in the Busciglio Lab)• Investigated for markers of seizure activity in mouse models of Down Syndrome (SURP Fellowship Recipient in the Busciglio Lab)• Studied the role of synaptic zinc in neurodegeneration and synaptic density (Busciglio Lab)

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  University of California, Irvine-School of Biological Sciences

  • Enhanced Academic Success Experience (EASE) Initative Supplemental Instructor

    • Sep 2016 - Jun 2017

    Led a discussion section of 30 1st Biology major students each week to provide support in Biology and General Chemistry courses; served as mentor to all campus resources and opportunities

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  Children's Hospital of Orange County

  • Medical Intelligence and Innovations Institute (MI3) Intern

    • Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

    Medical Summer Internship- Interned at CHOC MI3 for 12 weeks to learn about the seven emerging areas of pediatric medicine: genetic medicine and personalized medicine, regenerative medicine and stem cells, nanomedicine, robotics and robotic surgery, artificial intelligence and big data, medical devices and mobile technology, innovations in health care delivery; Presented on the topic of 3D virtual reality to provide clinical consults from a remote location at Grand Rounds; Rounded for 8 weeks within various medical departments with attending physicians in patient care, studied echocardiograms and electrocardiograms; attended daily debriefs and mentor sessions