Experience

Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine
• United States
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee
• MD Candidate

  • Jul 2022 - Present


Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard

• United States
• Research Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Research Technician

  • 2019 - Jul 2022

  Works on a team developing a viral escape mutation-resistant T-cell vaccine platform for HIV and SARS-Cov-2. Works on a team developing a viral escape mutation-resistant T-cell vaccine platform for HIV and SARS-Cov-2.



Barnard College

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2018 - May 2019

  Investigated the transcriptional regulation of the brain-specific protein, Metallothionein-3, and presented research findings in group meetings, school research symposiums, and departmental meetings (thesis project). Techniques employed in the lab included quantitative Polymerization Chain Reaction, Cell Culture, and Gel-Shift Assays. Lab duties included participation in the Summer Research Institute (SRI) for 10 weeks from May to August and poster presentation at the SRI poster session.

• Chemistry Tutor

  • Sep 2017 - May 2019

  Provided learning assistance to peers in general chemistry courses through hands-on problem-solving. tutoring to my peers on General Chemistry. Guided peers through short- and long-term planning and created and maintained a tutoring schedule convenient for all assigned students.



Columbia University Information Technology

• United States
• IT Services and IT Consulting
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Computer Lab Assistant

  • Sep 2015 - May 2019

  Managed the use of open access computers by students, faculty, and staff. Handled basic troubleshooting of standard software applications, computer equipment and assisted in the scheduling for software updates and maintenance windows for 20 hours a week. Managed the use of open access computers by students, faculty, and staff. Handled basic troubleshooting of standard software applications, computer equipment and assisted in the scheduling for software updates and maintenance windows for 20 hours a week.



Education Matters Africa. Zimbabwe Career Connect - EcoSurgica

• Clinical Internship Participant

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Examined patients’ medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and test results and discussed necessity of procedures and treatment with the urologist, Dr. Allen N. Chiura, and a neurosurgeon, Dr. Nozipo J. Mararire. Performed basic clinical measurements: blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar levels, blood withdrawal. Shadowed physicians and observed surgical procedures. Examined patients’ medical history, medication allergies, physical condition, and test results and discussed necessity of procedures and treatment with the urologist, Dr. Allen N. Chiura, and a neurosurgeon, Dr. Nozipo J. Mararire. Performed basic clinical measurements: blood pressure, heart rate, and blood sugar levels, blood withdrawal. Shadowed physicians and observed surgical procedures.



Columbia University in the City of New York

• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • May 2016 - May 2017

  Investigated regulation and distribution of resistance nodulation division pumps in the bacterium, P. aeruginosa as a step towards understanding how the bacterium confers multi-drug resistance. Investigated regulation and distribution of resistance nodulation division pumps in the bacterium, P. aeruginosa as a step towards understanding how the bacterium confers multi-drug resistance.