Experience

Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine

• Naturopathic Doctor

  • Sep 2010 - Present

   Designed a holistic healing program focusing on nutrition, exercise, and both mind and body to help improve quality of life for dementia patients  Assisted faculty in strengthening concepts presented in lectures, recitations and laboratories in specified courses.  Provided central support to medical students to ensure academic success among the institution’s underclassmen population.  Taught proper bedside manner to underclassmen  Focused on the use of clinical massage to heal physical ailments with a thorough understanding of anatomy.  Worked with students to integrate the art of massage as both physical and emotional.  Proficient with standard laboratory testing as well as specialty testing including stool cultures, food sensitivities, oxidative biomarkers, and neurotransmitter testing. Show less



Howard University Hospital

• Clinical Research Scientist

  • Apr 2006 - Aug 2010

   Research Coordinator for various interventional and observational clinical trials on Alzheimer’s disease, sponsored by the National Institutes of Aging, NIH. Investigating the development, safety, tolerability and effectiveness on new and pre-existing drug therapies.  Interacted with in-house study personnel to ensure adherence to study protocols, regulatory guidelines and management of treatments required for clinical testing.  Educated patients and members of study team about the medication and its proper use.  Maintain and updated records involved with dispensing investigational drugs and supplements.  Ensured the completion and accuracy of Clinical Research/Sponsor project-specific tracking requirements including patient enrollment and data clarification requests.  Performed laboratory and administrative duties in consultation with a senior scientist, but with less detailed supervision.  Maintained accurate and thorough documentation of laboratory activities in notebooks and forms.  Coordinated and perform comprehensive site management on clinical protocols.  Assisted in multidisciplinary task forces in support of continuous improvement, development of research projects and other management objectives.  Completed all study related administrative reports, Clinical Report Forms (CRF) and document as required.  Resolved queries of CRF data with study site personnel and reviewed tables generated from study data.  Wrote and Reported SAE narratives for Clinical Study Reports Show less



Florida A&M University

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2002 - Jul 2005

   Worked on Department of Defense sponsored research project on the evaluation of dermal toxicity of various jet fuels and hydrocarbon chemicals.  Evaluated skin permeation, distribution, and irritation response of various jet fuels and chemicals in vitro and in vivo in rats.  Evaluated molecular responses of skin (cytokine and chemokine expressions) as a result of chemical exposures.  Estimated neuropeptides expressed in the skin irritation cascade by dermal microdialysis. Teaching Assistant: 2002 – 2005  Assisted Prof. Manip Sachdeva in his course, “Introduction to Pharmaceutics Laboratory and Advanced Pharmaceutics I & II.”  Helped create curriculum, composed exams and term paper assignments, led weekly discussion sessions, instructed tutorial sections, graded all written work and determined final grades Show less