Experience

UCLA Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Staff Research Associate at the Butte Lab

  • Mar 2021 - Apr 2022

  Used CyTOF and exome sequencing to better characterize Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) through genetics and functional assays. Optimized machine learning techniques to understand the correlation between cellular signaling, genetic lesions, and clinical phenotype in CVID patients. Studied the link between the actin-capping protein alpha-adducin and CD4 T cell costimulation. Studied the Basophil Activation Test (BAT) to determine feasibility as an allergy… Show more Used CyTOF and exome sequencing to better characterize Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) through genetics and functional assays. Optimized machine learning techniques to understand the correlation between cellular signaling, genetic lesions, and clinical phenotype in CVID patients. Studied the link between the actin-capping protein alpha-adducin and CD4 T cell costimulation. Studied the Basophil Activation Test (BAT) to determine feasibility as an allergy diagnostic. Gained experience on experimental design, advanced statistics, programming, and critical thinking relevant to immunology and molecular biology. Show less

• Undergraduate Researcher at the Butte Lab

  • Feb 2018 - Jan 2021

  Greater Los Angeles Area



TheXperiment

• Education Administration Programs

• The Bruin Experiment Marketing Chair, Treasurer, Director of Internal Affairs

  • Sep 2017 - Dec 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area Mentoring 150+ underprivileged children at middle schools across LA in the scientific method. Promoting scientific curiosity through demonstrations, presentations, and helping the students form their own hypothesis-driven experiments and engineering projects. As treasurer, garnered over $10,000 in funding for students' project materials. Also working as organization photographer. Planned 3 science fairs as a culmination of the children's successful efforts to pursue a scientific… Show more Mentoring 150+ underprivileged children at middle schools across LA in the scientific method. Promoting scientific curiosity through demonstrations, presentations, and helping the students form their own hypothesis-driven experiments and engineering projects. As treasurer, garnered over $10,000 in funding for students' project materials. Also working as organization photographer. Planned 3 science fairs as a culmination of the children's successful efforts to pursue a scientific experiment.

• The Golden Experiment Volunteer

  • Jun 2017 - Sep 2017

  San Francisco Bay Area Mentored underprivileged children in the Bay Area in the scientific method, facilitated the formation of a city-wide science fair.



University of California, Los Angeles

• Information Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Bruins in Genomics Research Fellowship

  • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Received funding to continue independent computational research on CVID. Attended workshops on computational analysis of next-generation sequencing data, advanced Python, and modern statistics. Presented at BIG Summer Research Symposium. Abstract title: Integrating Signaling and Polygenic Risk Scores to Predict Immune Dysregulation in Common Variable Immunodeficiency



UCLA Health

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

• Assessing Residents CI-CARE Department Lead

  • Sep 2017 - Jun 2020

  Greater Los Angeles Area Surveyed patients in the General Surgery Department at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center to evaluate resident physician communication in order to give assessments to the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education). Acted as department lead of General Surgery and Urology, coordinating five volunteers to improve quality of care at UCLA Health. Led project to increase the efficiency of surveying. Other involvements include: organization photographer… Show more Surveyed patients in the General Surgery Department at UCLA's Ronald Reagan Medical Center to evaluate resident physician communication in order to give assessments to the ACGME (Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education). Acted as department lead of General Surgery and Urology, coordinating five volunteers to improve quality of care at UCLA Health. Led project to increase the efficiency of surveying. Other involvements include: organization photographer, social media director, research poster associate. Research posters presented: 1) Ru K, Khan H, Neman S, Faith J, Moseley T, Dubey I, Ratnaparki, R, Lu O, Gonzalez L. Comparing ACGME Core Competency Scores Between 1st and 3rd year Internal Medicine Residents at UCLA Health. Poster presented at UCLA Undergraduate Research Poster Day; 2019 May 21; Los Angeles, Ca. 2) Soohoo A, Khan H, Cevallos N, Hankerson B, Lu O, Kim J, Gonzalez L, Mosley V. An Assessment of Communication and Professionalism of Medical Residents at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center from 2015 to 2017. Poster presented at UCLA Undergraduate Research Poster Day; 2018 May 22; Los Angeles, Ca. Show less