Kunal K.
Research Assistant at The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine- Claim this Profile
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English Native or bilingual proficiency
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Chinese Professional working proficiency
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The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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100 - 200 Employee
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Research Assistant
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May 2022 - Present
• Conducting scoping review on the application of practical wisdom (phrónēsis) to clinical medical practice by conducting thorough search of available literature • Analyzing how practical wisdom is conceptualized in clinical practice, how it is deployed in medical education and how it can function as a lens for understanding medical ethics • Conducting scoping review on the application of practical wisdom (phrónēsis) to clinical medical practice by conducting thorough search of available literature • Analyzing how practical wisdom is conceptualized in clinical practice, how it is deployed in medical education and how it can function as a lens for understanding medical ethics
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Associate
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Sep 2021 - Mar 2022
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Harvard Health Policy Review
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Book and Periodical Publishing
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Director of Internal Development and Head of Tech Board
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Jan 2019 - May 2021
• Work to solicit articles from, conduct interviews with and coauthor papers with prominent researchers in health care and health policy • Work to solicit articles from, conduct interviews with and coauthor papers with prominent researchers in health care and health policy
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MD Anderson Cancer Center
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Intern
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May 2019 - Sep 2019
• Applied univariate and multivariate statistical models to assess the effectiveness of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for lobectomy patients • Applied univariate and multivariate statistical models to assess the effectiveness of an enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) program for lobectomy patients
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Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Intern
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Mar 2019 - Aug 2019
• Analyzing how tumor adaptations to evade immune system surveillance vary with tumor immune-phenotype • Analyzing how tumor adaptations to evade immune system surveillance vary with tumor immune-phenotype
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Harvard College Association for U.S.-China Relations (HAUSCR)
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United States
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Philanthropic Fundraising Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Dean's List Research Coordinator
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Sep 2018 - Jan 2019
• Served as a humanities research coordinator for Dean's List, program where dozens of students from China visit Harvard to partake in a variety of academic activities as part of the humanities, natural sciences or social sciences track. • Helped design the assignments given to these students and the methods used to assess them. • Served as a humanities research coordinator for Dean's List, program where dozens of students from China visit Harvard to partake in a variety of academic activities as part of the humanities, natural sciences or social sciences track. • Helped design the assignments given to these students and the methods used to assess them.
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Summer Research Intern
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Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
• Developed applications to generate and test the robustness of time to event (survival) analysis predictions when applied to data with skewed distribution. • Using the statistical programming language R to gather, pre-process and curate published RNAseq and CRISPR datasets in cancer to create a data warehouse of validation datasets for in house studies. • Developed applications to generate and test the robustness of time to event (survival) analysis predictions when applied to data with skewed distribution. • Using the statistical programming language R to gather, pre-process and curate published RNAseq and CRISPR datasets in cancer to create a data warehouse of validation datasets for in house studies.
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University of North Florida
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Researcher - Policymaking of the Chinese Communist Party
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Jun 2016 - Apr 2017
• Studied Chinese language, philosophy & culture independently with professor at local university • Researched how the Chinese Communist Party has engineered a resurgence of Confucianism as a means of maintaining its ascendancy over China • Worked on pending publication, “The Chinese Communist Party’s Reinvigoration of Confucianism in China,” in the Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History • Studied Chinese language, philosophy & culture independently with professor at local university • Researched how the Chinese Communist Party has engineered a resurgence of Confucianism as a means of maintaining its ascendancy over China • Worked on pending publication, “The Chinese Communist Party’s Reinvigoration of Confucianism in China,” in the Armstrong Undergraduate Journal of History
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University of Florida
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Computer Science - HCI and Virtual Reality Researcher
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Dec 2015 - May 2016
• Helped conduct research dealing with virtual reality and Human Computer Interaction at Virtual Experiences Research Group (VERG), University of Florida. • Created and animated virtual characters using open source technologies such as Unity 3D and Maya, as well as crowd-sourced content and techniques. • Supported the Virtual Environments for Therapeutic Solutions (VETS) project, centered on creating virtual humans and environments to treat veterans recovering from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Show less
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Mayo Clinic
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United States
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Hospitals and Health Care
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700 & Above Employee
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Biomedical Researcher
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Sep 2014 - Oct 2015
• Retrospectively analyzed post-transplant outcomes in heart transplant patients based on increased left ventricular cardiac mass revealed by cardiac MRI data. • Refined and analyzed a retrospective database (MS Access) involving 200 patients who underwent cardiac transplant. • ConductedStatistical analysis (Microsoft Excel) of transplants to determine post-transplant increase in vasculopathy and corresponding decrease in survival, based on left ventricular mass over time. • Retrospectively analyzed post-transplant outcomes in heart transplant patients based on increased left ventricular cardiac mass revealed by cardiac MRI data. • Refined and analyzed a retrospective database (MS Access) involving 200 patients who underwent cardiac transplant. • ConductedStatistical analysis (Microsoft Excel) of transplants to determine post-transplant increase in vasculopathy and corresponding decrease in survival, based on left ventricular mass over time.
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Education
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Harvard University
Bachelor's degree, Philosophy -
The Bolles School
Valedictorian (Class Rank: 1/191); GPA: 4.97/4.0 -
Northwestern University
Center for Talent Development (CTD), Algebra II/Trigonometry (Grade 9) and Precalculus (Grade 10)