Research Clinician

• May 2022 - Present

Clinician Trainer

• May 2022 - Present

Adult-Gerontology Nurse Practitioner

• Oct 2021 - Apr 2022

Provided urgent, street-based, and primary care services to chronically ill populations under the supervision of precepting clinicians through the East Bay Consortium Nurse Practitioner Residency Program. Participated as a member of the site clinical services team and attending clinical team meetings. Specialties included HIV primary care and prevention, chronic HCV treatment, STI treatment and prevention, diabetes management, geriatrics, medication-assisted treatment of SUDs, and populations affected by psychiatric disorders.

Registered Nurse

• Sep 2019 - Sep 2021

Facilitated team-based patient care in a community health primary care setting. Triaged patients over the telephone and on a walk-in basis. Uitilized clinician-approved standing orders to order labs, conduct preventative screenings, refill routine medications, and treat certain conditions. Participated in LifeLong Medical Care’s initial pandemic response as a COVID RN; conducted infection screenings, assisted with COVID-positive case management and reporting, and provided patient counseling and linkage to testing.

Medical Case Manager

• Sep 2015 - May 2018

Coordinated the health care of people living with HIV as a member of a multidisciplinary primary care team. Focused on linkage to care, retention in care, medication adherence, community outreach, and connection to community resources. Provided PrEP and HIV prevention education to all patients. Assisted on projects focused on the clinical quality improvement of HIV primary care services. Collaborated with local health care organizations, public health departments, and the AIDS Education Training Center to improve patient services. Contributed to building clinical capacity for transgender and gender non-confirming patients by facilitating multi-clinic staff trainings with LifeLong Medical Care’s Trans Working Group.

Community Health Worker

• Oct 2013 - 2017

Provided client-centered reproductive and sexual health services to women, transgender, and gender non-conforming individuals under the supervision of licensed health care providers; utilized harm reduction strategies when counseling/educating clients on topics related to sexually transmitted infections; trained future community health workers on topics related to sexually transmitted infections, safer sex, gender, substance use, and harm reduction; managed client appointments, identifying information, and lab test results using Microsoft Access; prepared and packaged biological specimens for external laboratory analyses.

Clinical Research Intake Receptionist

• May 2014 - Feb 2015

Assisted with the administration and operations of the clinical trials research unit on HIV prevention within the San Francisco Department of Public Health, managed research study appointments for clinician-researchers, connected participants to social and medical services offered in the Bay Area, and certified in Human Subjects Protection and Good Clinical Practice Assisted with the administration and operations of the clinical trials research unit on HIV prevention within the San Francisco Department of Public Health, managed research study appointments for clinician-researchers, connected participants to social and medical services offered in the Bay Area, and certified in Human Subjects Protection and Good Clinical Practice

Educational Therapy Tutor

• Sep 2011 - Jul 2013

Tutored and facilitated the recovery of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who have been committed by the courts (under the supervision of Emily Monahan, Educational Therapist, at Saint Elizabeths Hospital) Tutored and facilitated the recovery of individuals with serious and persistent mental illness who have been committed by the courts (under the supervision of Emily Monahan, Educational Therapist, at Saint Elizabeths Hospital)

Research Assistant

• Jan 2008 - Jul 2013

Human functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) research; Operated a Siemens 3.0T Tim Trio magnetic resonance imaging scanner for neuroimaging research on clinical and sub-clinical populations, coordinated a study of the biphasic effects of alcohol (PI Dr. David Newlin), administered behavioral test batteries, and acted as a liaison between the Center and other investigators in the Washington, DC area (under the supervision of the director for the Center for Functional and Molecular Imaging, Dr. John VanMeter)

Research Assistant

• Apr 2006 - Aug 2007

Extensively researched the biological and psychological processes of substance use/dependency and independently maintained projects that utilized the Western Blot protein analysis technique to investigate non-human animal models of addiction (under the supervision of Dr. Karen Szumlinski in the Behavioral and Neural Genetics Laboratory) Extensively researched the biological and psychological processes of substance use/dependency and independently maintained projects that utilized the Western Blot protein analysis technique to investigate non-human animal models of addiction (under the supervision of Dr. Karen Szumlinski in the Behavioral and Neural Genetics Laboratory)

Research Assistant

• Sep 2006 - Dec 2006

Human near infrared spectroscopy (nIRS) research; Coordinated a study on the effect of meditation and biofeedback on nicotine craving and extensively researched topics in substance use, lie detection, and neuroimaging to aid in the preparation of manuscripts while participating in the University of California, Washington, D.C. Internship Program (under the supervision of Dr. David Newlin and Dr. Diana Fishbein in the Transdisciplinary Science and Translational Prevention Program) Human near infrared spectroscopy (nIRS) research; Coordinated a study on the effect of meditation and biofeedback on nicotine craving and extensively researched topics in substance use, lie detection, and neuroimaging to aid in the preparation of manuscripts while participating in the University of California, Washington, D.C. Internship Program (under the supervision of Dr. David Newlin and Dr. Diana Fishbein in the Transdisciplinary Science and Translational Prevention Program)