Experience

The University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee
• MD/PhD Candidate

  • May 2022 - Present


The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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

• Research Assistant

  • Oct 2020 - Present

  Division of Pediatric Surgery Department of Genetic Medicine Principal Investigator: David Hackam, MD, PhD, FACS - Working to understand how Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO) in breast milk affect brain development in newborns - Working to understand the short/long-term effects of Necrotizing Enterocolitis on brain inflammation and development in newborns that develop the disease Division of Pediatric Surgery Department of Genetic Medicine Principal Investigator: David Hackam, MD, PhD, FACS - Working to understand how Human Milk Oligosaccharides (HMO) in breast milk affect brain development in newborns - Working to understand the short/long-term effects of Necrotizing Enterocolitis on brain inflammation and development in newborns that develop the disease



National Institutes of Health (NIH): Intramural Research Program (IRP)

• United States
• Research Services
• 500 - 600 Employee

• Postbac Researcher

  • Aug 2018 - Oct 2020

  Senior Investigator: Nan-ping Weng, MD, PhD Researching the aging immune system using single-cell RNA sequencing Studying telomere length and telomerase activity in aging and activated immune cells Senior Investigator: Nan-ping Weng, MD, PhD Researching the aging immune system using single-cell RNA sequencing Studying telomere length and telomerase activity in aging and activated immune cells



Rutgers University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2018

  Principal Investigator: Spencer Knapp, PhD - Performed experiments to improve the synthesis of antimalarial drug candidate (+)-SJ733 - Synthesized and tested a small molecule to modify proteins for the design of metalloenzymes for senior thesis Principal Investigator: Spencer Knapp, PhD - Performed experiments to improve the synthesis of antimalarial drug candidate (+)-SJ733 - Synthesized and tested a small molecule to modify proteins for the design of metalloenzymes for senior thesis



Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Amgen Scholar

  • May 2017 - Aug 2017

  Principal Investigator: S. Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD Investigated Cadmium Toxicity in the nematode C. elegans Principal Investigator: S. Kerry Kornfeld, MD, PhD Investigated Cadmium Toxicity in the nematode C. elegans



The RCSB Protein Data Bank

• David and Dorothy Bernstein Scholar

  • May 2016 - Aug 2016

  Mentor: Stephen Burley, MD, DPhil - Added entries to the Geis Digital Archive in the PDB-101 online resource - Created the 2017 RCSB PDB calendar, using entries from Geis Digital Archive - Enriched data for ligand summary pages on RCSB PDB website - Learned about the Protein Data Bank, Database architecture, python programming, HTML Mentor: Stephen Burley, MD, DPhil - Added entries to the Geis Digital Archive in the PDB-101 online resource - Created the 2017 RCSB PDB calendar, using entries from Geis Digital Archive - Enriched data for ligand summary pages on RCSB PDB website - Learned about the Protein Data Bank, Database architecture, python programming, HTML



Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital

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

• Public Health Intern

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Director: Andrew Thomas - Assisted low-income patients post-discharge with managing chronic health conditions -Shadowed program administrator and gained knowledge on healthcare administration & healthcare policy at the state and local levels - Taught safe/healthy living practices to prevent re-admittance to hospital Director: Andrew Thomas - Assisted low-income patients post-discharge with managing chronic health conditions -Shadowed program administrator and gained knowledge on healthcare administration & healthcare policy at the state and local levels - Taught safe/healthy living practices to prevent re-admittance to hospital

• Teaching Intern - Organic Chemistry

  • Sep 2015 - May 2016

  Supervisor: Dr. Robert Boikess - Held office hours to go over weekly course material - Held group reviews for groups of 100+ students - Participated in weekly meeting with supervisor to go over student grades and advised changes to curriculum for future lectures Supervisor: Dr. Robert Boikess - Held office hours to go over weekly course material - Held group reviews for groups of 100+ students - Participated in weekly meeting with supervisor to go over student grades and advised changes to curriculum for future lectures



Chambersburg Medical Associates

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Desk Receptionist

  • Jun 2012 - Jul 2012

  -• Worked as a desk receptionist proficient with the EMR system and Insurance billing • Shadowed Dr. Amatul Khalid in office and nursing homes • Wrote incidence reports for patient visits at nursing homes/ assisted living facilities -• Worked as a desk receptionist proficient with the EMR system and Insurance billing • Shadowed Dr. Amatul Khalid in office and nursing homes • Wrote incidence reports for patient visits at nursing homes/ assisted living facilities