Riya Ajmera

Healthcare Initiatives Assistant at Turner Syndrome Foundation
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Perth Amboy, New Jersey, United States, JE

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Experience

    • United States
    • Non-profit Organizations
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Healthcare Initiatives Assistant
      • Jul 2023 - Present

      • Taking the initiative to raise awareness among physicians and medical departments, I am working towards collaborating with medical schools to teach students in their pre-clerkship years about TS. • Turner Syndrome (TS) usually requires coordination among 13 different specialists, creating challenges for parents transitioning from pediatric care. With TS affecting 1 in 2,000 females, healthcare professionals must be well-prepared and considerate of risks. • Taking the initiative to raise awareness among physicians and medical departments, I am working towards collaborating with medical schools to teach students in their pre-clerkship years about TS. • Turner Syndrome (TS) usually requires coordination among 13 different specialists, creating challenges for parents transitioning from pediatric care. With TS affecting 1 in 2,000 females, healthcare professionals must be well-prepared and considerate of risks.

    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Student Sustainability Ambassador
      • Sep 2022 - Present

      Promoting and developing ideas to transform the Monmouth University campus into a more sustainable environment. Created the official website for the university's Student Sustainability Counsel.

    • Writer for The Outlook Newspaper
      • Dec 2020 - Present

      Writer for Monmouth university's The Outlook newspaper. My work includes:• 4-part series on Health Insurance Education in the U.S. • What the COVID-19 Vaccine Means for College Students (Cover Story)• NJ Mandates Climate Change Curriculum (Front Page)

    • Student Researcher
      • Sep 2019 - Present

      Studying the interactions of local conformations of individual G4 layers within Guanine-quadruplex (GQ) DNA of the human telomeric sequence 22AG to understand the derivation of genetic diseases to design specific GQ-drugs for treatment.

    • Student Government Association
      • Jul 2021 - Jul 2022

      • Former Vice President• Represented and served as an effective liaison in student desires, necessities, and significant decisions.• Won Student Government of the Year at COSGA SGA conference 2021

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Axelrod Research Intern and Presenter for Resident/Fellow Research Day
      • May 2021 - Jun 2022

      • Presented the finding of patients with private insurance coverage showing the shortest wait times from the discovery of a suspicious lesion to a biopsy, while uninsured/underinsured had considerably longer wait times. • Granted an internship as an undergraduate, I was honored to be selected to present for a research conference dedicated to residents and fellows of Hackensack Meridian. • Presented the finding of patients with private insurance coverage showing the shortest wait times from the discovery of a suspicious lesion to a biopsy, while uninsured/underinsured had considerably longer wait times. • Granted an internship as an undergraduate, I was honored to be selected to present for a research conference dedicated to residents and fellows of Hackensack Meridian.

    • United States
    • Civic and Social Organizations
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Gold Award Scout
      • Sep 2018 - Jun 2019

      • Awarded to fewer than 6% Girl Scouts annually. • “Simply Saving the Planet”: Implemented feasible methods in reducing carbon emissions and waste in Wall High School, NJ through advertisement, education, and coordination with students, teachers, and faculty. • Awarded to fewer than 6% Girl Scouts annually. • “Simply Saving the Planet”: Implemented feasible methods in reducing carbon emissions and waste in Wall High School, NJ through advertisement, education, and coordination with students, teachers, and faculty.

Education

  • Monmouth University
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Chemistry with a Concentration in Biochemistry
    2019 - 2024
  • Monmouth University
    Bachelor of Arts - BA, Communications with a Concentration in Journalism and Public Relations
    2019 - 2024

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