Sam Okum

HIV Communications and Outreach Intern at Sociedad Argentina de Infectología (SADI)
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(386) 825-5501
Location
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, US
Languages
  • Spanish Full professional proficiency
  • Portuguese Professional working proficiency
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • Argentina
    • Physicians
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • HIV Communications and Outreach Intern
      • Jun 2021 - Present

      -Uses English, Spanish & Portuguese to educate at-risk Latin Americans about HIV -Advocates for universal PrEP programs in Argentina -Helps prepare for international conferences -Working on region-wide research project on access to HIV treatment measures, such as prophylactic drugs -Uses English, Spanish & Portuguese to educate at-risk Latin Americans about HIV -Advocates for universal PrEP programs in Argentina -Helps prepare for international conferences -Working on region-wide research project on access to HIV treatment measures, such as prophylactic drugs

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Undergraduate Researcher in the Department of Trauma Surgery
      • Oct 2019 - Present

      -Investigates association between UChicago trauma center opening & reduction in EMS transport times & mortality; analyzes EMS system data in R Studio & Python; informs how to prevent gaps in EMS services -Co-author: Abassi A, Dumanian J, Okum S, et al. Association of a New Trauma Center with Racial, Ethnic, & Socio-Economic Disparities in Access to Trauma Care. Journal of the American Medical Association–Surgery. 2020 November 25. -Presenter: Charles B. Huggins Research Symposium at UChicago Medicine (March 2020) -Presenter: Midstates Research Symposium at WashU (October 2020) -Invited: American Public Health Association Annual Conference (October 2020) Show less

    • Teaching Assistant
      • Jan 2020 - Jun 2022

      -Lab TA for 25 students in Fundamentals of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (Winter 2020 & 2021) & Introduction to Quantitative Modeling in Biology (Spring 2021); Lecture TA for 120 students in Fundamentals of Genetics (Fall 2020) -As a lab TA, leads weekly instructional laboratory sessions, grades homework, and hosts office hours to help students with laboratory content -As a lecture TA, attends lectures, hosts office hours to help students with course content, and edits examinations -Will return to teach two classes during the 2021-2022 school year, including Fundamentals of Genetics in fall Show less

    • United States
    • Hospitals and Health Care
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Patient Services Volunteer
      • Dec 2020 - Jun 2021

      -Mediated with patients to processes referrals and find insurance-compliant specialists -Greeted, registered & translated for patients while staffing pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics in underserved communities -Improved medical Spanish and Portuguese skills through interactions with Latinx patients -Mediated with patients to processes referrals and find insurance-compliant specialists -Greeted, registered & translated for patients while staffing pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics in underserved communities -Improved medical Spanish and Portuguese skills through interactions with Latinx patients

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • College Core Tutor in Organic Chemistry
      • Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

      -Selected to serve as official peer tutor for organic chemistry through UChicago's library system -Teaches weekly office hour session to help students with their questions on course and laboratory content -Selected to serve as official peer tutor for organic chemistry through UChicago's library system -Teaches weekly office hour session to help students with their questions on course and laboratory content

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Teaching Fellow in Organic Chemistry
      • Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

      -Taught daily problem-solving sections for a small group of 20 students, attended all course lectures, and hosted nightly office hours -Tasked with preparing and delivering the final weekly review lecture for 100 students -Created packets of original practice problems to assist students in their studying for exams -Taught daily problem-solving sections for a small group of 20 students, attended all course lectures, and hosted nightly office hours -Tasked with preparing and delivering the final weekly review lecture for 100 students -Created packets of original practice problems to assist students in their studying for exams

Education

  • The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
    Doctor of Medicine - MD, Medicine and Public Health
    2022 -
  • University of Chicago
    Biological Sciences and Romance Languages & Literatures, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
    2018 - 2022

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