Sophia Hashmi
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Experience
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The University Writing Center (University of Texas at Austin)
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United States
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Writing Consultant
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Jun 2023 - Present
Austin, Texas, United States As a writing consultant, I primarily serve pre-health students working on positional or graduate applications and STEM students working on their technical writing skills. My current administrative special-interest project includes creating and administering workshops for students in writing-heavy STEM courses (like Lab Experience in Genetics) and students interested in developing their writing skills for the pre-health applications.
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St. David's HealthCare
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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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Volunteer
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Jun 2023 - Present
Austin, Texas, United States Serving as a volunteer in the pre-surgical testing department at St. David's medical center, reviewing and labeling patient charts.
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Houston Methodist
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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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Volunteer
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Jun 2018 - Present
Houston, Texas, United States Serving as a volunteer in a variety of locations within the hospital depending on staffing needs. Experienced in supply chain (delivering supplies to departments), administrative/clerical work (organizing patient records for the immunology and histology labs), and patient interaction (working in the gift shop, in waiting rooms, and as a patient liaison at the front desk).
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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 Assistant, Intern
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May 2022 - Dec 2022
Houston, Texas, United States Worked in the Goswami Lab under PI Dr. Sangeeta Goswami and supervisors Dr. Deblina Raychaudhuri, Dr. Pratishtha Singh, Seanu Natarajan, and Mercedes Hennessey. Learned a variety of tumor biology wet lab techniques (MACS, FACS, ChIP-Seq, and cell culturing) as well as animal processing techniques (mouse necropsy, tumor extraction and processing). Executed these techniques independently. In addition to the wet bench work described above, I also learned more about the bioinformatics side… Show more Worked in the Goswami Lab under PI Dr. Sangeeta Goswami and supervisors Dr. Deblina Raychaudhuri, Dr. Pratishtha Singh, Seanu Natarajan, and Mercedes Hennessey. Learned a variety of tumor biology wet lab techniques (MACS, FACS, ChIP-Seq, and cell culturing) as well as animal processing techniques (mouse necropsy, tumor extraction and processing). Executed these techniques independently. In addition to the wet bench work described above, I also learned more about the bioinformatics side of cancer research, working on extracting data from TCGA and other databases and integrating that data to our lab's. Completed the experience by producing a training manual for new interns. Show less
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Baylor College of Medicine
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United States
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Higher Education
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700 & Above Employee
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Research Assistant, Intern
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Jun 2021 - Jun 2022
Houston, Texas, United States Worked with Dr. Nidal Moukaddam and Dr. Juliann Tea to assess the need for psychoeducation modules in CL psychiatry services in hospitals across Houston. Produced surveys to determine physicians' stance on the need for psychoeducation modules, and went on to actually produce psychoeducation modules which would ultimately be given to patients. Pending second author on a written paper currently seeking journal approval.
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Education
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The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Arts - BA, Rhetoric and Writing -
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science - BS, Human Biology -
University of Houston
Biochemistry, 3.94