Experience

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • PhD Candidate in Chemical Engineering

    • Sep 2019 - Present
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

    5th year PhD candidate in chemical engineering advised by Prof. Michael Birnbaum:• Developing mammalian display and yeast display-based screening platforms to pair both class I and II-restricted T cell receptors with antigens at scale• Collaborating with Pfizer to examine TCR reactivity in vitili...

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  University of Oxford

  • United Kingdom
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • MSc. by Research, Dushek Group, Dept. of Pathology

    • May 2018 - Jul 2019

    • Completed MSc by Research in Molecular Cell Biology with Prof. Omer Dushek• Supported as 2017 Rhodes Scholar (Canada)• Developed mathematical models of T cells to persistent antigen exposure, resulting in a co-first author publication in Science Signaling• Poster presentation: Cold Spring Harbour Laboratory Systems Immunology Conference 2019

  • MSc., Dept. of Surgical Sciences

    • Sep 2017 - May 2018

    • Course-based programme in basic and clinical immunology• Initiated a project with Omer Dushek in the Dunn School of Pathology, transitioning to a second MSc in Molecular Cell Biology in Health and Disease• Supported by Rhodes Scholarship

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  World Health Organization

  • Switzerland
  • International Affairs
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Consultant, Expanded Program on Immunization

    • Sep 2015 - Jan 2017

    • Co-authored a WHO publication assessing immunization program strength in 21 low- and middle-income countries transitioning from Gavi Alliance financing as a part-time consultant, published in Vaccine in 2018.• Sourced and compiled data for 300+ immunization program indicators to create a database for 194 UN countries with analytical tools monitoring vaccine coverage, financing, supply chains, and regulatory capacity.

  • Intern, Expanded Program on Immunization

    • May 2015 - Aug 2015

    • Completed data compilation, analysis, and reporting for low- and middle-income countries transitioning from Gavi-supported to self-sustained immunization programs

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  Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  • Cambridge, Massachusetts

  • Visiting Student

    • Sep 2015 - Jul 2016
    • Cambridge, Massachusetts

    • Full-time visiting student with Prof. Robert Langer supported by a Fulbright Canada Killam Fellowship• Co-first author work investigating the uptake of nanoparticles by neutrophils

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  Procter & Gamble

  • Toronto G.O.

  • Customer Business Development Intern

    • May 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Toronto G.O.
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  Sanofi Pasteur

  • Toronto, Canada Area

  • Intern, Chief Medical Office, R&D Quality Assurance

    • Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
    • Toronto, Canada Area
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  The Hospital for Sick Children

  • Research Student

    • May 2011 - Jul 2012