Ana Antonopoulos Email & Phone Number

I taught the biological, clinical and social contexts of cancer care for early-career public health professionals

Providence, Rhode Island, United States

• Through the Tobacco Free Kids Grant, researching and writing website content for an initiative aimed to encourage legislators not to accept contributions from tobacco companies.
• Collaborating with leadership to produce content and coordinating with outside contractors to build the website.
• Scheduling and attending meetings with leadership and legislators. Representing the network at coalition meetings.
• Performed qualitative coding for a presentation about NCI cancer centers accessibility to the LGBT community. This coding is being used for an upcoming scientific journal article.

• Providing community-based personal care and advocacy for an individual with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS). Assisting in the scheduling and attendance of medical appointments, implementation and adherence to medical.
• Coordinating contact with medical care providers, pharmacies, family, and government agencies to ensure optimal care and proper benefits are delivered. Providing transport to and from appointments.
• Specifically trained by a physical therapist specializing in EDS to implement the PT treatment plan involving exercises and resetting joint dislocations. Additionally, have acted as healthcare proxy during medical.

North Kingstown, Rhode Island

• Under a grant, provided web development, technical support and administrative support for a nonprofit which connects researchers, clinicians, and students within the field of Migraine Science.
• Designed and implemented website pages on the Higher Logic Platform. Acquired content through collaboration with program directors and the president of our parent organization, The Association of Migraine Science.
• Posted regular site announcements and prepared bi-monthly HTML-based newsletters for distribution. Edited videos of, and prepared trailers for, presentations on the site.
• Coordinated with Higher Logic Platform support to improve features on their system based on user feedback. Trained other administrators on use of site development tools and created a FAQ section to assist members in.
• Automated elements of site function around email notifications for users, implemented security features.
• Organized and facilitated roundtable discussions between notable neuroscientists, as well as public presentations of their work. This included scheduling, RSVPs for attendees, hosting web conferences, and recording.

• Under the grant-funded research service, acted as a liaison between legislators and researchers on matters relating to the correlation between early life hardships and socioeconomic status. Attended meetings and.
• Summarized policy suggestions and areas of interest, including fact sheets for internal use.
• Coded legislation for use in a study, published in PNAS as “Congressional Use of Scientific Evidence Can Be Improved: Randomized Controlled Trial of the 116th US Congress”.
• Moderated health policy discussions at Rapid Response Conference in Washington D.C.

Portsmouth, RI

• Across a variety of subjects, taught middle and high school students, including students with special needs.

Newport, Rhode Island

• Across three semesters, taught anatomy and physiology lab to undergraduate nursing majors, human physiology lab to biology majors, and an introduction to human biology lecture section for non-science majors.
• Developed curriculum and employed a range of teaching techniques to engage students through lecture and AV presentations, supplemented with dissections, use of skeletons, models, and BioPac’s electrophysiology equipment.
• Held regular office hours for students and maintained the university’s anatomy and physiology laboratory

Newport, RI

• With emphasis on anatomy and physiology, taught biology for students who met federal low-income requirements, who have a documented disability, and/or whose parents never completed a bachelor's degree.

Newport, RI

• Acted as an independent biochemistry tutor and as a certified tutor though WyzAnt.

Newport, RI

• Developed and tested an immunoassay for the detection of the cancer biomarker Interleukin 8.
• Troubleshooted nonspecific binding and nanoparticle-antibody interactions.
• Presented findings at the 2011 and 2012 NIH/NIGMS RI-INBRE SURF Conference and the 2012 and 2013 SRYou Student Expo.
• Trained others in the use of the SPR machine and associated research protocols.

Newport, RI

• Oversaw the receipt and inventory of chemicals and supplies.
• Cleaned, assembled, repaired and maintained the equipment of 9 laboratories, including balances, computers, spectrometers, refrigerators, freezers, pH sensors, electrochemical sensors, multimeters, automatic titrators.
• Aided in the design of curriculum and experiments for an undergraduate biochemistry course.
• Designed and selected audio-visual aids (both video and images) for an undergraduate physiology course.

Master’S Degree, Physiology And Biophysics, Gpa: 3.821

Bachelor’S Degree, Biology, General, Gpa: 3.921

Graduated Summa Cum Laude, as part of the Pell Honors College Curriculum, with a B.S. in Biology and a Chemistry minor. During my.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology, General, 3.925

Activities and Societies: Philosophy Club, Math Club, GSA