Andrew Ta Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Anesthesiology

Internal Medicine

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• Designed and implemented study procedures throughout Chicago for a multi-site COVID-19 seroprevalence assessment through UIC's Project WISH clinical research site as part of the Community Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 (COMPASS) study funded by the NIH's COVID-19 Prevention Network (CoVPN)• Trained and managed nurses and study staff for community and nursing home engagement, achieving among the highest site engagement rates in the study• Developed internal validation tools for monitoring and evaluating collected data

Houston, Texas Area

• Developed care pathways and patient education files and compiled drug database for CareScriptions, a mobile care management platform that enables high-risk patients to effectively self-manage complex treatment regimens and care flows in pre- and post-procedure care• Created end-user instructional material and documented onboarding techniques for patients and providers

Houston, Texas Area

• Focused on data analytics and evaluation, valuation, and integration of new technology to increase operational efficiency, utilization, and customer satisfaction• Helped improve reach-out procedures based on CPT/ICD9 codes• Designed new internal interfaces and metric dashboards for performance monitoring• Visualized and optimized operations workflow in a migration from SalesForce to in-house software• Provided QA and design input for web and mobile platforms

Houston, Texas Area

Managed and mentored 150+ student staff and $60,000+ annual budget in production of award-winning newspaper• Best newspaper among small schools by the College Media Association, 2016, ’12 (3rd ’14, ’13)• Fourth best in show among four-year weeklies by the Associated Collegiate Press, 2012• Coordinated online and social media outreach, doubling audience engagement• Revamped staff recruitment, onboarding, and retention, significantly reducing turnoverSpearheaded implementation of a new content management system, internal communication tools, data-driven reporting, and new online and offline content• Launched SallyPortal.org, a homepage for students with easy access to campus resources and news• Pioneered inaugural student government debate with corresponding coverage and event planning

Houston, Texas

• Worked in Breast Center in laboratory of Michael Lewis, PhD• Studied role of canonical hedgehog signaling and local epithelial-stromal interactions in mammary gland development and breast cancer using mouse models• Studied dependence of Smoothened-activated paracrine stimulation of mammary epithelial cell proliferation on G-alpha-i2

Houston, Texas Area

• Used human-in-mouse breast cancer xenograft models to perform animal clinical trials on drug candidates to determine efficacy on gamut of triple negative breast cancers

Chicago, Il

• Worked in the Center for Healthcare Studies with Ruchi Gupta, MD, and Allergy-Immunology Division with Paul Bryce, PhD, developing familiarity with clinical and bench research• Helped with grant writing, peer reviews, poster creation, and manuscript revisions for numerous papers regarding food allergy, asthma, and healthcare practice• Investigated correlations between food processing and development & prevalence of food allergy through survey development and delivery in Chicago-land clinics• Found associations between demographic and clinical factors of pediatric food allergy and phenomenon of tolerance. Identified tolerance rate for common allergens

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

Activities and Societies: Student Curricular Board, Chicago Medicine Student Council, Chicago Cancer Society, Asian Pacific American.

Bachelor’S Degree, Biochemistry And Cell Biology

Activities and Societies: The Rice Thresher (Student Newspaper), Partnership for the Advancement and Immersion of Refugees, Colleges.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: School Newspaper, Residential Life, Science Olympiad, Tutor, National Honor Society, Environmental Club, Medical.