Brandon M. Email & Phone Number

New York, United States

Awarded a T35 training grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute to research chronic smell and taste loss and their impacts on quality of life in patients with Cystic Fibrosis (CF), under the mentorship of Jonathan Overdevest, MD, PhD.

San Diego, California, United States

Pediatrics Medical Scribe at the Maternal Child Health Center of San Ysidro Health, a nonprofit Federally Qualified Health Center serving the families of San Diego's border communities.

Costa Mesa, California, United States

COVID-19 intake specialist for El Pollo Loco, Inc., providing recommendations for the isolation and quarantine of affected employees and the sanitization of restaurants across three states to ensure compliance with local health codes and the wellbeing of staff members.

Los Angeles, California, United States

Student Assistant in the UCLA International Institute, working under the leadership of Dr. Maryam Farzanegan to develop UCLA's first undergraduate course focused on the equity-focused evaluation and monitoring of novel global health and humanitarian interventions.

San Diego, California, United States

COVID-19 Case Investigator within the Epidemiology and Immunization Services Branch of the County of San Diego Public Health Services—Health and Human Services Agency. Tasked with direct outreach to laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases to identify close contacts and potential sources of exposure, educate patients on self-isolation requirements, connect them with appropriate physical and mental health care resources as necessary, and provide reliable information on vaccinations and other preventative measures to support public health in the region.

Greater Los Angeles Area

● Work with resident and attending physicians on a volunteer basis to connect underserved/underinsured patients with community and social safety net resources that may improve their quality of life and long-term health outcomes.● Observe primary and continuity care activities at the UCLA Internal Medicine Clinic and UCLA Children's Health Center in Westwood, as well as the UCLA Medicine & Pediatrics Comprehensive Care Center in Santa Monica.● Serve as an intercultural liaison for Spanish-speaking patients and families as opposed to using external translation services in the clinic.

Greater Los Angeles Area

● Collaborate with UCLA Health administrators to attract top student talent & streamline our clinical workflow in order to make the greatest possible difference for the patients that we serve.● Work with attending physicians and clinical informaticists to integrate the social determinants of health framework into UCLA's Electronic Medical Records system & improve continuity of care.● Oversee HIPAA training and onboarding of new Patient Health Advocates and service their HR/IT needs.

Greater San Diego Area

● Responsible for managing complex transactions and devising creative solutions in a high-volume, time-sensitive, and customer-centric retail environment. ● Required day-to-day adaptability to diverse business needs and various management teams as a service representative for multiple departments, as well as a great degree of autonomy and authority in addressing customer issues. ● Tasked with serving a diverse clientele from the San Diego-Tijuana metropolitan area, requiring bilingual communication with customers and the adoption of additional business practices to accommodate international retail transactions.

Greater San Diego Area

Taught piano lessons and music theory to beginning students throughout San Diego for almost three years before beginning my undergraduate studies.

Greater San Diego Area

● Researched Chagas Disease at the UCSD Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences with Prof. Jair Lage de Siqueira-Neto, Ph.D. and Dr. Katherine Promer, M.D. ● Demonstrated the existence of a dormant phase within the Trypanosoma cruzi metabolic life cycle using novel pharmaceutical compounds that may lead to a new path towards a cure.

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Human Biology And Society, Global Health Minor

Activities and Societies: SCOPE Patient Health Advocates at UCLA Health, Fellowship for International Service and Health, BioCritical.

Psychology, Sociology & Spanish Literature

International Exchange Student at the Complutense University of Madrid during the 2021 Fall semester. Took fourth-year Spanish-language.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Associated Student Body, Crusader Impact Binational Service Club, Academy of Science, Campus Ministry.