Brittany Avin Mckelvey Email & Phone Number

Leesville, La, Us

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Supports the development and implementation of the organization’s research and policy agenda- Develops evidence-based policies- Collaborates with diverse teams to identify challenges in cancer research and create solutions that improve and accelerate cancer care for patients

-Policy and legislative research and analysis-Development of policy materials and products-Support of the ACS CAN advocacy agenda, specifically: -Cancer clinical trial enrollment barriers -FDA regulatory science

Biochemistry Cellular And Molecular Biology Program- Dept Of Surgery

-Investigating the role of the telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) promoter mutations on transcriptional activation in thyroid cancer -Presented 6 times (4 oral/2 poster) at national meetings, 3 times (1 oral/2 poster) at local meetings-Published 2 review articles, 3 scientific articles, and 1 book chapter

-Managed the executive board leadership and delegated tasks -Wrote and secured outside funding for the group, writing grant proposals-Oversaw planning for multiple seminar series on science policy -Organized Hopkins’ NSPN memo writing competition submission-Co-led a panel discussion on careers in science policy, advocacy, and communication-Planned the Baltimore City Hall Poster Session for communicating science to local officials

-Planned advocacy events surrounding active federal legislation-Taught and oversaw the NSPN memo writing competition for Hopkins

-Wrote blog posts for the award-winning Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine blog, with topics covering: - New research from Hopkins - Personal perspectives

Department Of Biochemistry And Genetics

-Discerned the biochemical pathways associated with acetate production in eukaryotic microbial pathogens, specifically Cryptococcus neoformans - Created knockouts of the three putative acetate transporters in the fungal pathogen to be characterized-Investigated acetate production by acetylated acetyl-CoA synthetase in the pathogen through creation of the modified enzyme and assaying production of acetate-Wrote grants and successfully received over $4,000 in Honors College Research Grants

Department Of Cancer Biology

Project: Identification of biomarkers correlating with drug response in non-small cell lung cancer-Employed fluorescent live-cell microscopy to quantitatively measure drug response heterogeneity in cancer cell lines -Analyzed molecular correlates identified in broad-scale proteomic analysis for potential biomarkers indicative of drug response-Assayed tumor volume growth dynamics through ultrasound measurements of xenografts in mice

Clemson University

- Wrote articles for Clemson University's popular science journal - Focused on translating scientific breakthroughs into layman's terms

Emory University

-Wrote for CancerQuest (a cancer education scientific research resource for the community)-Summarized in lay-man terms scientific discoveries with relevance to cancer patients

Department Of Biochemistry

-Accepted into the SURE (Summer Undergraduate Research Experience) Program under Dr. Anita Corbett-Project: Molecular modeling of neurodegenerative disease pontocerebellar hypoplasia type 1-Mutated the yeast exosome subunit mimicking patient mutations through site directed mutagenesis-Applied various assays to observe effect of mutation on transcript, protein, and organismal level

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Biology And Genetics

Pursuing my PhD in the BCMB (Biochemistry, Cellular, and Molecular Biology) Program Thesis work in the Department of Surgery, Oncology

Double Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Genetics, Biochemistry, Summa Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society Calhoun Honors College EPIC- Eukaryotic Pathogens Innovation Center Scholar Course.

International Summer School- Study Abroad, History And Philosophy Of Science And Technology

Activities and Societies: History of Science Islam in the Middle Ages and the Effect on Western MedicineSummer Abroad Experience

High School Degree