Erika Kumar Email & Phone Number

Richmond, California, United States

Medical Assistant in family planning and abortion services. Responsibilities include:-Providing in-depth counseling and education on STIs, hormonal and non-hormonal contraception, and abortion.-Rooming and intaking patients; documenting medical history in EHR system (Epic).-Assisting clinicians throughout the appointment/procedure as needed. Providing emotional support to patients during procedures as needed. -Performing blood draws, injections, and vital signs.-Running… Show more Medical Assistant in family planning and abortion services. Responsibilities include:-Providing in-depth counseling and education on STIs, hormonal and non-hormonal contraception, and abortion.-Rooming and intaking patients; documenting medical history in EHR system (Epic).-Assisting clinicians throughout the appointment/procedure as needed. Providing emotional support to patients during procedures as needed. -Performing blood draws, injections, and vital signs.-Running in-house lab tests. -Assessing eligibility for Family PACT enrollment and sliding scale fees; collecting payments; reconciling billing on a daily basis. Show less

The Saturday Services Section (SSS) is a subgroup of the Berkeley Free Clinic that offers free sexual and reproductive health care to all women, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals every Saturday. As a medic, I volunteer for at least two Saturdays a month alongside a licensed provider and provide free appointments for sexual health counseling & education, STI testing & treatment, pregnancy testing and counseling, and UTI testing & treatment. As co-coordinator of the section, I am… Show more The Saturday Services Section (SSS) is a subgroup of the Berkeley Free Clinic that offers free sexual and reproductive health care to all women, trans, and gender non-conforming individuals every Saturday. As a medic, I volunteer for at least two Saturdays a month alongside a licensed provider and provide free appointments for sexual health counseling & education, STI testing & treatment, pregnancy testing and counseling, and UTI testing & treatment. As co-coordinator of the section, I am responsible for facilitating monthly business meetings, managing the schedule of volunteer doctors and nurse practitioners, and being the point person for all internal and external inquiries.During the COVID-19 pandemic, I spearheaded our team’s transition to providing sexual health services remotely and developed telehealth protocols for testing & treating STIs, UTIs, yeast infections, and bacterial vaginosis. I also served as the clinic’s COVID-19 vaccine coordinator, providing active volunteers with the necessary verification for vaccination under phase 1A guidelines. Show less

The Hariharan Lab is a basic science oncology laboratory in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology studying the mechanisms regulating cell and organism growth.

The Hellerstein Lab is a protenomics laboratory in the Department of Nutritional Sciences and Toxicology researching metabolic diseases and the regulation of disease-modifying pathways by diet, genes, drugs and other factors.

Greater Seattle Area

The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is the world’s largest publicly funded multi-disciplinary international collaboration facilitating the development of vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS. To date, the HVTN has conducted the majority of the published, presented, or ongoing clinical trials of preventive HIV vaccines worldwide. Projects included:- Developed and currently executing the protocol for a systematic review assessing risk factors associated with HIV seroconversion in men who… Show more The HIV Vaccine Trials Network (HVTN) is the world’s largest publicly funded multi-disciplinary international collaboration facilitating the development of vaccines to prevent HIV/AIDS. To date, the HVTN has conducted the majority of the published, presented, or ongoing clinical trials of preventive HIV vaccines worldwide. Projects included:- Developed and currently executing the protocol for a systematic review assessing risk factors associated with HIV seroconversion in men who have sex with men (MSM) in the Americas. - Coding qualitative data to improve study volunteer recruitment and retention for antibody mediated prevention (AMP) study that is testing broadly neutralizing antibodies as a potential HIV vaccine. Relevant skills: qualitative data analysis, framework analysis, protocol development, systematic reviews. Show less