Plan experimentsReview scientific literatureAnimal surgery Collect and analyze data on mouse sociosexual behavior

Researched epidemiological trends to understand the dynamics of the local HIV epidemicGrant writing and coordinationConceptualized and planned business-development opportunity worth $7 million in annual, net revenue Collaborated with the Minneapolis's mayoral and city-council offices to synergize city and county-government HIV/STI servicesEngaged communities whom HIV hits hardest to build HIV-prevention campaigns and service programs

Crafted communications strategy with the ONAP Director for our World AIDS Day events and release of the 2016 National HIV/AIDS Strategy Progress ReportCreated a master document of all ONAP messages to ensure consistent communication of the goals of the National HIV/AIDS StrategyDrafted speeches, AIDS.gov and White House blog posts, sections of the 2016 National HIV/AIDS Progress Report, talking points, and tweets in collaboration with senior staffers Created a presentation for the ONAP Director on PrEP, a daily pill that can prevent HIV, for her presentation to the National HIV PrEP SummitManaged 14 interns in our collection of news stories for Domestic Policy Council Director Cecilia Muñoz, allowing her to make informed policy decisions in meetings that shape the President’s policy agenda

Created policy recommendations to simplify and to improve Minnesota's workforce development program Presented my recommendations to County leadership, including the Deputy Director of Human Services and Public HealthIdentified political pathways to enact proposed policy recommendations Interviewed policy stakeholders to find problematic areas of current policy

Wrote literature reviews synthesizing neuroscience, psychology, and public-policy research on medical cannabis the Department of Health Commissioner and the Office of Medical Cannabis (OMC) Research ManagerPartnered with OMC Research Manager to evaluate the strengths and weakness of scientific studies of cannabis consumption

Wrote policy background briefings and fact sheets for the Governor’s policy advisorsTracked and collected news relevant to the Dayton AdministrationEdited speeches for the Lieutenant GovernorReported on and summarized committee meetingsDrafted memos/briefs for the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and his policy advisorsLearned the fundamental skills of policy development and advocacyResearched policy relating to transgender healthcare rights, cannabis, sexual assault on college campuses, and other topicsMet with policy advocates and lawmakersStaffed press events

Evaluated grant proposals for providing HIV/AIDS services to people who lack health insurance, who have insufficient health coverage, or who lack the financial ability to treat their HIV/AIDSHealth-equity focus on people of color and transgender people during the review process Panel member on grant-review committees

The lab of doctors Ann Parr, M.D., Ph.D. and James Dutton, Ph.D. is focused on treating spinal cord injury using an autologous source of induced, pluripotent stem cells. Published two peer-reviewed journal articles on stem-cell therapies for spinal-cord injury as a co-first author and a contributing authorData collection and analysis Researched and synthesized stem-cell and neuroscience literature in order to design and to conduct experimentsWrote and proofread grants applicationsDesigned/proofread figures, tables for peer-reviewed publicationPerformed surgery and post-operative care on rodentsCultured, characterized, and differentiated mouse induced, pluripotent stem cellsContributed to legislative work relating to funding stem-cell research as a legislative assistant

Acted as liaison between the Senator and his constituents, bringing their concerns/problems to the Senator’s attentionAnalyzed and wrote summaries of legislation related to stem-cell and regenerative-medicine therapiesTranslated stem-cell and regenerative-medicine research into layperson’s terms

Collected and organized data describing where clients spent their advertising budgetMeasured and analyzed performance of clients’ advertising campaignsDiscussed what metrics best measure business performance

WBRU is a multimillion-dollar, commercial station that broadcasts to Rhode Island, eastern Connecticut, and southwestern Massachusetts with 250,000 listeners per week. Wrote, voiced, and produced live, on-air newscasts and prerecorded news magazines, covering local news and sportsEditor of two weekly news magazines on local and national news, reaching the station’s 250,000 weekly listenersInterviewed elected officials and newsmakersThe department won several Associated Press awards during my tenure, including but not limited to News Station of the Year 2011, Breaking News “Flooding in RI” 2011, Website 2011, Continuing Coverage “Closing RI’s Prostitution Loophole” 2011, Continuing Coverage “Occupy Providence” 2012

Led department of 20 radio journalists who cover local news and sportsSupervised three other managers—News Manager, Sports Manager, and Intern DirectorDesigned an intern-training program that teaches fundamentals of radio journalismDeveloped an intern-training manual, highlighting the basics of interviewing, producing, and voicingCreated a strategy to market Wallflys posters to college students. Wallflys is a product of Graphic Innovations, a Rhode Island business specializing in large-format printing. Developed sponsorships to send news correspondents to the 2012 Democratic and GOP National Conventions

Researched clients for which Intemark performs partner marketingRevised and edited the company’s online copy