Negotiated funding grants of $2 million for employing 300 youth and young adults with disabilities in the summer internship program, resulting in a 20x increase in program size and impactCollaborated with university personnel, professors, and students to initiate a summer book writing internship aimed at increasing community access to accurate COVID-19 information, resulting in the publication of 50 books and audiobooksLed inter-departmental communication between writers, editors, graphic designers, audiobook narrators, publishers, and the legal team, to ensure a seamless book publishing process

Organized and analyzed clinical data of arrhythmia recurrence after catheter ablation for over 200 patients using case report forms, online databases, and electronic medical records, leading to complete and accurate study recordsManaged relationships with nurses, doctors, pharmacists, research personnel, and the research ethics board to ensure effective enrollment and patient safetyCommunicated with patients during the 14-day, 6-month, and 12-month telephone follow-up visits, resulting in more than a 98% completion rateRecorded and reported serious adverse events to the research ethics board and external safety monitor to ensure safety standards were met

Recommended short-term and long-term recruitment and retention strategies to expand the public sector client’s advisor program, leading to a proposed 1.8x growth of the advisor pool in the short-term and 2.4x growth in the long-termPerformed primary research through interviews with current and past advisors and appraised the data using an analysis framework, resulting in an effective quantitative metric to rank the proposed strategies

Spearheaded the project investigating the role of metabolites in regulating determinants of obesity and type II diabetes, collected and analyzed over 350 data points and synthesized information in a clear presentation and report

Collaborated with graduate student mentors and the principal investigator in Surette Lab to investigate the therapeutic viability of a genetically engineered probiotic for Type II diabetes, leading to the development of optimized cloning protocols that increased product purity by 30%Critically reviewed existing literature on issues identified by the primary research community interviews conducted, leading to the development of valid and feasible research projects Worked together with the dry-lab team during project development, resulting in theoretical optimization of the project plan through hypothetical modeling