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Seattle, Wa

• Supported clinic efficiency through taking patient vitals and histories, ordering imaging and procedures, answering medical questions, explaining imaging and lab results, and fitting medical equipment. • Enhanced clinic organization through scheduling appointments, documenting procedures and medical records, facilitating insurance authorizations and referrals, and frequently communicating with patients, providers, and pharmacists.• Developed a broad understanding of the conditions and treatments applicable to a physiatry practice through self-directed learning in order to serve as a credible and accessible resource to the clinic’s patients.

Walla Walla, Wa

Aided course instructor with tissue harvesting, reagent preparation and laboratory set-up, assisted undergraduate students during lab sessions, and provided feedback for students’ lab reports.

Walla Walla, Wa

Seattle, Wa

• Analyzed literature on drug delivery devices to identify an optimal delivery system for an HIV PrEP formulation for communities in Sub-Saharan Africa considering technical feasibility, usability, cost, and cultural attitudes.• Surveyed existing gentamicin delivery systems for treatment of neonatal sepsis, identified a leading delivery candidate based on usability, safety, and cost, and drafted a target product profile (TPP) for the most promising antibiotic delivery candidate.• Designed and conducted a long-term study on an oral rotavirus vaccine candidate in order to isolate the cause of unexpected color change, better understand the vaccine, and reduce on-site waste. • Interpreted ELISA and SDS-PAGE methods to assess vaccine adjuvant stability under various stressors.

Education record

Bachelor'S Degree, Biochemistry, Biophysics And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: NCAIII Varsity Swimming, Kappa Kappa Gamma