Jessie Castro Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Illinois, United States

As a Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellow (PdTF), I am responsible for various pieces of the 1st and 2nd year students education on Osteopathic Manipulation Therapy (OMT). I give about 4-7 lectures per semester; this includes a classic Powerpoint lecture, but we also do demonstrations during the lecture (guided demo and/or a "show and go" - demonstrate technique.

Lebanon, Oregon

As a medical student I was responsible for learning a huge amount of information in a short time in the first 2 years via lectures and workshops, and subsequently applying the knowledge in a clinical setting for the remainder of my time. As an Osteopathic student, I was also tasked with learning OMT (see the Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellow section for more.

Corvallis, Oregon Area

I worked primarily at a toxicology/microbiology lab investigating the use of soil microbes as a probiotic for ruminants eating tall fescue in order to degrade endotoxins, namely ergovaline. I was responsible for much of the bench work and data analysis/synthesis. These duties included collecting the soil samples, creating the stock/agar and culturing the.

Osteopathic Medicine/Osteopathy

I was able to explore the anatomy thanks to a gracious donor-patient, learned my base medical knowledge from an inter-campus interaction.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Microbiology, General

I was in a Microbiology program at OSU with a minor in chemistry. My time in college was mainly spent working towards medical school, but.