Leah Karush Email & Phone Number

Washington, Dc, Us

•Selected through a competitive application process to be a clinical research associate in the emergency department of the St. Louis Children’s Hospital through the Pediatric Emergency Medicine Research Associate Program (PEMRAP)•Work eight hours per week in the pediatric emergency department •Monitor the track board; recruit eligible patients to ongoing clinical research (both PEMRAP studies and PECARN studies); serve as a point person for communication between patients and their medical team; participate in monthly shadowing shifts

St Louis, Missouri, United States

St. Louis City County, Missouri, United States

Hired by the WashU chemistry dept. to provide academic support to students in General Chemistry; help prepare weekly review packets, host 4 hours of drop-in hours per week, lead exam review sessions.

Washington University Medical School

Contributed to a project investigating the effect of the CRLF3+/- mutation in cultured neurons (organoids); cryo embedding and sectioning, immunofluorescence, fluorescent imaging and analysis. My work was included in the recently published peer-reviewed paper (Wilson A. et al 2023, Human Molecular Genetics)

Began tutoring business during pandemic in response to community needs; worked one-on-one with a total of ten students spanning from first to eleventh grade on reading,grammar, ESL, pre-algebra, algebra, ACT, calculus.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Contributed to a project working to determine proteins that bind to methylated DNA in neurons with the ultimate goal of learning more about neurodevelopmental disorders.

Bachelor'S Degree, Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies

International Baccalaureate High School Diploma