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A Review of How Adult and Pediatric Patients Die from High-Grade Glioma: This retrospective study aims to identify specifically how patients with high-grade gliomas (HGG) die. To date, there is limited literature that describes the specific pathophysiologic mechanisms by which children, adolescents and adults die from high-grade glioma, such as via primary brain failure, herniation, infection, etc. Here, we aim to perform a retrospective chart and imaging review in a deceased HGG patient population to better understand the pathophysiology of tumor progression that leads to death. To accomplish this goal, we will gather demographic, treatment, outcome, and imaging through prior to and at the time of death via chart review of a pre-determined HGG patient population in the adult and pediatric populations, all of whom have been primarily treated at the University of Michigan. We will compare disease characteristics within the adult and pediatric populations to determine the most common probable cause of death.

Adherence to medical management of kidney stones: a systematic review:The purpose of this study is to perform a systematic review exploring patient adherence to AUA guidelines for dietary modification. The impact of our findings can help shape medical management recommendations to better sustain patient response. Patients will benefit from decreased negative effects of stones while also significantly reducing the financial burden of stone management.

Creation and management of Board of Directors and organization projects. Creation, executive oversight and analysis of program evaluation assessing the efficacy of a culturally-cognizant health curriculum to over 1,500 high school students. Partnership with Dearborn, Crestwood and Ann Arbor School Boards to contract wellness programs in over 6 elementary and high schools.

PI: Dr. Tanja Jovanovic in the Detroit Trauma Project.Trained in: COVID Interviewing, Fear Potentiated Startle, fMRI Acquisition, Conditioned Pain Modulation, Quantitative Sensory Testing, Adult Psychiatric Interviews, Child Psychiatric Interviews, and Chronic Pain Interviews. Associated Studies: (1) School-Based Evaluation Study/Detroit Trauma Project, (2) Impact of Critical Periods on Brain Development, (3) The AURORA Study – Longitudinal Assessment of Post-Traumatic SyndromesAssociated Research Skills: Data Processing & Analysis of Electromyography Response in Fear-Potentiated Startle; MindWare, Resting State MRI Processing and Analysis; CONN, MATLAB.

Investigating differential neurocircuitry from the Philadelphia Neurodevelopmental Cohort (PNC).

Clinical research assistant in Ann Arbor Veteran Affairs Hospital. Administered pain (The Impact of Events Scale - Revised (IES-R), Patient related inventory of side effects (PRISE20), Brief Pain Inventory (BPI), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)) and psychiatric measures (The Clinician Administered Dissociative States Scale (CADSS)) to clinical trial participants in a 'Low Dose Ketamine Infusion for Comorbid PTSD and Chronic Pain Patients' study. Documented pain and psychiatric development over the course of infusion and subsequent time thereafter. Assisted in data analysis and writing.

Awarded $10,000 by the Barger Leadership Institute to create and implement IRB-Exempt research to support the creation of Heal-Move-Shift. Professional development in data collection, stakeholder analysis, and public speaking.

Received a $5,000 grant for full-time development of an Honor’s Thesis, training in interdisciplinary communication, scholarly writing & academic presentations.

Lead executive role in the management and creation of an organization promoting the original creation and exhibition of student creative work in the context of marginalization and empowering identity. Executive organizer of two showcases with over 700 participants showcasing stories of identity and cross-cultural exchanges.

Exploration of Psychopathology in Clinical Science (EPICS) Lab. Using sensory analysis to analyze the brain wave patterns of patients with serious mental illnesses, including schizophrenia.

Facilitation of the Workshops program in the Creative Writing program within the Detroit Robot Factory location, where students come and engage in both collaborative and individual writing exercises to strengthen their skills. Created and led workshops in Detroit, as well as co-lead a weekly drop-in writing program for younger writers. Further tasks include keeping up with administrative work and data coding/entry.

Created, planned, and established an Arab Meet and Greet where 150 students - both undergraduate and graduate - connected with others to help promote a community across campus.

Literature review on Peer Aggression and its relation to other factors in the a child's development.

Fellowship aimed at creating opportunities and providing tools in order to help grow 'Redefine'. With $14,000 awarded grant funding, the Spring and Summer consisted of collaborating with student teams in the entrepreneurship community and attending visioning workshops while building Redefine. The Honest Company - a consumer-goods company - mentored the participating teams about social media, start-ups, social impact, management, and the path to take while forming a new social/consumer entity.

Investigating the effects of Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 7 on cerebellar regions in mice. Analysis of dendritic atrophy in multiple brain regions has contributed greatly to ascertaining the primary symptoms of this disease that correlate with other types of ataxia. Data collection/PCR.