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Turku, Finland

+ Designed a successful proposal for a research project in collaboration with the University of Turku with the largest longitudinal cohort of children with a genetic predisposition for type 1 diabetes. + Conducted an epidemiologic study on the association of prenatal exposure to persistent organic pollutants and development of type 1 diabetes using R programming for data analysis. + Gained an appreciation of the current global migration crisis by volunteering with recent immigrants and asylum seekers and collaborating to plan an anti-racism seminar as part of a larger campaign by the Red Cross.

Oakland, Ca

+ Contributed to an exposure assessment of air and water monitoring data for a preschool in Richmond, CA to evaluate environmental and behavioral changes made over several months.+ Calculated concentration and dose estimates for children between 1-6-years and compared to government reference levels. + Wrote and edited sections of the report to be given to the Honest Company in completion of the pilot program.

San Francisco Bay Area

Berkeley, Ca

Two courses: Introduction to Environmental Health Sciences // Exposure Assessment & Control+ Improved leadership and presentation skills in facilitating one-hour discussion sections with 20 students. + Encouraged discussion and participation among the students to clarify lecture material, mentored students in public health, and developed an excellent rapport with faculty.

Berkeley, Ca

+ Conducted an exposure and risk assessment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from coloring markers that children use for art in schools and at home. + Collected emission data from these markers using HPLC & GC/MS at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). + Created child-specific risk levels, because of their increased vulnerability, using the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) guidelines to investigate their cancer risk of certain VOCs emitted. + Collaborated with OEHHA and LBNL to develop the methods for sample collection and evaluation of compounds. + Collaborated in writing and editing manuscripts that have been published and are to-be published on the exposure and risk assessment as well as fact sheets of results to be communicated to parents and teachers. + Developed systems for managing data and methods for its dissemination to colleagues.

San Francisco, Ca

+ Critiqued literature on hip and knee implant complications due to nanoparticles to assess the potential harm to patients and identify new clients involved in litigations+ Strengthened the business development model for obtaining lawyers in the San Francisco area who are working in toxic tort litigation.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

+ Co-authored, organized, and collected data for many research projects relating to sustainability and higher education.+ Coordinated the "Kill-A-Watt" competition on campus for educating students about electronic waste and providing a "light bulb exchange."+ Successfully collaborated with the departments across campus to initiate a pilot composting program on campus and surveyed the student body to investigate their willingness to participate in the program.

Master'S Degree, Public Health

Activities and Societies: NIOSH Occupational and Environmental Epidemiology Traineeship

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Neuroscience