First authorship in Poster and Oral Presentations: Fall 2023 American Society for Microbiology Conference (oral), Spring 2024 American Society for Microbiology Conference (poster), 2023 Medical University of South Carolina Drug Discovery and Development Conference (poster), 2024 South Carolina Academy of Sciences Conference (poster), USC School of Medicine Columbia 2024 NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence EAC Meeting (poster), & 2024 Discover USC Conference (poster). Writing a review… Show more First authorship in Poster and Oral Presentations: Fall 2023 American Society for Microbiology Conference (oral), Spring 2024 American Society for Microbiology Conference (poster), 2023 Medical University of South Carolina Drug Discovery and Development Conference (poster), 2024 South Carolina Academy of Sciences Conference (poster), USC School of Medicine Columbia 2024 NIH Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence EAC Meeting (poster), & 2024 Discover USC Conference (poster). Writing a review article regarding the Involvement of Inflammasomes in the recovery of Spinal Cord Injury. Show less

Project Lead for testing West Nile Virus Samples for Seroprevalance in South Carolina. Assisted with the documentation and transcription of Focus Groups for Reducing Vector-Borne Disease Racial Disparities Study. Actively worked with target populations for on-site COVID-19 Testings across the state for the ALL-IN SC Project. Worked as a Hotline Volunteer to answer calls with potential participants for the COVID-19 ALL-IN SC project. Assisted with testing locations, registering, and explaining… Show more Project Lead for testing West Nile Virus Samples for Seroprevalance in South Carolina. Assisted with the documentation and transcription of Focus Groups for Reducing Vector-Borne Disease Racial Disparities Study. Actively worked with target populations for on-site COVID-19 Testings across the state for the ALL-IN SC Project. Worked as a Hotline Volunteer to answer calls with potential participants for the COVID-19 ALL-IN SC project. Assisted with testing locations, registering, and explaining the purpose and validity of ALL-IN SC project. Collected soil samples in various parks across South Carolina for Gastrointestinal Parasite Testing. Show less

2023 South Carolina Honors College Research Grant Awardee. 2022 Magellan Journey Research Grant Awardee. Involved in Dr. Fillo’s other research focused on trauma/stress, substance use, and military populations. Assist with human subjects data collection for grant projects (e.g. recruitment, screening, participant communication/tracking, data monitoring). Help manage citations as well as digitize paper references through EndNote Database. Received experience with quantitative and qualitative… Show more 2023 South Carolina Honors College Research Grant Awardee. 2022 Magellan Journey Research Grant Awardee. Involved in Dr. Fillo’s other research focused on trauma/stress, substance use, and military populations. Assist with human subjects data collection for grant projects (e.g. recruitment, screening, participant communication/tracking, data monitoring). Help manage citations as well as digitize paper references through EndNote Database. Received experience with quantitative and qualitative data analysis. Assist with literature search projects related to the research areas of trauma/stress, substance use, and military populations. Introduced to REDCap and SPSS/Stata. Show less

Advertise upcoming service events in news outlets. Gather information on food banks in South Carolina, and find donors for food banks that are in need of support.

Accompanied residents when playing games or helping them to and from parts of the facility. Assisted residents with tasks, such as phone calls with family and refilling water pitchers. Aided certified nursing assistants by telling residents any information about current events going on at the facility.

Performed tasks like preparing the food area for families in need, collecting donations, and setting up clothing for those who need it. Assisted with pricing to achieve maximum profit for the thrift store, the main source of revenue for the facility.

Created multiple solution proposals to obtain funds from sponsors. Hosted monthly fundraisers to improve business partner’s photography business. Helped raise money to support an orphan from Nigeria attend school for a semester with my team. Acted as the main point of contact between my team and the business partner by keeping constant contact with the translator in Nigeria. Attended monthly meetings with our business partner and translator. Worked with my team to design posters, flyers… Show more Created multiple solution proposals to obtain funds from sponsors. Hosted monthly fundraisers to improve business partner’s photography business. Helped raise money to support an orphan from Nigeria attend school for a semester with my team. Acted as the main point of contact between my team and the business partner by keeping constant contact with the translator in Nigeria. Attended monthly meetings with our business partner and translator. Worked with my team to design posters, flyers, business cards, and other marketing tools for our business partner. Funded business partner over $1,500 in equipment. Helped business partner learn how to keep track of finances through an expenses book. Show less