Neil Rens Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Conduct high-level reviews that probe a venture’s technology, the technical capability of the team,and any specific risks associated with the technology.

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• SARS-CoV-2 vaccination strategies among justice involved populations
• Cost-effectiveness of a personalized medicine approach to tuberculosis treatment in resource constrained settings.

Danville, Pennsylvania, United States

Using smartphones and smartwatches to passively monitor response to treatment in patients with cardiovascular disease

The Hague Area, Netherlands

Greater Atlanta Area

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Member of the only undergraduate team selected to compete in the final round of a $10 million competition to build a novel medical system. Interdisciplinary team of engineers working to build a user-focused device that can continuously monitor vitals, accurately screen for 15 conditions (including UTI, hyperglycemia, stroke, mono, and many others), and fit.

Arlington, MA

Created interactive website about U.S. healthcare challenges and opportunities for reform.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

Wrote monthly articles about various topics in the biotech field, ranging from fundraising for startups to the democratization of medicine

Rwanda

• Volunteered as a biomedical technician in Rwanda for 9 weeks
• Fixed more than 20 pieces of equipment, including an anesthesia machine and an oxygen concentrator
• Implemented a barcode, inventory, and security tag system for the Rubavu District Hospital, affecting more than 200 pieces of equipment
• Taught local doctors and nurses how to properly use and maintain the equipment

Greater San Diego Area

• Performed >100 DNA extractions to prepare blood samples for bisulfite conversion and sequencing analysis
• Analyzed methylation data from four sequencing runs, identified underperforming PCR primers, and wrote detailed reports suggesting possible avenues of improvement for CpG site targeting
• Investigated sample population demographics and identified under-represented subgroups that were crucial for mirroring the actual population of interest; wrote a report suggesting changes to… Show more
• Investigated sample population demographics and identified under-represented subgroups that were crucial for mirroring the actual population of interest; wrote a report suggesting changes to the subject recruitment.

La Jolla

• Leveraged mutagenesis experiments to understand functional consequences of amino acid substitutions
• Examined expression quantitative trait loci (eQTL) for cancer genes as well as the role of eQTL in compound heterozygocity
• Created a set of educational videos to teach about the applications of genomics to the average patient with little background in biology

Translational Science Institute- Schork Lab

• Conducted a review analyzing the potential for iPS cells in modeling diseases
• Accessed databases such as DrugBank, PubChem, HuDiNe, PubMed
• Created and presented a poster at the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Symposium at Stanford University

California Institue For Telecommunications And Information Technology

• Compiled files from Google Warehouse to build a virtual 3D model of San Diego, Mecca, and Medina
• Edited stereoscopic video taken from two separate cameras
• Leveraged Python to convert decompress, convert, and resize numerous large files

HIV Neurobehavioral Research Center

Utilized the programming language, “R,” to analyze large datasets dealing with cross-sectional and continuous experiments comparing the efficacy and safety of anti-retroviral drugs

Anesthesiology Residency Program

Md/Mba

Master Of Business Administration - Mba

Activities and Societies: Knight Hennessy Scholarship Certificate in Public Management and Social Innovation Arjay Miller Scholar

Doctor Of Medicine - Md

Activities and Societies: Gold Humanism Honor Society • Teaching Assistant, Leading Value Improvement in Health Care (2020) • Teaching.

Master Of Science - Msc, Health Economics, Policy, And Law

Activities and Societies: Fulbright Grant, Holland Scholarship

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi Honor Society • Co-founder, MedHacks • President, Hopkins Medical Device Network (now the MedTech.

High School

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, National AP Scholar, National Merit Commended Scholar, Union Tribune Scholar Athlete •.