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Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Leads research and project management for the planning, implementation, follow-up, and dissemination activities of membership meetings, workshops, and action collaboratives• Conducts background research and information tracking to inform Forum priorities and activities• Provides editorial review and coordinates publication of materials• Represents the Forum on Drug Discovery, Development & Translation at externally-led conferences

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

• Project lead for a public workshop which convened over 500 stakeholders from across sectors to discuss ways to prepare a more interdisciplinary and culturally aware workforce capable of supporting the evolving needs of drug research and development• Assisted with identifying, recruiting, and fostering communications with workshop planning committee members and speakers for various Forum activities• Coordinated logistics for Forum activities to ensure productive and successful in-person and virtual convenings• Performed research and analysis, analyzed and organized technical data and reports and compiled summaries of information.

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

•Aided Bioethics Department Faculty Director Dr. Iltis to assess the ethical considerations regarding laws restricting incapacitated patients’ access to electroconvulsive therapy•Analyzed state legislation and ethical literature to collaborate on a paper published in the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, release date March 2023

Ankeny, Iowa, United States

•Fast paced, high growth manufacturer and distributor of nutritionally tailored meals, serving clients in 50 states and Puerto Rico with more than 2,500 employees supporting an annual growth rate exceeding 35%•Analyzed research to better understand the relationship between malnutrition and chronic kidney disease, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and behavioral health •Communicated research to the sales team and healthcare companies including United Healthcare to persuade them to include medically tailored meals in their healthcare plans

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

•Received the Environmental Fellows grant to work with a four-person team on an environmental and sustainability project, “Evaluation of survey methods in estimating white-tailed deer densities and effects on vegetative communities at Pilot Mtn, NC”•Advanced automated machine learning for species identification within the collected camera photos•Maintained 32 camera traps, 10 vegetation sites, and unmanned aircraft with infrared cameras to collect and analyze data

King, North Carolina, United States

•Managed 18 overnight male campers, ranging in ages 6-16, through a variety of activities while teaching the YMCA character traits •Supervised 12 children with cognitive disabilities through the overnight Camp Imagine program and created tailored experiences for the campers and their families

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States

•Assisted with Dr. Fred Perrino on a lab project focused on the exonuclease TREX1 in developing autoimmunity•Utilized several biochemical research techniques such as bacterial transformations, plasmid isolation from bacterial culture, protein expression in bacteria, SDS-PAGE, column chromatography, and assays of exonuclease activity

Master'S Degree, Bioethics/Medical Ethics

GPA: 4.0

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology Major With Bioethics, Chemistry And Psychology Minor

Activities and Societies: Chi Psi Rush Chair, Women's Club Soccer Coach, Best Buddies MentorGraduated Magna Cum Laude

Biology Major With Bioethics, Chemistry And Psychology Minors

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society, Spanish National Honor Society, Social Justice Club, Art Outreach, Host of The Great.