Mary Obasi Email & Phone Number

California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

•Coordinated screening, scheduling, and execution at the UCSF Women’s Interagency HIV Study(WIHS)--a clinical research cohort of HIV positive women•Interviewed participants on medical history, food insecurity, gynecological history, and psychosocial status•Administered neurocognitive exams to assess attention and memory problems•Operated FibroScan on participants for liver stiffness evaluation

San Francisco Bay Area

SHARP is a summer program, based at the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s AIDS Office, designed to motivate students from under-represented groups to pursue careers in public-health-oriented clinical research. SHARP provided informative seminars that enriched my research with the Women’s Interagency HIV Study at UCSF. Seminar topics ranged from “Good Participatory Practice Guidelines” to “HIV and Mental Health.” With public health playing an increased role in medicine, I plan to use… Show more SHARP is a summer program, based at the San Francisco Department of Public Health’s AIDS Office, designed to motivate students from under-represented groups to pursue careers in public-health-oriented clinical research. SHARP provided informative seminars that enriched my research with the Women’s Interagency HIV Study at UCSF. Seminar topics ranged from “Good Participatory Practice Guidelines” to “HIV and Mental Health.” With public health playing an increased role in medicine, I plan to use these teachings as foundation for my future endeavors as a physician. Show less

•Customer service for UC Berkeley professors and faculty to answer urgent computer problems •Liaison between IT employees and customers•Formulated stepwise instructions for IT employees to follow during desktop support which increased efficiency by expediting time with customers

•Recruited participants in community settings •Managed flow of participant visits by escorting participants to the various locations•Handled blood specimen, which included: pipetting, centrifugation, preparing aliquot trays, as well as maintenance of laboratory paperwork•Discussed study progression and bioethics at weekly meetings

Oakland, California

•Lead discussions with teens on peer pressure, smoking cessation, and common myths about tobacco •Learned then taught the comprehensive Peer Health Exchange curriculum on tobacco to different Oakland high schools each week•Influenced teens to make their own healthy decisions •Critiqued fellow health educators on their teaching methods

•Communicated with injecting drug users to prepare harm reduction kits specific to their methods •Counseled inquiring clients on various treatment programs in the area•Advised Hepatitis C and HIV prevention tips •Apportioned harm reduction supplies to ensure rations lasted duration of fiscal year

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.)

Master Of Public Health - Mph, Quantitative Methods

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Public Health

Activities and Societies: Peer Health Exchange, Public Health Advocate, African American Women's Health and Heart Study, Summer BUILD.

Associate Of Arts (Aa), Liberal Arts And Sciences/Liberal Studies