Joyce W. Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

• Investigate the impact of PFAS exposure on immune response to vaccination during pregnancy and in offspring, focusing on altered cellular immunity, placentation, gut microbiota, and cardiometabolic outcomes (500+ hours)
• Study postpartum depression and behavioral outcomes in genetically-modified mice via behavioral tests, necropsies, H&E and IF staining of tissue, analysis of stained tissues
• Explore how prior C-sections affect placenta accreta incidence through necropsies of fetuses, placentas, and ovaries
• Discover functions of PGRMC2 in reproduction and offspring development through cell culture of knockout genes
• Data and contributions in two poster presentations at DOHaD Conference
• Create new website for the lab, including community outreach for research topics

• Reduce patient stay time by documenting HPI, ROS, SHx, PMHx, FHx, PE, MDM using electronic health record systems for 30+ patients per shift for physicians
• Increase physician-patient care time by recording patient vital signs, image findings, lab results, and medication administration
• Conduct floor training for new medical scribes by teaching charting, ED flow, and patient care

• Discover significant long-term cognitive and emotional development in children whose mothers had increased prenatal choline supplementation
• Develop a new protocol for a frame-by-frame coding system to measure cognitive ability and reaction time in infants
• Achieve 98% inter-rater reliability using an intensive behavioral coding system for measuring infant distress
• Accepted into the DNS Honors Program to present an honors thesis
• Presented at the BCTR Undergraduate Translational Research Symposium for Translational Research
• Wrote a literature review on maternal choline supplementation on offspring cognition

• Troubleshoot and fix technical issues with PC's and gaming consoles

• Manage student-run publication featuring 150+ members per cycle
• Oversee 30 artists and edit 60+ articles to produce and distribute a student-run publication on science, health, and medicine per semester
• Contributed in artwork and editing for the past 4 publications

• Perform experiments on bacteria and plants to improve efficiency in the lab's experiments
• Prepared media, agar, plantings, and maintenance of crops for laboratory experiments
• Assisted with dishwashing tasks and conducted autoclaving procedures, ensuring smooth laboratory operations

• Instructed on cancer drug development pathways
• Created presentation on radiation in treating breast cancer
• Continue to be a presence in the program by presenting annually on career trajectories and success in college with program students

• Assisted in testing and rat surgery for research on the spinothalamic tract pathway and on heart stents

Human Biology, Health, And Society

Minors: Human Development, Infectious Diseases Dean's List

Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Activities and Societies: The Pitt Pulse - Front Cover Graphic Designer, Women in HealthDean's List David C. Frederick Honors College.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Wootton Quiz Bowl - President, Cross-Age Teaching of Science - Co-President, English Honors Society.