Chief scribe of the fellowship where my job is to be to be the point of contact for fellows and physicians, create the schedule for the fellows, organize meetings/events, lead a clinical research project, train incoming scribes, and more.

•Used clinical fine needle aspiration specimens to gather data on cell counts of thyroid biopsies to describe features of smears that are unsuccessful in genetic testing and compare our data with published data for validated out-house genetic testing•Interpreted results and shared findings with physicians and other clinical staff•Presented preliminary findings at Stanford Pathology Retreat and most recently our team presented findings at USCAP

Working as a part time medical scribe as a part of the COMET fellowship at Stanford for two different clinics. My primary clinic is the Fine Needle Aspiration (FNA) clinic at the Palo Alto Stanford hospital where my responsibilities include assisting with the FNA procedure. I also am able to view specimens we get under the microscope and learn the diagnoses for these specimens, so I have started to learn much more about the field of pathology while also getting abundant patient contact. I am also a part time medical scribe at an orthopedic clinic in Redwood City where my responsibilities include scribing for my provider for new patient appointments. Scribing in this clinic has helped me learn more specific medical terminology in the orthopedic field and has also helped me observe how my provider is able to interact with the patients and make their experience better.

Shadowing a bariatric surgeon at the hospital:My duties include observing surgical procedures including pre-op and post-op procedures. I have been able to understand the care and precision involved in surgeries. Learning the intense set up for a procedure as well as the procedure itself, from the administration of anesthesiology to the actual opening of the stomach. The pre and post operation has shown me how empathetic physicians are with their patients, and has been an invaluable experience for me in solidifying my goal of becoming a physician in the future.

•As Vice President of the club, I was in charge of leading club meetings, outreach both at Rice and through the Houston community, creating the volunteer schedule, and being the point of contact for the volunteers•I then transitioned into the head of curriculum, where I was in charge of creating all the experiments and lesson plans for each week, ordering all the materials, and giving a demo to the volunteers so they knew what to do on lesson day

•Investigated protein-protein interactions in bacterial cell division, specifically involving the crucial Fts proteins that make up the divisome•Performed Genomic DNA Preps, PCR, DNA transformations, Western blotting, gel electrophoresis, site directed mutagenesis, and other experimental procedures•Participated in other miscellaneous activities as a part of the program such as visiting many of the medical school research talks, visiting medical school classes, and more•Maintained detailed lab notes and assisted with lab upkeep.

Kodiak is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company specializing in novel therapeutics to treat chronic, high-prevalence ophthalmic diseases. I worked on image analysis using a software called ImageJ to help gather data on different drugs’ effects on eye cells, and helped graph the data as well.

•Used Drosophila melanogaster as a tool to study genetic variation and evolution of behavior •Cultivated different variations of fruit flies with different genotypes and phenotypes to put them under different ecological settings and observe differences in behavior•Conducted artificial evolution experiments to understand how and why behavior changes over generations•Maintained detailed lab notes and assisted with lab upkeep

Examined the cerebral cortex in a mouse and investigated whether a gene called TLE4 up-regulatesor down-regulates certain proteins in the deep layered cortex which are known to cause diseases like schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s. This experience confirmed my interest in biology and the medical field, as I dissected mouse brains, sectioned them, created different primers, ran multiple PCR’s and much more in the process of in situ hybridization. [Video of my research presentation available upon request].