Samantha S. Email & Phone Number

Canada

Canada

• Worked under the supervision of Dr. Malvankar with the Ivey Eye Institute at St. Joseph Hospital London while collaborating with other undergraduates and medical students.• Conducted and directed systematic reviews and meta-analyses in various fields of ophthalmology of which I am the main author. • Contributed to clinical study at Ivey Eye Institute through conducting surveys for data collection and running statistical analyses. • Consistently recruited patients for a clinical study at Ivey Eye Institute for 15+ hours per week as well as aided in the data collection process for cross-sectional questionnaires. • Developed skills such as database searching, data extraction, literature review, andmanuscript writing.

• Worked with students to improve their skills and comprehension in Math subjects through preparing lessons, assigning, and correcting homework and test. • Evaluated student’s progress and discussed the results, learning plan and goals with students and their parents. • Demonstrated exceptional organizational skills by scheduling tutoring session based on students’ individual learning needs and school schedule to best improve student success. • Identified, selected, and modified resources to meet students’ diverse needs and integrated worksheets to vary lessons and consolidate concepts through the use of innovative educational technology (i.e. Google Sheets, Desmos, etc.).

• Oversee all Council affairs, coordinate with Graduate Council/CSEB Western/SSCDepartment Representative and responsible for strategic planning• Built a safe community within the program module to enhance student experience • Lead nine executive members to serve the needs of the undergraduate students in the epidemiology and biostatistics module and the faculty

• Organized and established academic support networks via workshops for incoming third year students.• Wrote monthly newsletters with graduate students to highlight student and faculty department research and current local and global news.

• Responsible for organization-wide member management, skill development, succession planning, leadership conference, bi-weekly workshops, and annual team-building retreat for 200+ members.• Arranged the keynote speaker for the networking, resume, cover letter, interview, public speaking, sales, finance, and sponsorship workshops to assist organization members in improving their skill set.• Received most dedicated team member of the organization for the year for providing exceptional youth development opportunities for organization members.• Designed a succession strategy for host organization and four project teams to build a strong foundation for the effective translation of knowledge and skills in each position.• Planned and executed an overnight annual retreat focused on intra-team bonding, skill building, and unity between members of our 4 projects. • Recruited 50+ new members and oversaw execution of my succession plan for 150+ returning project members to grow the organization.

• Developed conference critical pathway agenda to enhance team efficiency and organization.• Recruited speakers to share their career pathway and mental health journeys as well as their advices to younger generations on how to balance work and personal life.• Partnered with two local business to host giveaways and to build awareness of the conference, which resulted in a tripling our number of Instagram followers. • Succeeded in organizing a professional career conference to 350+ youths and young adults and recruited over 45+ speakers over the years.

•Utilized Telus PS Suite EMR to admit patients, prepare charts, attach scans to EMR charts, book patient appointments, bill patients, etc.•Operated auto-refraction, optomap, and optical coherence tomography (OCT) machines while also communicating the purpose of all medical tests to patients. •Acted as liaison between optometrists and patients to communicate specialists’ appointments, inform patients of test results, triage emergency patients' situations, etc.

• Utilized strong leadership and communication skills to teach, coach, and grade between 20-25 students per week on their skating abilities and improving their ability to skate. • Responsible for the safety of children and the communication with parents and coaches on students’ progress week over week.• Collaborated with coaches and parents to build a personalized skating plan to best build the skating skills of each student. • Demonstrated exceptional organizational skills by going to the rink early and leaving late to set up equipment, lead warm up and cool down sessions and help children on and off the ice to build a positive, encouraging, and fun environment for children and youths to explore this unique sport.

• Engaged Western undergraduate students with new cutting-edge research projects and opportunities within the field of healthcare. • Hosted multiple networking booths for undergraduate students the opportunities to connect with graduate students, doctors, and faculty members.

• Designed weekly crafts for children’s psychiatry units using unique materials that abided by the unit’s guidelines to bring joy to children during their difficult hospital stay.• Created and packaged ~20 fun crafting kits per week that included instruction manuals, art supplies, and tools needed to construct the crafts while also giving freedom to children to personalize their crafts at Parkwood Mental Institute.

London, Ontario, Canada

• Direct point of contact between Friends of Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) club and Ontario Hall residence• Represented Western Friends of MSF Club at Ontario Hall Residence through promoting club events and running residence event to raise awareness and to fundraise for MSF • Organized Ontario Hall Christmas Fundraiser by ordering supplies, supervising fundraising booth and managing money fundraised

• Create and manage club marketing, budgets, and lead the executive team to execute visions and prepare members for medical competitions.• Responsible for chapter registration, membership and other organizational tasks such as handling club finances that entailed registration and membership fees

• Organized office and medical supplies to maintain sterile and tidy workplace through restocking and executing administrative and medical tasks• Increase efficiency in nursing unit patient care by creating blood kits, transporting patients or medical technologies• Translated and interpreted dialogue between patients and medical staff in English, French and Cantonese