Sara Abdullah Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Peel, Ontario, Canada

Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

Remote

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Karāchi, Sindh, Pakistan

Pakistan

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

“Describing Internalized and Enacted Stigma Experienced by Women living with Fistula in Moshi, Tanzania”

Teacher's Assistant for Research Methods in Global Health - Jan 2016 - Present:• Provided support in designing lectures and assignments• Graded research proposals and assignments• Provided one on one tutoring to students to help communicate essential conceptsTeacher's Assistant for Bio-statistics and Epidemiology, August 2015 - Dec 2015• Provided assistance to the professor to prepare class material and grading• Provided assistance to students with regards to course material outside of class• Attended STATA lab course to provide hands on help while coding

Moshi, Tanzania

Project Name: Pilot Test of a Mental Health Intervention for Women with Obstetric Fistula• Participated in data collection and management• Participated in outreach activities in nearby rural districts• Conducted quantitative and qualitative analysis of the data collected

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

"Improving Mental Health in Women with Obstetric Fistula"• Wrote basic code on STATA for scoring of measures• Reviewed literature and added to the data base• Wrote qualitative memos for generated transcripts

Mount Holyoke College

• Explained microeconomic concepts via self-created examples and case studies thereby providing additional help to students• Provided support to the faculty by helping to reinforce important concepts and going over exam problems• Communicated student concerns and areas of difficulty to the faculty thereby representing the student body

Mount Holyoke College

• Supervised all of the four community advisors of the building• Took on a leadership role for all the 200 residents in the hall by helping them come up with solutions to various problems• Provided conflict mediation dealing with issues in a firm yet fair manner• Handled the budget of the building on a daily basis, allocating money fairly and efficiently for different events and dorm accessories• Represented my staff and my hall community to the professional staff and then worked with them to come up with solutions

Mount Holyoke College

• Undertook community event planning and used the budget allotted efficiently, to hold successful events• Responsible for the welfare of all my residents and acted as a constant resource for all issues, including but not limited to academic advising and conflict mediation• Served as the person of contact during many weekend nights for the campus police so as to ensure the safety of college residents

Mount Holyoke College

“Isolation and Characterization of Chloramphenicol Resistant Mitochondrial Mutants in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae”• Isolated Yeast Strains and tested them for antibiotic sensitivity, mating efficiencies and auxotrophic requirements• Plated selected strains for spontaneous mutagenesis on media containing chloramphenicol• Tested mutants for nuclear versus mitochondrial inheritance via random diploid analysis• Performed allelism tests and calculated recombination frequencies• Carried out DNA extraction, electrophoresis and PCR to isolate mutated region of the mitochondrial genome• Performed DNA sequencing to discover sites of antibiotic resistance and to reconfirm the sequence of the already known cap1 mutation site in the region.

Mount Holyoke College

• Collected and entered data from the World Bank and isolated anomalies, in an efficient and timely manner• Reviewed literature extensively and collected sources especially those that pertained to the middle income trap• Summarized and analyzed reports such as the human capital report

University Of Massachusetts, Amherst

• Collected historical data for all countries using the OECD, WHO, World Bank, IMF, and other sources in an efficient and timely manner. • Analyzed trends in health expenditures and its effects on other variables via scatter plots and literature review• Examined current policies and proposed policy changes for the listed countries, providing informed and knowledgeable feedback• Compared the effects of the Affordable Health Care Act to that of the single payer health care system. The analysis was then presented at a health care conference in Seattle, WA

Karachi, Pakistan

• Performed DNA extraction on formalin fixed paraffin embedded cancer tissues efficiently• Performed Gel Electrophoresis and taught its proper techniques to incoming interns successfully• Carried out test PCR and practiced PCR optimization techniques• Participated in discussions with the professional staff regarding the research, suggesting many different approaches that were then presented to the department

Karachi, Pakistan

• Worked in the treasury, rotating between the private sector, FX desk and the head economist thereby gaining knowledge in all areas • Made Budget Reports and wrote articles for the Bank Magazine that were then approved and published by the bank• Participated in trading at the foreign exchange desk by negotiating with brokers confidently and demonstrated an ability to think quickly• Studied bond portfolios and worked on the drafting of bond information to be circulated in the market

Master Of Science (M.Sc.) In Global Health, Global Health

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Economics And Biology