Shirley Lopez De Leon Email & Phone Number

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

- Fostered residential community for 64 first-years (2022-23) and 28 sophomores (2023-24) through floor meetings, active and passive programming, and general advising- Trained in conflict resolution, crisis management, emergency response, policy enforcement, diversity awareness, community development, and leadership and teamwork skills

St Louis, Missouri, United States

- Selected to serve as a peer mentor to 5 first-year students, coaching on time management, writing skills, self-advocacy, financial management, etc.- Cultivate a supportive academic community through consistent individual meetings and multiple group programs

St Louis, Missouri, United States

- Oversaw gym floor and enforce facility guidelines to ensure safety for over 500 members- Managed customer crises or concerns by ensuring all machines and equipment are working, attending injuries, and unlocking malfunctioned lockers

- Studied how the gene MYT1L regulates gene expression in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) through Massively Parallel Reporter Assays (MPRAs), under PhD candidate Colin Florian - Performed laboratory experiments such as restriction digest cloning, plasmid production, transfection of plasmids, DNA/RNA extraction, RT-PCR, cell culture, flow cytometry

St Louis, Missouri, United States

- Studied ovarian cancer progression and the development of metastasis in the tumor microenvironment, under PhD candidate Emilee Kotnik- Performed laboratory protocols such as cell maintenance, qPCR, clonogenic staining, DNA and protein quantification, Western blot, cell viability assays, etc.

- Selected to train in the laboratory of Dr. Michelle Evans, MD, in the Laboratory of Epidemiology & Population Sciences (LEPS), on behalf of the NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program- Investigated the role of adaptive and maladaptive coping strategies as a mediator in the relationship between racial/ethnic discrimination and insomnia symptoms among Sister Study participants, under postdoctoral fellow Rupsha Singh, PhD

- Selected to participate in a 5-week virtual, cohort-modeled leadership program for underrepresented minorities in medicine- Built connections with faculty, staff, and students at Georgetown University School of Medicine- Collaborated with team members to devise an Incubating Change Project (ICP) focused on mitigating health disparities in the unhoused population

Summit, New Jersey, United States

- Shadowed over 20 healthcare professionals in one-day rotations for different medical specialties- Gained over 120 hours of clinical experience in the operating room, emergency department, hospital floors, doctors’ offices or meetings, while interacting with physician mentors on a personal basis

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

- Organize and unify the SEGL graduate community by becoming an official point of contact for my semester cohort of 21 students - Communicate with SEGL about graduate whereabouts, contact information, and networking and fundraising events

- Attended personal and professional developmental workshops- Met and interacted with business leaders from several corporate partners - Engaged in individual coaching and mentoring over a four-week period

Newark, New Jersey, United States

- Participated in leadership and career training - Sat in weekly workshops at various professional firms

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba, Biology, General

Activities and Societies: Annexstad Family Foundation Scholars, Deneb Stars, GlobeMed, Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students.

High School Diploma, General Studies

Activities and Societies: Elected Secretary of the Student Council, Co-founder and President of the First Responders Club (Mental Health.

International Relations And Affairs

Using London, England as an interactive classroom, SEGL’s Summer Ethics and Leadership Institute is a 5-week program for rising high.