Wadi Eghterafi Email & Phone Number

● Employ validation, active listening, and reflection to support texter in crisis (e.g. suicidal thoughts) to vent and create safety plans.

● Led a project to create and assess an AI that detected cancerous lung nodules.● Pioneered an imaging algorithm that diagnosed COVID-19 X-ray scans, resulting in Rush’s Research Finalist Award● Collaborated with physicists and physicians to port our AI to a smartphone for accessibility.

● Lead and organized a research team to conduct and submit a project to the International Street Medicine Symposium XVIIregarding the intersectionality of gender, race, and homelessness.● Provided medical and emotional support to Chicagoans experiencing homelessness as a part of an interdisciplinary healthcare team.● Communicated with local organizations to collaborate in providing high-quality healthcare to people experiencing homelessness

● As president, I organized programming and presented at meetings for professional relationship building, resumé building, and our personal statement workshop.● As director of service, I mentored Middle Eastern American undergraduate students, organized fundraisers, and planned service projects for local community centers and hospitals.

Greater Los Angeles Area

● Conducted research on homeless encampments and poverty, earning our team the UCLA Dean Support Award● Launched one of the first community-organized opioid reversal kit networks in Westwood with four chapters at UCI, UCD, USC, and UCLA.● Established a weekly outreach team to provide basic care for the vulnerable in collaboration with Los Angeles County.

● Investigated peer learning and the effects of different feedback on learning resulting in the following publication in the Online Learning Journal: Eghterafi, Wadi, et al. "Effect of Feedback with Video-Based Peer Modeling on Learning and Self-Efficacy." Online Learning 26.2 (2022): 1-21.

● Performed venipunctures for patients experiencing homelessness.● Organized volunteers in the specimen laboratory to process and send samples to our providers for further analysis.

● Coordinated a clinical research project with Dr. Sid Danesh to explore tobacco use and sebaceous cyst formation.● Trained students in the clinical aspects of service and patient care.● Prepared surgical equipment, stitches, and laser equipment for cystic excision and other procedures.

Greater Los Angeles Area

● Diffused psychological and behavioral emergencies in coordination with police officers and social workers.● Efficiently managed a wide range of emergency cases, ranging from behavioral emergencies to wound care.● Effectively delivered patient reports to the LA City Fire, LAPD, the Department of Mental Health, and the Sheriff's Office.

Brea

● Prepared exhibits for trial and virtualized the company office.● Honed my communication skills by directing and answering questions from clients.● Demonstrated organization by creating a system to categorize cases.

Long Beach

● Explored the efficacy of a particle sensor, fast-tracking contamination assessment of objects pre-space flight.● Constructed and presented a research poster communicating my findings to the scientific Boeing community.

● Generated case studies on ABC flow and Molar systems regarding integrating computer models into chaotic theory for projectiles.● Spearheaded an extension and explanation of the Magnus Effect expressed through differential equations modeling advanced projectile motion.