Warren Acker Email & Phone Number

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Greater Boston Area

Researched effective ways to improve healthcare through the development of an allergy alert system to reduce the rate of prescribed allergic reactions, a speech recognition error alert system, clinical decision support systems, and the assessment of malpractice claims to identify trends in healthcare errors. Managed, organized, and ran meetings for 4 research grants in Bioinformatics on a multidisciplinary team. Published a report on food allergy in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology which was featured in the NY Times among other news sources.

Forty-Fort, Pa

Researching the natural history and genetics of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy at the Genomic Medicine Institute as a part of Geisinger MyCode and GenomeFirst initiatives.

Greater Boston Area

Served as an Americorps full time volunteer in a fourth grade classroom working towards a goal of 1700 service hours and 105 hour of one on one tutoring. Provided small group tutoring and behavior coaching in and out of the classroom. Co-lead fourth grade after school program which provided English language arts interventions, homework help, and social emotional learning activities. Tracked, analyzed, and translated student data into practical insights to enable corps members to offer the most effective educational interventions.

Ithaca, New York Area

Graduated with a Bachelors of Science Degree, Major in Independent Engineering, Primary Focus in Chemical Engineering, Secondary Focus in Premedical Studies, with a Minor in Biomedical Engineering.

Developed and tested different size liposomes for use as a drug delivery system for treating Glioblastoma. Documented with careful precision protocol to develop liposomes of a 100 nm diameter. Collaborated with chemical engineering PhD. student in testing its efficacy s a drug transporter through the blood brain barrier.

Danville, Pa

Researched as a part of a Geisinger research team the link between the gene Lck and obesity. Performed protein assays, western blots, and other procedures in collaboration with a principal researcher.

Northeastern Pa

Worked as a STAMPP Intern which involved surveying various roads, drainage pipes, and shoulders of roads in northeastern PA.

Doctor Of Medicine (M.D.), Medicine

Masters Of Science, Biomedical Sciences, 3.73

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Psi, Peer Advising, Orientation Leader, Relay for Life.