Donald & Barbara Zucker School of Medicine

University of Pennsylvania

John P Stevens High School

Research Assistant at Northwell Health

Penn Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Health System

Resident Physician

Medical School Admissions counselor, assisting MD, DO, PA, and PhD program applicants to US medical schools

Inspira Advantage

Medial School Admissions Consultant

Medical Student

My team strives to promote the health and well-being of children and families in underserved communities with high rates of chronic disease including obesity. My responsibilities include working with individual organizations to provide accessible and affordable resources for communities for child obesity prevention and breastfeeding promotion, and writing and editing literature such as grant proposals and research study manuscripts on these topics.

Northwell Health

Research Assistant

Collaborated with a team of statisticians and real world data experts to conduct a retrospective US-based claims database analysis on treatment patterns and health care resource utilization in ovarian cancer
Conducted database search/literature reviews in renal cell and ovarian cancers. Developed data processes for BRCA/ATM mutation studies in ovarian cancer, produced a report on indirect treatment comparison in ovarian cancer; quality tested the ePRO User Assisted Device for Quality of Life Surveys for ovarian cancer on immunotherapy /chemotherapy

Pfizer

Health Economics and Outcomes Research 

Presented at Sept 12. FDA meeting "Reducing the Risk of Preventable Adverse Drug Events Associated with Hypoglycemia in the Older Population" 
Researched, wrote, and edited 40+ reports for Closer Look and diaTribe newsletters about medical science of diabetes and obesity, health policy, healthcare companies, interviews with professionals in the field, and scientific conferences
Authored diaTribe.com 's Access series piece on Medicare and Diabetes
Supervised the  4 week Junior Summer Associate program for high school girls 
Performed metrics analysis on readership of two publications, diatribe.org and Closer Look
Attended the 77th annual American Diabetes Association conference

Close Concerns

Summer Associate

Clinical Research Assistant for Living Brain Project
Obtain and analyze brain, blood, and skin biopsies during Deep Brain Stimulation procedures
Obtain consent from patients for research study and conduct patient evaluations before surgery
Brain Cutting Class student- learned how to use post mortem brain sections to diagnose cause of death 
Shadow and observe neurology clinic and neurosurgeries; update neuropsych evaluation score database for 120+ patients

Mount Sinai Health System

Clinical Research Coordinator Assistant, Dept. of Neurosurgery

Clinical Trial Research Asst. in renal, and prostate cancers. Published in multiple journals and presented at multiple national meetings in GU cancers

Clinical Research Assistant

RNA and DNA preparation work- determining concentration and checking the quality of the RNA using Qubit and BioAnalyzer
Determined cDNA microassay concentration using NanoDrop 
Worked with the Sciclone and Fragment Analyzer for poly-A/RiboZero prep.

Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Genomics Department Intern

Research on  CXCR4 gene expression in adrenocortical cancers in tumor / blood specimens
Performed DNA gels, cell culture, PCR, protein & micro assays, Western blot / Annexins; used Gene Snap / NanoDrop technology
Presented at weekly journal club / lab meetings to clinical fellows, post-docs, and NIH faculty

Pearl S.