Position:
MD/PhD Candidate at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Work:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
since Jul 2012
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MD/PhD Candidate
Tutor.com
- New York, NY Sep 2011 - Jan 2013
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Tutor Level 1
National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease)
- Rocky Mountain Laboratory, Hamilton, MT Jun 2011 - Jun 2012
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Post-baccalaureate Researcher (RTS/Genomics Unit)
Brown University
- Providence, RI Feb 2011 - Jun 2011
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Teaching Assistant (BIOL0500)
Brown University
- Providence, RI Sep 2008 - Jun 2011
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Undergraduate Research Assistant
Baylor College of Medicine
- Houston, TX Jun 2010 - Aug 2010
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Summer Researcher (SMART Program)
Education:
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai 2012 - 2019
MD/PhD
Brown University 2007 - 2011
BS, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The University of Texas-Pan American 2007 - 2007
Interests:
Microarray Chip Hybridization and Analysis, NextGen Sequencing, Immune Anti-Viral Response, Host-Pathogen Interactions, Tennis, Cooking, Eating, Movies
Languages:
English, Spanish, Greek (modern)
Awards:
Mount Sinai School of Medicine Science and Leadership Merit Award
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Award provided for science and leadership experience.
INRO Training Award
NIAID
Training award provided by the Intramural NIAID Rresearch Opportunities at the NIH. The funding also included a speaker presentation at the 2012 INRO conference in Bethesda, MD.
Sigma Chi membership award
Brown University Biology Undergraduate Affairs
Membership award provided for graduation with honors for the thesis, The Role of Pheromone Receptors Ste2 and Ste3 in Candida albicans Biofilm Development.
ABRCMS Travel Award
Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS)
Travel award for the 10th annual conference for the poster entitled: The Effects of Testosterone Replacement Therapy on Leptin-Deficient Mice.
Brown University Undergraduate Research and Teaching Award (UTRA)
Brown University
UTRA funding provided for the Sequence Analysis of Pathogenic Yeast Families. The poster was also presented at the Brown University Summer Research Symposium.