Manteca, California, United States
• Developed and executed research projects • Drafted IRB protocols and grant proposals • Recruited participants for clinical trials and other research projects • Managed day-to-day activities of various research projects • Supervised undergraduate students and medical students Publications: Ugarte DA, Cumberland WG, Flores L, Young SD. Public Attitudes About COVID-19 in Response to President Trump's Social Media Posts. JAMA Netw Open. 2021;4(2):e210101. doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.0101 Singh P, Cumberland WG, Ugarte D, Bruckner TA, Young SD. Association Between Generalized Anxiety Disorder Scores and Online Activity Among US Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Cross-Sectional Analysis. J Med Internet Res. 2020;22(9):e21490. Published 2020 Sep 10. doi:10.2196/21490 Hossain T, Logan RL IV, Ugarte A, Matsubara Y, Young S, Singh S. COVIDLIES: Detecting COVID-19 Misinformation on Social Media. 2020 NLP COVID-19 Workshop Part II.:11. https://www.aclweb.org/anthology/2020.nlpcovid19-2.11.pdf
• Rotated through psychiatric services including outpatient clinic, consult service, and Substance Abuse Rehabilitation Program. • Interviewed patients, took history, presented cases to an attending physician, and wrote progress notes. • Presented at case conferences about schizophrenia and mood and affect disorders
• Recruited patients with treatment resistant schizophrenia as part of multiple multi-site investigator sponsored clinical studies. • Conducted MoCA evaluations on hospitalized patients and assessed the data.
• Conducted scientific research on tumor biology, specifically glioblastomas. • Performed immunofluorescent staining on mouse brain slices and analyzed the slices by a fluorescent microscope. • Poster Presentation: Ugarte, A., Khosh, N., Brown, C. E., Barish, M. (2011). Comparison of Engraftment and Migration of Two Patient-derived Brain Tumor Lines. CIRM 2011 Bridges Trainee Meeting, Burlingame, CA
• Tutored English, Math, and Science to various grade levels.