Greater Chicago Area
Assist with ongoing research studies within the Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care Medicine at the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine. Responsibilities include consenting patients, performing interventions, recording data, and managing patient follow ups.
Design and teach a curriculum to help students who failed the Biology HSA retake the test. Develop study and test taking strategies to improve testing performance. Monitor individual student performance.
Lead small-group homework help sessions twice a week. Develop creative learning strategies for course material students are struggling with. Encourage collaborative thinking and problem solving by using probing questions and group discussions. Meet with course professor to establish session goals and share updates on the progress of students in the course.
Selected as a fellow for Minority Health and Health Disparities International Research Training Program, sponsored by the Johns Hopkins School of Nursing. Reviewed 2,453 article abstracts for inclusion in Dr. Yeon-Hwan Park’s systematic review on the effects of health coaching on chronic disease management among the elderly. Presented twice to a team of researchers from the US and Korea about the project’s progress.
Investigated epigenetic regulation of germ cell differentiation in Drosophila testis by the novel gene Slamdance (sda). Carried out RNAi and heat shock experiments to study in vivo behavior of sda. Dissected and prepared tissue samples for imaging to visualize the effect of the sda mutation on niche architecture Maintained crosses between mutant and wildtype flies to gauge generational effect of mutation