Martha Rea-Moreno

PhD Student

New York, New York, United States

About

I am a second-year PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences program at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. I am in Dr. Ya-Wen Chen's lab focusing on epithelial-immune cell crosstalk within the distal lung to elucidate the roles they play during development and disease.

Experience

  • PHD Student at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
    Aug 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos

  • Associate Researcher at Mount Sinai Health System
    Jan 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 6 mos

    - Continuing my work with Dr. Ya-Wen Chen in studying lung disease using lung organoids. - Lab manager: manage laboratory supplies, place orders, assist others in experiments - Designated Laboratory Safety Officer (LSO): maintain laboratory safety by ensuring lab members are up-to-date in their training, perform quarterly laboratory safety check-ups

  • CIRM Bridges to Stem Cell Research Intern at USC at California Institute for Regenerative Medicine
    Jan 2021 - Jan 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo

    Our lab studies lung development and disease. I developed and optimized a lung injury model in vitro.

  • Research Assistant Intern at The Lundquist Institute for Biomedical Innovation at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
    Oct 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 4 mos

    - Assist the supervisor with various projects involving human samples. - Perform various tests and experiments on the samples. - Organize and clean the laboratory; monitor and maintain laboratory equipment. - Document data; organize the data and ensure accuracy.

  • Barista at Starbucks
    May 2019 - Jan 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos