Megan Lee

M.D. Candidate at VCU School of Medicine

Irvine, California, United States

About

Graduated from the University of Chicago with a B.S. in Biology with Honors, specializing in Cancer Biology and Global Health.

Experience

  • Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator at UCLA Health
    Sep 2024 - May 2025 · 9 mos

    Department of Hematology/Oncology

  • Medical Scribe at Orange Coast Womens Medical
    Nov 2022 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 8 mos

    Medical Scribe for OB-GYN Dr. Mary O'Toole

  • Research Assistant for the Department of Psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine
    Sep 2022 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos

    Evaluated the efficacy of economic models in representing financial relationships between pharmaceutical companies and psychiatric healthcare practitioners. Co-author of three publications featured in BMJ Open, Psychiatric Services, and Cureus.

  • Teaching Assistant at University of Chicago
    Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 · 10 mos

    Principles of Biology (BIOS 10130) Laboratory Teaching Assistant for Professor Alison Hunter Principles of Biology (BIOS 10130) Lecture Teaching Assistant for Professor Beatrice Fineschi

  • Research Assistant for the Department of Surgery at UChicago Medicine
    Apr 2021 - Jun 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

    Research Assistant for Dr. Xavier Keutgen. Investigated the role of artemin inhibition in radiosensitizing pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs). Trained in Western Blot analysis, PCR and amplification, tissue culture, and transgenic mouse work. Selected for a rigorous 12-month honors program to develop and defend a thesis based on original laboratory research.