Brief Profile:
Major upward trend. I had a 2.6 sGPA freshman year but graduated 05/10 with a 3.55 sGPA (maintained 3.95 sGPA for 3 years)
CV (current at AMCAS submission date):
Personal
Birthdate: April 15, 1987 Birthplace: Long Island, New York Languages: English, Spanish
Education
2002-2005 St. Pauls School (Concord, NH)
2006-2010 Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA) Degree: Bachelor of Science in Biology Minor: Non-profit Business Management
Basic Science Research Experience
2006-2007 Plant Physiology: Stem Photosynthesis as a Survival Mechanism in Ceanothus spinosus Chaparral Injured by an Extreme Freezing Event Mentor: xxxx xxxxx, Ph.D
2007-2009 Molecular Biology: Signal Transduction in ER stressed Fibroblast cells elicits a proteosomal based destruction of the Mitochondrial outer membrane protein, Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1 Mentor: xxxx xxxx, Ph.D - NSF-REU grant #xxx-xxxxxxx
Clinical Research Experience
Dates Company Study 2010-Present Amgen Hyperlipidemia 2010-Present Ardea Biosciences Gout 2010-Present Boehringer Ingelheim Diabetes Mellitus TII 2010-Present Glaxo Smith Kline Diabetes Mellitus TII 2010-Present Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Mellitus TII 2010-Present Merck Hyperlipidemia 2010-Present Sanofi Aventis Diabetes Mellitus TII 2010-Present Takeda Hypertension 2010-Present Takeda Gout / Cardiovascular 2010-Present Novo Nordisk Diabetes Mellitus TII
Publications
2008 Davis, S., Helms, A., Heffner, M., Shaver, A., Amory de Roulet D., Stasiak, N., Vaughan.,Leake, C., Lee, H., Sayegh, E. Chaparral Zonation in the Santa Monica Mountains: The Influence of Freezing Temperatures. Fremontia, 35:12-15.
Presentations
2007 “Ceanothus spinosus Green Stem Photosynthesis Elicits Freeze-Induced Survival Strategy” Posterboard presentation at Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research. CSU, Los Angeles.
2008 “Signal Transduction in Endoplasmic Reticulum stressed Fibroblast cells elicit a proteosomal based destruction of the Mitochondrial outer membrane protein, Myeloid Cell Leukemia-1.” Oral presentation at Southern California Conference for Undergraduate Research. CSU, Pomona.
Activities & Experiences
2005 Intern with the Ladakhi Heart Foundation – Jammu and Kashmir Province, India. Assisted M.D.s with providing medical care to rural Indian (Himalayan) populations.
2006 Intern with PREDISAN (Medical NGO) – Catacamas, Honduras. Helped provide basic healthcare and performed educational programs on basic hygiene. Shadowed multiple M.D.s providing primary care to rural Honduran population.
2006 Volunteer in Emergency Department – Franklin Hospital, Queens, New York. In addition to volunteer duties, shadowed ER chief physician.
2006-2009 President & Founder of Waves for Change – Student Organization. Raised $70,000 for SurfAid International, a medical non-governmental organization.
2007-2010 Volunteer at Venice family clinic – Venice, California. Clinic provided basic healthcare to low-income and Latin American populations in Los Angeles.
2009-2010 Independent Student Preceptorship – Cedars Sinai Hospital, Los Angeles. Volunteered under Dr. xxxxx xxxx, Director of xxxxx. Additionally shadowed physicians in Procedure Center and Internal Medicine wards. *** For anyone going to college in LA, this experience was transformative for me. I enthusiastically recommend the program!
2010-Present Independent GED Tutor – The Dream Center, Los Angeles. Volunteered as a GED tutor for a forty year old student who had been a veteran member of the El Salvadorian gang La Mara Selvatrucha. He grew up homeless in San Salvador, was a federal inmate in both Mexico and the United States, and suffered chronic conditions from gun shot wounds to the head and chest. He has been enrolled in the Dream Center rehabilitation program for three years and plans to take the GED in 2012.
2010-Present Clinical Research Coordinator – xxxxxxx Institute of Research, Los Angeles. Responsibilities include: regulatory and data maintenance and laboratory processing of subject specimens.