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Ameek Bindra

Ameek Bindra

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    MD Candidate @ Carle Illinois College of Medicine (UIUC)

  • Education

    • SikhLEAD

      2018 - 2018
      Alumni Public Policy SALDEF Intern

      Activities and Societies: Developed Sikh Awareness Training Presentation for CLEAR Institute in New Jersey to increase awareness of cultural and religious diversity for law enforcement and state government officials

    • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

      2023 - 2027
      Doctor of Medicine - MD

    • West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North

      2014 - 2018
      High School Graduate PHYSICAL SCIENCES 4.5/4.0

      Activities and Societies: National Honors Society, Spanish Honors Society, Debate League (Vice President), Medical Forum (President and HOSA Founder), Tutoring Society (President), Hands Across the Water (Founder and President), JV Field Hockey, JV Soccer, South Asian American Students Association

    • University of California, Berkeley

      2018 - 2022
      Bachelor's Data Science & Human Biology

      Activities and Societies: Honors Health & Tech Fellow @ Fung Fellowship, Data Scholar @ D-Lab, President of Sikh Students Association, Health Education Director @ BPSHI

  • Experience

    • Alameda Health System

      Jan 2019 - Dec 2019

      • Program Shift Lead

        Aug 2019 - Dec 2019

      • Health Advocate

        Jan 2019 - Aug 2019

    • Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

      Jun 2019 - Aug 2020
      Metabolic Disease & Machine Learning Researcher at the El Ouaamari Lab

      • Developed robust computational algorithm using Machine Learning & AI to classify pancreatic alpha and beta cells using ImageJ/Fiji in Python that decreased quantification time by 70% and count accuracy by 20%• Applied techniques including hands-on bench experience, fluorescence microscopy, morphometric and data analysis, and critical analysis of scientific literature revolving around metabolism and diabetes research

    • UC Berkeley College of Computing, Data Science, and Society

      Jan 2020 - May 2020
      Genetics Biostatistics Researcher

      • Research thesis/poster: "Normalization of ATAC-seq DNA Chromatin Conformation" under the mentorship of Koen van Den Berge and The Dudoit Lab• Acknowledged in paper: "Normalization benchmark of ATAC-seq datasets shows the importanceof accounting for GC-content effects"• Benchmarked numerous normalization methods (Full Quantile, Conditional Quantile, DESeq2, Trimmed Mean of M-Values, etc.) on large gene atlas datasets in R• Evaluated and visualized methods using Hierarchal Clustering Trees, Fold Change Bias, and Relative Log Expression (RLE) plots to test tissue specificity and ordering Show less

    • Fung Fellowship at UC Berkeley

      Jun 2020 - Jun 2022

      • Designing a Graphical User Interface for an iOS application to optimize radiation treatment for cancer patients in collaboration with UCSF after qualitatively interviewing 20+ healthcare providers and patients • Selected and served as the leader of the Fung Fellowship Student Board, acting as a liaison between students, faculty and staff of the program• Led the student board, oversaw roles and tasks, and conducted meetings between board and faculty of program • Selected for competitive entrepreneurship and human-centered design program with UC Berkeley's College of Engineering and School of Public Health• Partnered with Kaiser Permanente and UC San Francisco to prototype solutions for the accessibility and promotion of telehealth services during the COVID-19 pandemic, specifically towards non-English speaking demographic

      • Health + Tech Honors Fellow

        Jun 2021 - Jun 2022

      • Student Board Leader

        Oct 2020 - Jun 2021

      • Health + Tech Innovations Fellow

        Jun 2020 - Oct 2020

    • UC Berkeley School of Public Health

      Sept 2020 - May 2021
      Epidemiology and Data Science Researcher at the Marshall Lab

      Programmed Data Analysis pipelines for geospatially mapping genetics-based strategies to control mosquito-borne diseases and predicting the spread of genetically-modified mosquitoes

    • Pear Suite

      Jan 2023 - Jun 2023
      Operations

    • Carle Illinois College of Medicine

      Jun 2023 - now
      M.D. Candidate

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Seal of Biliteracy in Spanish

      Global Seal of Biliteracy
      May 2017

    • Biomedical Research

      CITI Program

  • Volunteer Experience

    • President

      Issued by UC Berkeley Sikh Student Association on May 2021
      UC Berkeley Sikh Student AssociationAssociated with Ameek Bindra

    • Junior Sikh Coalition

      Issued by The Sikh Coalition on Sept 2015
      The Sikh CoalitionAssociated with Ameek Bindra

    • President

      Issued by March of Dimes on Jan 2015
      March of DimesAssociated with Ameek Bindra

    • Health Education Director

      Issued by Bhagat Puran Singh Health Initiative on Aug 2019
      Bhagat Puran Singh Health InitiativeAssociated with Ameek Bindra