Ryan O'Hara

Experience

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  Holimont Ski Resort

  Oct 2009 - Apr 2016

  Alpine Ski Instructor

  - PSIA Level 1 Certified Children's Alpine instructor

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  Tops Markets

  Apr 2012 - May 2013

  Cashier
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  University at Buffalo

  Nov 2012 - May 2016

  Administrative Assistant

  - Creating applications for large quantities of applicants for the Mechanical and Aerospace Graduate Department- Communicating with international and domestic applicants to address questions and concerns- Creating data and demographic spreadsheets for the MAE department, the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and the University- Staying organized and keeping pace with large amounts of work

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  Canon Stroke and Vascular Research Center

  Sept 2013 - Jul 2016

  Research Assistant

  Segmented 100+ vascular geometries of patients with anuerysms or stenosed vessels from rotational angiography scans.Developed new methods for improving patient-specific anatomical modeling and 3D printing.3D printed patient-specific vascular phantoms for surgical planning and device testing.

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  Center for Computational Research

  May 2014 - Aug 2014

  Engineering Intern

  Writing visualization software with Unity to create different tools for scene visualization and processing.

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  School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

  Sept 2014 - Jan 2015

  Student Assistant to the Dean of Engineering

  -Lead coordinator for the Dean's Science is Elementary STEM education program for Westminster Charter School-Responsible for organizing volunteers, experiments, and supplies

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  University at Buffalo's NYS Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics & Life Sciences (CBLS)

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2015

  Research Assistant

  - Mastered clean room techniques including spin coating, mask alignment, developing, plasma cleaning, porting, surface profiling, and device testing- Designed a two-layer mask using AutoCAD for a microfluidic device that aligns hepatocytes forming a hepatic cord

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  University at Buffalo Graduate School

  Jan 2015 - May 2015

  Administrative Assistant

  - Recording and filing conferral information for all graduate students at the University of Buffalo- Use of Microsoft Access and Excel to maintain student records

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  Johns Hopkins Medicine

  Aug 2016 - Jul 2023

  Research Assistant

  Developed and tested novel personalized mechanistic cardiac models for precise clinical decision support in ventricular arrhythmia risk assessment and catheter ablation with international collaborations.Implemented finite element software for all computational models used by our group.Mentored three undergraduate students and multiple junior graduate students.

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  The Johns Hopkins University

  Aug 2018 - now

  Teaching Assistant for “Computational Medicine: Cardiology” [2 Semesters]- Collaborated on curriculum and exam development, developed supplementary learning materials, led weekly sections, graded all exams, and mentored three undergraduate TAs. (~100 students)Teaching Assistant for “Computational Medicine: Cardiology Laboratory” [2 Semester]- Developed and virtually delivered an online lab course where students learned to read, acquire, and diagnose an electrocardiogram; Created and documented a DIY EKG module via an electronics kit shipped to each individual student during the height of the COVID pandemic. (~100 students) Show less

  • Course Instructor

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Course Developer

    Jul 2020 - May 2022

  • Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2018 - Dec 2021
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  Alliance for Cardiovascular Diagnostic and Treatment Innovation (ADVANCE)

  Sept 2021 - Jul 2023

  Web Developer and Content Editor

  Designed and contributed to the development of two user-friendly, feature-rich websites.--> heartadvance.jhu.edu--> trayanovalab.org

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  FDA

  Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  Research Fellow
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  Children's National Hospital

  Jul 2023 - now

  Senior Research And Development Engineer