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Meera Deva

Meera Deva

Summer Intern

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    MS3, UNC Chapel Hill SOM

  • Education

    • Apex High School

      2014 - 2016
      High School Diploma

    • Enloe High School

      2012 - 2014

    • UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health

      2016 - 2020
      Bachelor of Science in Public Health (BSPH) Biostatistics

      Minor: Chemistry

  • Experience

    • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

      Jun 2015 - Aug 2015
      Summer Intern

      Signal Transduction Lab; studied the effect of Acetaminophen on anti-aging protein expression in human hepatocellular cancer cells

    • UNC Early Brain Development Study

      Aug 2016 - now
      Research Assistant

      My project aims to understand early childhood brain development and its relationship to cognitive development and risk for psychiatric disorders. Specifically, I am looking at the relationship between Amygdala volume and cognitive measures such as anxiety, inhibitory control, and IQ. Abstract: Gilmore J, Deva M, Cornea E, Stephens R, Goldman B, Styner M. Amygdala Development in Early Childhood: Individual Differences and Associations With Anxiety at Age 4. Biological Psychiatry. 2020;87(9). doi:10.1016/j.biopsych.2020.02.334 [published May 2020]Peer-Reviewed Paper: Deva M, Cornea E, Stephens R, Goldman B, Styner M, Gilmore J. Amygdala Volume Growth Influences on Anxiety, Inhibition, and IQ at Age 4 [in preparation for Biological Psychiatry] Show less

    • The Helping Hand Project, Inc.

      Sept 2016 - May 2020
      President

      President of the UNC-CH chapter [2019-2010]This non-profit aims to provide custom, 3-D printed prosthetics for children with upper limb differences hailing from low-income backgrounds, as well as build a community for parents and children to share resources. We also teach students at local elementary schools about STEM fields and prosthetic assembly.

    • Rehabilitiation Research Center of Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Stanford

      May 2018 - Aug 2018
      Research Assistant

      Leveraging new machine learning and spinal cord image analysis technologies to develop a pipeline for assessing severity of acute spinal cord injury in patients

    • Crescent Family Practice

      Jan 2019 - May 2020
      Medical Assistant

      Administrative Duties: updating patient records, scheduling appointments, handling correspondenceClinical Duties: taking medical histories, taking vitals, taking EKGs, changing dressings, assisting physician during exams, preparing patients for examination

    • LaunchBio Inc.

      Feb 2019 - Feb 2019
      Brilliant Mind Award & Panelist

      I received the “Brilliant Mind Award” through LaunchBio for expanding the work of The Helping Hand Project, a non-profit that builds 3-D printed prosthetic arms for children with upper limb differences. The award was specifically for my contributions which greatly improved the prosthetic design and helped connect the limb difference community.​ I was invited to speak on a panel about being a young entrepreneur in today’s world and how to make a mark in STEM.

    • The National Institutes of Health

      Jun 2020 - Jun 2021
      Research Fellow at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Disability Rating Scale

      The Center for Outcome Measurement In Brain Injury

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Meera Deva
      Bharatanatyam Arangetram Laasya School of Dance and Music Completion of formal training in Bharatanatyam Indian Classical dance