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Sara Balch

Sara Balch

Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Senior Technical Product Manager

  • Education

    • IES La Marina Santa Cruz de Bezana

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      High School 12th (Senior Year)

      - Participated in high school senior year abroad with the American Field Service, attending a public school and living with a host family- Published regular newspaper articles in the Lincoln County Newspaper on living abroad

    • Lincoln Academy

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      High School

    • Tufts University

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      Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Molecular Biology

      Activities and Societies: Tufts Mountain Club, Tufts Rock Climbing Team, Leonard-Carmichael Society

    • Harvard Extension School

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      Bioinformatics Certificate

  • Experience

    • National Science Foundation: Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

      Jun 2013 - Aug 2013
      Research Experience for Undergraduate (REU)

      - Led independent undergraduate research on cellular mechanisms of transport of arsenic in Fundulus heteroclitus (Atlantic killifish)

    • Tufts University

      Sept 2013 - May 2015

      • Eliot-Pearson Children's School, Head Spanish Teacher

        Jan 2015 - May 2015

      • Undergraduate Research Assistant, Biology Department

        Sept 2013 - Apr 2015

    • University of Virginia

      Jun 2014 - Aug 2014
      Summer Research Internship Program

      Performed independent undergraduate research on alternative splicing mechanisms in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cell lines using CRISPR-Cas9 technology

    • Learn

      Jan 2015 - Jan 2016
      Founder

    • Appalachian Mountain Club

      May 2015 - Aug 2016
      Assistant Hut Master

    • Tufts University

      Sept 2015 - May 2016
      Academic Resource Center Tutor, Molecular and Cell Biology

    • Match Education

      Aug 2016 - Sept 2017
      STEM AmeriCorps Teaching Fellow (A.P. Chemistry)

    • Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard

      Oct 2017 - Jun 2022

      • Computational Biologist II

        Jul 2021 - Jun 2022

      • Computational Biologist I

        Jun 2020 - Aug 2021

      • Project Manager

        Jan 2019 - Jun 2020

      • Senior Clinical Research Coordinator

        Oct 2018 - Jan 2019

      • Clinical Research Coordinator

        Oct 2017 - Oct 2018

    • GRAIL

      Aug 2022 - now
      Senior Technical Product Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Wilderness First Aid, CPR

      SOLO

    • Introductory Python, Intermediate Python, Python Data Science Toolbox (Part 1)

      DataCamp
      Jan 2019

    • Foundations of Linear Algebra - University of Texas Austin

      EdX
      Jan 2020

    • Emergency Medical Technician

      National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
      Dec 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Sara Balch
      Ruth B. Ives Humanitarian Award Lincoln Academy Mar 2012 The Ruth B. Ives Humanitarian Award is given to a graduating senior who has demonstrated tremendous community engagement and leadership.

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Annual Cambridge Science Festival Volunteer

      Issued by Cambridge Science Festival
      Cambridge Science FestivalAssociated with Sara Balch

    • Cambridge Street Upper School Industry Mentor to 7th Graders (NetPal Program)

      Issued by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
      Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAssociated with Sara Balch

    • Women@Broad Mentoring Lunch Committee co-chair

      Issued by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on Mar 2019
      Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAssociated with Sara Balch

    • Annual Retreat Committee Member

      Issued by Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard on Feb 2020
      Broad Institute of MIT and HarvardAssociated with Sara Balch

    • Leave-No-Trace (LNT) Outdoor Educator at Malden High School

      Issued by Malden High School on Jan 2013
      Malden High SchoolAssociated with Sara Balch

    • Thesis Mentor to Northeastern Undergraduate

      Issued by Northeastern University on Sept 2018
      Northeastern UniversityAssociated with Sara Balch