Experience

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  Rutgers university–new brunswick

  Jan 2011 - May 2014

  Undergraduate research assistant

  Wet lab research performed in Dr. Mary Konsolaki's genetics lab. We used a transgenic fruit fly model of Alzheimer's disease to study the effects of genetic mutations that impact the rate of beta amyloid plaque formation in the brain. Each experiment started by breeding a population of mutant fruit flies in which the expression of a gene involved in beta amyloid production or clearance was selectively up- or down-regulated. Next, behavioral patterns were observed during the fly life cycle and correlated against posthumous microscopic and biochemical analyses (e.g. ELISA, Western blotting) of beta amyloid levels in brain tissue. Results for the mutant flies were compared to those for wild-type flies to determine the effects of amplifying or knocking out the gene of interest. Show less

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  Rutgers university–new brunswick

  Oct 2017 - Jan 2018

  Graduate research assistant

  Research in Dr. Yana Bromberg's bioinformatics lab, with a focus on the following problem: there is a wealth of genetic information locked up in the free text of the genetics and genomics literature. This information is relatively inaccessible, and cannot be queried or searched as one would an online database.To address this, I annotated a sample of genetics/genomics research papers to build a labeled dataset of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) mentions. This dataset was used to train a natural language processing algorithm to read through research papers, automatically identify mentions of SNPs in the free text, and categorize them into an online database for improved ease-of-access. Show less

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  Duke university school of medicine

  Jun 2018 - Mar 2019

  Visiting researcher

  Research in Dr. Rajendra Morey's lab in the Duke Brain Imaging & Analysis Center: (1) I was project lead for a study in which we attempted to design a system that could objectively diagnose anxiety episodes using data collected by a wearable device. To achieve this, I developed a cross-platform mobile app using C#, Xamarin, and Amazon Web Services. The app interfaced with the wearable device and a Cloud-based machine learning algorithm to continuously monitor the patient's cardiac and respiratory status and detect changes in emotional state in real-time.(2) I also contributed to Dr. Morey's neuroimaging work by using Docker to containerize the software pipelines used to pre-process functional MRI data, thereby resolving dependency and operating system issues. Show less

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  Medlearnity

  Aug 2018 - Jun 2019

  Usmle tutor

  Mentor and tutor for medical students and residents working to pass the USMLE Step 1, Step 2 CS/CK, and Step 3 medical licensing exams.

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  Dartmouth-hitchcock

  Jun 2019 - Jun 2023

  Resident doctor

  Psychiatry residency training

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  K health

  Jul 2023 - now

  Behavioral health program lead

  Clinical leadership role supervising K Health’s behavioral health program

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  Access telecare

  Sept 2023 - now

  Attending psychiatrist

  Emergency room and consult liaison psychiatry