Shelby Meckstroth

Experience

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  Yale School of Medicine

  Jun 2015 - Aug 2015

  Research Internship

  Research intern for the Play2Prevent lab, which is a member of the White House’s Academic Consortium for Games for Impact and a charter member of the newly formed Higher Education Video Game Alliance (HEVGA). In the lab, I did research on an interactive video game for the purpose of risk reduction and HIV prevention in young teens.

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  Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

  Dec 2015 - Jan 2016

  Research Internship

  Worked in the lab of Dr. Rabito, and helped with her Green Housing Study, which seeks to determine whether green housing causes more or less morbidity than non-green housing. I entered and helped collect data for this study.

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  The University of the South

  Oct 2016 - May 2017

  Sewanee Herbarium Research

  In the lab of Dr. Evans I worked on research regarding the adaptive and morphological traits of Hydrocotyle bonariensis, a clonal dune plant species. The paper is in manuscript form, preparing for submission and publication.

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  The University of the South

  Aug 2017 - Jun 2018

  Sewanee Herbarium Post-Graduate Fellow

  I was a Post-Baccalaureate fellow involved with a collaborative research project that addresses questions regarding the spatial genetic structure of Hillcane (Arundinaria appalachiana). This project integrates work of three labs and sits at the interface of population ecology (Dr. Evans) and genetics (Dr. Kikis and Dr. Ashley Morris- MTSU). I was also involved in plant conservation work throughout the state of Tennessee.

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  Yale School of Public Health

  May 2018 - May 2020

  Graduate Student

  MPH in Chronic Disease Epidemiology

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  Yale School of Medicine

  Sept 2018 - Aug 2020

  Research Intern at the Equity Research and Innovation Center in the Department of Internal Medicine. Worked with the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) study, a large cohort study, examining health behaviors and habits that are associated with cancer, diabetes and heart disease. I was responsible for entering and analyzing data and maintaining the biobank. In the Department of Hematology/Oncology at the Yale School of Medicine, I worked on a collaborative, retrospective research study on Polycythemia Vera under Dr. Nikolai Podoltsev. I helped collect data for the study through chart review in EPIC. I also was first author for a study on Myelofibrosis, which looked at patterns of care and outcomes of older patients using SEER-Medicare data.

  • Research Intern

    Oct 2018 - Aug 2020

  • Researcher

    Sept 2018 - Aug 2020
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  Yale University

  Jan 2019 - May 2020

  Graduate Teaching Fellow

  I was a teaching fellow for a Yale College course in Biology titled: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. I led weekly discussion sections, graded papers and examinations and met with students for office hours.

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  MD Anderson Cancer Center

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Cancer Prevention Research Training Program

  Awarded the NCI R25E Summer Research Experience Competitive Award (CA056452, Dr. Shine Chang, PI) to research under cardiologist, Dr. Susan Gilchrist. Analyzed data for a cycling intervention study for cancer patients. Modeled heart rate data using novel approaches to wearable device information.

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  Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center

  Aug 2020 - now

  Student Government Association Treasurer and former Intramural Chair, Chief Financial Officer for the Latino Medical Student Association (LMSA) Southwest, President of the Oncology Interest Group, Treasurer and Secretary for the LMSA LSUHSC Chapter, Head of Operations for the Note Taking Service, Team Lead for SLING Health, Volunteer for Student Run Community Clinic Ozanam Inn, Volunteer for Luke's House Clinic, Basic Life Skills Instructor I conduct research with the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery on total joint arthroplasty patients under Dr. Dasa and Dr. Krause. I also conduct research related to hematologic and HIV malignancies with Dr. Suki Subbiah. Research interests include disparities, treatment patterns and clinical outcomes.

  • MD Candidate LSUHSC New Orleans School of Medicine

    Aug 2020 - now

  • Researcher

    Aug 2020 - now
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  Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Medical Researcher

  I was chosen to participate in the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Medical Student Summer Research Fellowship, where I worked under Dr. Armin Shahrokni in the Department of Gastrointestinal Oncology and Geriatrics. I conducted a chart review and analyzed data on perioperative outcomes of elderly cancer patients.