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Silvia Vaca

Silvia Vaca

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Resident Physician at Stanford Health Care, Department of Neurosurgery

  • Education

    • Georgia Institute of Technology

      2011 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science (BS) Biomedical Engineering, Mandarin Chinese

      Activities and Societies: MOVE Medical Assistance Committee, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Student Activities Board in Undergraduate Research, President's Scholars Mentoring Program

    • Stanford University School of Medicine

      2014 - 2018
      MD Candidate

  • Experience

    • CAPE, Inc.

      Jun 2010 - Jul 2010
      Accounting Assistant

      Managed Federal vouchers for global engineering firm and worked as general office assistant

    • Atlanta VA Medical Center

      Jul 2010 - Jul 2011
      Research Assistant

      *Researched retinal regeneration on rats through subretinal electrical stimulation*Tasks: ran Western Blots, ELISA assays, BCA assays, and RT-PCRs on retina protein

    • Georgia Tech Neuroengineering Lab

      Jan 2012 - Feb 2013
      Undergraduate Researcher

      Working on project to redesign the power grid using artificial neuronal networks by:*Researching functional imaging techniques to observe computational dynamics of neurons*Tasks: Maintain cell cultures, image neurons with voltage sensitive dyes

    • Georgia Tech College of Engineering

      Aug 2012 - May 2014
      Engineering Info Session Presenter

      Lead weekly info sessions geared at explaining Georgia Tech's engineering majors to prospective students.

    • Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford ( d.school )

      Jun 2015 - Oct 2015
      Social Entrepreneurship Lab Fellow

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Biosecurity & Biosafety

      Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

    • Information Security for Research & Development Personnel

      Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

    • Working with Mice, Rats, Amphibians, & Humans in Research Settings

      Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative (CITI)

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Silvia Vaca
      President's Undergraduate Research Award Georgia Tech Aug 2012 Stipend to conduct research during Fall 2012 semester
    • Awarded to Silvia Vaca
      2nd Place Undergraduate Technical Paper Competition National Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers Conference Oct 2011 National research paper and presentation competition based on originality, completeness, and societal impact
    • Awarded to Silvia Vaca
      President's Scholarship Georgia Institute of Technology Mar 2011 Georgia Tech's most prestigious merit scholarship and program based on leadership and service qualities