Lois Nestor, MPH

Lois Nestor, MPH

Medical Internship in Ghana

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Master of Public Health, BUSPH - MD Candidate, UAG School of Medicine

  • Education

    • Biola University

      2014 - 2018
      Bachelor of Science in Biology; Bible Minor; Eagle Scholarship

      Activities and Societies: Scuba club

    • Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara

      2020 - 2024
      Doctor of Medicine - MD

      Activities and Societies: Student Elected Council Member Representative for American College of Physicians Council (ACP) Internal Medicine IMIG, GUIMEDIC Humanitarian Medical Association direct work with patients: medical history, performing examination, presenting findings to attending doctor, giving medication or treatment, and follow-up patient education. Experience in plastic and reconstructive surgery with Beth Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center / Harvard Medical School Plastic Surgery Residency program director.

    • Boston University School of Public Health

      2018 - 2020
      Master of Public Health - MPH Health Communication

      Activities and Societies: Published in the Los Angeles Times: Daily Pilot

  • Experience

    • Projects Abroad

      Jun 2017 - Aug 2017
      Medical Internship in Ghana

      • Provided care in Emergency Department and Women’s Ward to approximately 50 patients weekly by taking vitals, performing wound care, managing infectious disease cases in a low resource setting• Interacted with physicians by communicating all patient information collected and shadowing to observe standard surgical procedures such as cesarean sections and hernia repairs

    • AIDS Action Committee

      Jul 2019 - Jan 2020
      Getting to Zero MA Fellow

      • Getting to zero stigma, infections, or AIDS related deaths• Attending various conferences including the 2019 United States Conference on AIDS, 15th Annual National Conference on HIV and Aging, Annual HU CFAR (Center for AIDS Research) Symposium "Promising Approaches to HIV Remission and Cure"• Activist in preventing HIV transmission by providing care in the community of those living with HIV/AIDS• Engagement in statewide effort to educate key stakeholders, including legislators and researchers, to improve care and policies surrounding HIV/AIDS Show less

    • Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

      Sept 2019 - now
      Department of Quality and Patient Safety
    • UAG SOM

      Aug 2020 - now
      Medical Doctor Student
  • Licenses & Certifications

    • Certificate of Completion Activist Academy Fellowship

      Getting to Zero MA Coalition
    • Feminist data ethics course

      Consortum for graduate studies in gender, culture, women, and sexuality at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    • Mental Health First Aid Certified

      Mental Health First Aid
    • UN Security Certificate BSAFE

      United Nations
    • Project Management: Healthcare Projects

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2020
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    • Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) Cert Prep: Domains 5–7

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2020
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    • Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) Cert Prep: Domains 1–4

      LinkedIn
      Apr 2020
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    • Lean Six Sigma Foundations

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2019
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    • The Data Science of Healthcare, Medicine, and Public Health, with Barton Poulson

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2020
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    • Six Sigma: Green Belt

      LinkedIn
      Jan 2019
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