Richard Jin

Experience

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  Intel Corporation

  Apr 2007 - Apr 2008

  Software Engineer Intern

  • Conducted cross-platform testing for web application, software engineering - bug fixing and new development tasks for web application, and migration of web application from .NET 1.1 to 2.0.Skills Acquired: Software engineering, web development, Microsoft .NET, C#, ASP.NET, Visual Studio 2005

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  CPR and First Aid Program at UCLA

  Oct 2008 - Jun 2012

  Program Director/Instructor

  • Managed program’s logistical processes and relations with UCLA Center for Pre-hospital Care, American Heart Association, and UCLA Undergraduate Students Associated Council.• Instructed American Heart Association Heartsaver CPR/AED and First Aid Courses.

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  UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Neurosurgery

  Jan 2009 - Jul 2012

  Undergraduate Researcher

  Faculty Advisors: Robert Prins, PhD and Linda Liau, MD, PhD1. Studied correlation between expression level of various cancer testis antigens on tumor cells and differential treatments of a demethylating agent, decitabine, in the mouse model. Skills Acquired: Cell culture, RNA Isolation, RT-PCR2. Performed immune monitoring of peripheral blood lymphocytes to identify a biomarker for extended survival in glioblastoma multiforme patients undergoing dendritic cell vaccinations.Skills Acquired: Flow cytometric acquisition and analysis, FlowJo Show less

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  UCLA California Teach Program

  Jan 2010 - Jun 2011

  CalTeach Intern

  • Designed and taught various lesson plans at the elementary, middle, and high school levels in Los Angeles targeting the Science Content Standards for California Public Schools.

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  Regency Park Assisted Living and Memory Care

  Jun 2010 - Jan 2011

  Certified Nursing Assistant

  • Worked as a nursing assistant performing basic nursing and care-giving procedures to assist residents with healthcare needs, activities of daily living, and bedside care.

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  University at Buffalo

  Jul 2014 - May 2020

  Faculty Advisor: Elizabeth Wohlfert, PhDRegulatory T cells (Tregs) play a central role in maintaining tissue integrity; however, their role in chronic inflammation and infection, especially of the skeletal muscle, is not completely understood. To address this outstanding question, we use infection with the protozoan parasite, Toxoplasma gondii, to establish a non-resolving infection preferentially found in the central nervous system and skeletal muscle. My thesis work has focused on understanding the consequences of chronic infection on skeletal muscle immunity, regeneration, and function. Specifically, this work has focused on how induction of pathogenic Tregs during chronic T. gondii infection affects the coordination of heterogeneous macrophage populations necessary for efficacious tissue repair. Skills acquired/used: Multi-parameter flow cytometric analysis and acquisition, single-cell RNA-sequencing analysis, and tissue sectioning and image acquisition, qPCR, and mouse handling and husbandry. Show less

  • MD-PhD Program

    Aug 2012 - May 2020

  • Graduate Student Researcher

    Jul 2014 - Jun 2018
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  University of California, San Francisco

  Jun 2020 - now

  Psychiatry Research Fellow, Anna Molofsky LabNeuroimmunology Immunopsychiatry consultationUCSF ECT service attending Chief Resident for ResearchPresident, UCSF Psychiatry Resident AssociationSenior Resident, UCSF Depression Clinic

  • A.P. Giannini Fellow

    Jul 2024 - now

  • HS Clinical Instructor, WOS

    Sept 2024 - now

  • Resident Physician, Psychiatry

    Jun 2020 - Jun 2024