Francesca Galasso

Experience

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  THUNDERBIRD OBSTETRICS & GYNECOLOGY LTD.

  May 2015 - Jun 2020

  Medical Office Assistant

  Facilitated medical office workflow by taking patient vitals, processing urine samples, sterilizing instruments, and preparing patient examination rooms. I also assisted and observed routine procedures such as PAP smears, IUD insertions, and NT ultrasound scans.

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  Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen)

  Oct 2017 - Jul 2023

  Research Associate

  Work under Dr. Kendall Jensen in TGen’s Department of Neurogenomics in analyzing bio-markers found in extracellular vesicular RNA from ALS patients by conducting RNA isolation, purification, and library preparation for next-generation sequencing.

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  UCLA Gonda Neuroscience and Genetics Research Center

  Oct 2019 - Jun 2022

  Student Researcher

  Assisted Dr. Stanley Nelson in the Department of Human Genetics by investigating genetic mechanisms that contribute to the differential disease progression and examining how alternative isoforms can affect the structure and function of healthy and dystrophic skeletal muscle affected by Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.

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  UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

  Nov 2019 - Jan 2020

  Research Assistant

  Assisted Dr. Deepak Rajagopal in studying what barriers exist among ride-sourcing divers in purchasing electric vehicles.

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  University of California, Los Angeles - School of Law

  Jan 2020 - Aug 2022

  Student Circulation and Stacks Supervisor

  Assisted the library by checking out library materials, answering phones, and assisting library patrons, such as law students, staff, faculty, and attorneys, in the use of the library.

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  Mayo Clinic

  Aug 2022 - Jul 2023

  Research Trainee

  Assist Dr. David Fortuin in the Department of Cardiovascular Diseases in designing, implementing, and writing clinical studies that cover areas of interventional and structural cardiology. My duties include retrospective patient chart review, manuscript preparation, IRB applications, and observation of procedures within the Cardiac Cath Lab that are relevant to our studies, such as patent foramen ovale (PFO) closure and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).