Experience

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  University of mississippi

  Aug 2015 - May 2017

  Community assistant
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  Ummc center for lgbtq health

  Jan 2019 - May 2021

  Director of education

  Led educational and outreach missions of the Center for GSM Health at UMMC and helped to establish the first clinic in Mississippi associated with an academic medical center dedicated to GSM health. Established training protocols and educational standards for trainee physicians rotating in the clinic.

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  University of alabama at birmingham

  Apr 2022 - now

  Making equitable monthly schedules for moonlighter coverage of the Psychiatric Emergency Service. Responsible for understanding department and trainee program policies regarding moonlighting duties and eligibility. Communicating policy updates to resident, fellow, and attending moonlighters. Reports to Vice Chair for Clinical Affairs regarding moonlighting actives and issues. Provides guidance to new moonlighting applicants and ongoing support to moonlighters. Serving as Team Captain for the UAB Psychiatry Residency Program’s team for the APA Mind Games. Organized and led study sessions for the Mind Games qualifying exam. Organizing and leading structure and content of weekly study sessions to prepare for the next annual APA Mind Games competition. Serving as a Chief Resident for the 2023 - 2024 Academic Year. Facilitating effective communication between residents and faculty, providing support to other residents, supporting functioning of the residency program, and coordinating various academic activities for medical students and residents. Leading GME MedPride, an organization that serves GSM residents and fellows at UAB. Hosting educational events, promoting quality care for GSM patients, and sponsoring wellness events for residents and fellows. Training in UAB Psychiatry Residency’s STEPP program / research track. Studying methamphetamine-sensitive circadian oscillator. Enhancing basic science research proficiency. Learning about mouse models, fly models, and circadian research. Led activities of the Psychiatry Residents’ Association, whose purpose is to serve psychiatry residents at UAB. PRA hosts a PRITE review lecture series and other guest lecturers to speak about topics that foster residents’ educational and professional development.

  • Chief Psychiatry Resident Moonlighter

    May 2024 - now

  • UAB Mind Games Team Captain

    Jan 2024 - now

  • Chief Psychiatry Resident

    Jun 2023 - now

  • Co-President, GME MedPride

    Jan 2022 - now

  • Trainee, UAB Supporting Training for Emerging Physician-Scientists in Psychiatry Program

    Sept 2021 - now

  • Psychiatry Resident

    Jun 2021 - now

  • Co-President, UAB Psychiatry Residents' Association

    Apr 2022 - Jun 2023
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  American psychiatric association

  Jun 2023 - now

  Area 5 resident-fellow member representative, apa assembly

  APA RFM Assembly Member serving a two-year term as Deputy Representative and now Representative for Area 5. Activities include promoting awareness of resident-fellow issues that may be addressed by the APA and sponsoring Action Papers for consideration by the APA Assembly. Co-authored an Action Paper regarding gambling in AAPI populations at the November 2023 Assembly Meeting which was passed by the Assembly; co-authored an Action Paper regarding SO/GI data collection at inpatient psychiatric facilities at the May 2024 Assembly Meeting which was passed by the Assembly. Show less