Brief Profile:
Clinical Experiences: - Summer 2008 - Mary Ann Lunsford Summer Externship in Cardiology - UTHouston - Hospital Internship - Mexico as part of Study Abroad - Rotations completed: Surgery, Obstetrics-Gynecology & Emergency Medicine (55 hours) - Data Collection Sickle Cell Pain Patients in Hematology Clinic ? for the study of sensitization as a result of vaso-occlusive pain early in life (20 hours)
Research: - Spring 2007 to present - USCSOM - Examining age-specific and sex-specific response and its molecular basis to Endothelin-1, a protein related to vaso-occlusive pain in Sickle-cell Patients; Examining changes in cutaneous nociceptors associated with Fetal Alcohol Exposure - Summer 2004 - Emory University - Vaccine Research Center - T-Cell involvement in the specific immune response to viral infections. (40 hrs per wk - 7 wks) - Summer 2003 - University of North Texas Health Science Center - Investigated new reconstituted lipoproteins as a method of transport for chemotherapeutic agents (40 hrs per wk - 8 wks)
Future Presentations: - Altered peripheral and spinal innervation patterns in a rodent model of fetal alcohol exposure: implications for somatosensation and nociception. Society for Neuroscience. November 2008 - Small Group Based Elementary School Activities for Brain Awareness Week Society for Neuroscience. November 2008
Past Presentations: - Changes in Cutaneous Peptidergic & Nonpeptidergic Nociceptors Associated with Fetal Ethanol Exposure. Presented at: SYNAPSE 2008 - College of Charleston, Georgia & South Carolina Neuroscience Consortium - Spring 2008, & Discovery Day 2008 - University of South Carolina, Columbia - Vaso-occlusive Pain Early in Life Increases Acute Procedural Pain in Pediatric Sickle Cell Population. Presented at: SYNAPSE 2007 - Davidson College, North Carolina
Employment: - Standardized Patient & Ultrasound Program - University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Desk Assistant ? University Housing - University of South Carolina - Student Assistant ? Healthy Carolina Office ? University of South Carolina
Academic Honors & Scholarships: - McNair Scholar ? University of South Carolina awards 20 out-of-state students annually with a scholarship for $12,000 plus in-state tuition for all four years based on academic achievement and scholarship. - Undergraduate Research Fellowship ? $ 3,000 Grant to fund research conducted at the University Of South Carolina School Of Medicine. - Alpha Epsilon Delta ? National Pre-Medical Honor Society ? Treasurer - Phi Beta Kappa
Outreach & Volunteerwork: - Spring 2008 - Brain Awareness Week - Coordinator & Planner for a local elementary school (65 hours) - Summer 2005 & 2006 - Hospital Volunteer - Cook Children?s Medical Center (70 hours) - Fort Worth, Texas
// Applications //
Application Cycle One: 2008
Undergraduate college: University of South Carolina - Columbia
