Research

I have supported genetic research in Anne & Lurie's Children Hospital by transferring patient chart information to a clinic database built to track cat scans, blood results, diets, and adverse events for inborn errors in metabolism (PKU, Achondroplasia, LSD, MPS). I have shadowed doctors, genetics councilors, nurses, and other medical staff in the hospital, meeting patients, witnessing dosage administration, and learning about general hospital operations. Additionally, I have researched the virology of COVID-19 and its impact on the Latinx community on behalf of Research-Aid Networks. Recently, I have just finished interning at Duke University, where I wrote, conducted, and organized research into a literature review template to assist in the investigation of Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion Programs in North Carolina. Additionally, I worked with data sets associated with LEAD to run statistical analysis that I sought best fit. During my study abroad semester in Copenhagen, Denmark I conducted research on RNA quantification methods which led to my first co-author publication under the supervision of Jessica Pingel. I was a part-time research assistant at Ann & Lurie Children's Hospital Genetics & Justice lab, leading the project investigating the bioethics and biometrics of policies allowing DNA collection from detainees to be stored in a criminal database. I am now a research technician at Northwestern University investigating age-related differences in innate immune responses following respiratory infections.