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education: bachelor of science - bs, bioengineering and biomedical engineering (magna cum laude). minor: electrical engineering.
leadership: president - tau beta pi honor society; internal advisory board member - seas center for women in engineering; 2-term president - biomedical engineering society; president - me to we gw, we charity; student ambassador - george hacks; treasurer - transfer student organization.
research: undergraduate researcher (sep 2017 - may 2019). ideated and authored individual research proposal; awarded $6,000 grant to study cholinergic neurons, coronary vasodilation, and cardiac contractility.
role: physics department | learning assistant (jan 2018 - jun 2018).
mcallister & quinn (sep 2019 - dec 2019). healthcare & research universities practice intern. analyzed federal health budgets, nih grant programs, and appropriations to inform strategy; authored concept papers advising clients on aligning proposals with evolving federal research priorities.
education: master of business administration - mba.
majors: entrepreneurship & innovation | operations, information and decisions.
leadership: wharton graduate association - vp of leadership, communications fellow, wharton people analytics - applied insights team, wharton coffee club - vp of partnerships, wharton health care business conference - content committee.
member: pe/vc club, women in investing, dance studio, sailing club, wine club.
redbud brands (venture intern, sep 2023 - apr 2024): conducted rigorous market research to identify mission-aligned investment opportunities across consumer categories; supported due diligence and pitch preparation for investment committee review.
raisewell ventures (summer associate, jun 2023 - aug 2023): spearheaded launch of global pre-seed/seed fund focused on healthcare, climate, and supply chains. drove deal sourcing, due diligence, and investment memos to build pre-launch pipeline. built fund size and capital deployment models. identified and prepared pitches for mission-aligned lps including international organizations and government entities.
devised and executed data strategy for state government client's covid-19 response and vaccine distribution to 300k residents across 10k long-term care facilities as the data & testing lead. formulated financial model incorporating 11 performance indicators to allocate and disburse >$20 million of incentive funding.
spearheaded productization of healthcare quality monitoring tool, winning 3 additional state contracts within two years. acquired new business valued at $16 million as technical proposal co-author.
led an 8-person team to create a tool to nationally compare medicaid/medicare patient satisfaction for an $8 billion program. collaborated with deputy secretaries and directors to visualize >25 healthcare quality, accessibility, and financial metrics. recognized by senior management for outstanding performance with 11 monetary 'applause awards.'
howard hughes medical institute (research assistant, jan 2017 - dec 2021): performed statistical, data, and image analysis using matlab, vaa3d, and imagej; prepared brain samples to support group leader, dr. na jis research on advanced in vivo optical imaging of neural circuits.
harvard university wyss institute (research assistant, jun 2019 - sep 2019): worked on darpa military health contracts supporting research led by dr. donald ingber, founding director of the wyss institute. developed point-of-care tlp-fcmbl probes, vascular shunts, magnetic levitation devices, and liposome synthesis. selected to deliver a podium presentation to 100+ industry and academic experts at the biomedical engineering society.
national institutes of health (shadow, jan 2017 - jan 2018): shadowed dr. bibiana bielekova (pi at nih ninds), observing neurological exams and lumbar punctures in multiple sclerosis patients enrolled in phase i/ii trials on immunoregulation and biomarker discovery.
johns hopkins hospital (research assistant & shadow, jul 2014 - sep 2017): shadowed dr. robert wood (director of pediatric allergy and immunology and professor of pediatrics) for 320+ hours, gaining clinical experience and an understanding of healthcare delivery in global populations. supported research on asthma and allergy risk factors in inner-city children.
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