Donald Jobs

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EDUCATION 

Brown University

Providence, RI Expected Graduation May 2014 with Honors

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Bachelors of Science in Biology

3.53 GPA, 3.63 Science GPA

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Relevant course work : Burden of Disease in Developing Countries, Emerging Microbial Diseases, Immunology

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Teaching Assistant in Genetics Fall 2009, Fall 2010 and in Vaccine Development Spring 2011

BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Center for International Health Research

research intern

Providence, RI Summer 2013-present

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Worked under Principal Investigator Jonathan Kurtis and Post-Doc Dipak Raj

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Characterizing of pediatric Plasmodium falciparum blood-stage malaria vaccine candidate early in its development

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Tested validity of validity of candidate using enzyme linked immunosorbent assay and growth inhibition assay

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Identified polymorphism of vaccine candidate across five parasite strains

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Creating knock out parasite to determine if candidate essential for parasite growth

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Compiling results and writing senior thesis on these experiments

HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH AND EXPERIENCE

PROJECT HEALTH

Volunteer

Hasboro Children’s Hospital Providence, Summer 2013

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Recruited clients in children’s emergency room

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Helped to connect low-income families to basic resources such as child care, housing options, food stamps

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Followed up with clients weekly until they no longer required Project’s Health’s service

Royce Sport and Society

Fellow

Lake Victoria Region and Nairobi, Kenya August 2013

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Shadowed and assisted sport and development worker

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Examined how sport can be used as a means for youth empowerment and improve health outcomes in both urban and rural settings

Global Alliance to Immunize Against AIDS

Providence, RI and Bamako Mali, Summer 2012

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Researched knowledge attitudes and practices surrounding tuberculosis in peri-urban slum Sikoro

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Developed, gained approval and performed survey to evaluate efficacy of NGO peer-educator program 

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President of GAIA at Brown Fall 2009

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

University Keystone

facilitator

Providence, RI 2013-present

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Led group discussion of a group of seniors looking to expand their thesis research outside of academia to a larger audience

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Recruited speakers to come in and speak with University Keystone

Sport and Society

fellow

Providence, RI 2013-present

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Organizing events, movie screenings and discussions around how sport can be used as a means for social change

Varsity Cross Country

Women’s team captain

Providence RI, Fall 2013

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Planned team events and served as liaison between coaches and athletes

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Named Fall 2010 Academic All-Ivy Team Member and most valuable player on Brown women’s cross country team

Meicklejohn

peer advisor

Fall 2012-Present

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Guided a group of freshman each year in making academic decisions and transitioning to college life

PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIATIONS:

March 2010 

Pischel L., CaplowJ., Chokshi B., TounkaraK., Berthé M., Aboubacar B., BougoudogoF., De GrootA.

Tuberculosis knowledge attitudes and practices in Mekin-Sikoro, Mali. Abstract and Oral Presentation. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease conference. March 2010, Orlando, FL

journals paper

Spring 2010

Pischel L. “Re-Evoltion”: One Receptor’s Impact on Evolutionary Theory

Triple Helix. Brown University Local Article. Spring 2010. Pg 20-22.

journals papers

SKILL SET

Languages: Fluent in French

Technical: Competent in ArcGIS, photoshop and STATA; MS Office proficiency in Word, Powerpoint, Excel

Laboratory: Can perform basic molecular biology and immunology techniques such as PCR, ELISA as well as can culture malaria parasites, perform growth inhibition Assays and DNA extraction from parasites.