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Brown University MD student & Aspiring Entrepreneur
Headline:
Entrepreneur
Industries:
Biotech, Education, Health, Information Technology, Internet, Media
Skills:
English, Languages, Management
Interested in:
Brainstorming, Finding business partners, Finding mentors, Getting press, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Participating in a competition, Professional opportunities, Promoting my startups, Raising money, Receiving feedback, Recruiting for my startup, Sharing my projects
Schools:
Brown University
WORK EXPERIENCE
Employer:
Department of Neurosurgery, Warren Alpert Medical School
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
January 2009 - Present
Description:
Working under Dr. Ming Cheng, a functional neurosurgeon in the Department of Neurosurgery at
Lifespan and Brown Med.Several ongoing projects including stimulation of the sensory thalamus for relief from medically-refractory epilepsy, cognitive side effects of deep brain stimulation (DBS) of the subthalamic nucleus for Parkinson's Disease.
Employer:
Harvard School of Public Health
Position:
Research Assistant
Time period:
June 2008 - September 2008
Description:
Research assistant to David Bloom in the Department of Global Health and Population and Michael
Kremer in Department of Economics.
Employer:
Brown University
Position:
Rose Writing Fellow
Time period:
September 2005 - May 2008
Description:
Served as a university-selected peer writing tutor. Have worked with both undergraduate and
graduate students in Geology, Biology, Entrepreneurship, and Philosophy.
Employer:
Department of Clinical Neurosciences, Brown University
Position:
Student Research Assistant
Time period:
October 2004 - February 2009
Description:
Student in Neurosurgery Research for over four years. Conducted and assisted on many different projects concerning Alzheimer's disease, normal pressure hydrocephalus, and aging. Completed a senior honors thesis in May 2008.Projects included CSF fluid dynamics and amyloid-beta burden; blood-brain barrier permeability and amyloid-beta transport; changes in spatial memory and general cognition with aging; and stem cell activity in aging brains.
EDUCATION
University:
Brown University
Time period:
2008 - 2012
Degree:
MD
University:
Brown University
Time period:
2004 - 2008
Degree:
ScB & AB, Cognitive Neuroscience & South Asian Studies (Economics)
