Nira Goren
American, 24, BS in Psychobiology (UCLA 2006), background in scientific and medical research, interested in social entrepreneurship, supporter of Slow Food International
| Headline: | Innocent Bystander |
| Work status: | Living The Dream |
| Industries: | Cleantech, Financial, Food and Drink, Health, Lifestyle |
| Skills: | Business, Editing, Entrepreneurship, Event planning, Fiction, Languages, Leadership, Public Relations, Spanish, Writing |
| Location: | San Francisco, CA |
| Groups: | Women 2.0 |
| Interested in: | Advising startups, Brainstorming, Employment opportunities, Finding experts, Finding hot stories, Finding mentors, Finding team mates, Giving back, Helping friends, Investing in projects, Joining a startup, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Mentoring, Professional opportunities, Providing services to startups, Raising money |
| Tags: | australia, hiking, investing, Running, Skiing, slow food movement, sustainable agriculture |
| Schools: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases |
| Position: | Clinical Research Assistant |
| Time period: | September 2007 - April 2008 |
| Description: | • Assist with spine medicine research projects including national study on Coflex device
• Patient recruitment, data analysis, literature review, paper writing • Attend pediatric orthopedic clinic • Learn about the Institutional Review Board |
| Employer: | HDG Limited |
| Position: | Executive Personal Assistant |
| Time period: | January 2007 - May 2007 |
| Description: | • Scheduling and coordinating
• Transcribing documents • Errands • Purchasing items • Miscellaneous tasks |
| Employer: | Sydney Children’s Hospital |
| Position: | Clinical Research Assistant |
| Time period: | December 2006 - July 2007 |
| Description: | • Coordinator for double-blind clinical research trial under the Paediatric Pain Research Unit
• Patient recruitment, data collection, database creation on SPSS, data analysis, literature review, paper author, liaise between patients, nurses, physicians, and researchers • Hospital Working Committee Researcher: set-up and run project to assess quality of hospital experience for patients and parents • Assist on pediatric acute pain service |
| Employer: | Valley Pediatrics |
| Position: | Volunteer |
| Time period: | October 2005 - August 2006 |
| Description: | • Shadow pediatrician
• Serve as volunteer • Learn about general pediatrics |
| Employer: | The Pyschotherapy Practice of Victoria Thoreson |
| Position: | Office Manager |
| Time period: | July 2005 - May 2006 |
| Description: | • Patient case management: scheduling, insurance claims, billing, facilitate patient/doctor correspondence
• Miscellaneous secretarial work • Learn how to run a medical office |
| Employer: | University of California at San Francisco |
| Position: | Research Fellowship in Immunology |
| Time period: | May 2004 - August 2004 |
| Description: | • Conduct lab research: proliferation assays, immunoprecipitation, western blots, calcium flux, flow cytometry, and enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
• Attend Pediatric Hematology-Oncology rounds, lectures, and clinic • Author on two posters and one pending publication |
| Employer: | The Terraciano Family |
| Position: | Babysitter |
| Time period: | March 2004 - January 2005 |
| Description: | • Care for newborn boy and 2-year-old girl |
| Employer: | The Adams Family |
| Position: | Nanny |
| Time period: | June 2003 - August 2003 |
| Description: | • Care for 4-year-old girl and 6-year-old boy
• Provide fun summer activities |
| Employer: | The Lorch Family |
| Position: | Nanny |
| Time period: | May 2003 - August 2003 |
| Description: | • Care for 4-year-old girl and 8-year-old girl
• Provide transport from preschool/camp to extracurricular activities • Cooking, light housekeeping |
| Employer: | UCLA Fernald Preschool |
| Position: | Infant Room Staff |
| Time period: | December 2002 - March 2003 |
| Description: | • Care for children aged 4 months – 15 months
• Feeding, Changing, Rocking to Sleep |
| Employer: | Osher-Marin Jewish Community Center Day Camp |
| Position: | Head Counselor for pre-kindergarten group |
| Time period: | May 2002 - July 2002 |
| Description: | • Supervise other counselors
• Plan and lead activities for campers |
| Employer: | University of California at San Francisco |
| Position: | Preceptorship in Obstetrics, Labor and Delivery |
| Time period: | May 2001 - June 2001 |
| Description: | • Assist Obstetrics team with clinical, technical, and clerical duties
• Transport samples and results to and from the lab • Observe procedures • Care for newborns in well-baby nursery |
| Employer: | Kaiser Permanente Oakland |
| Position: | Volunteer on Pediatric Ward |
| Time period: | August 2000 - May 2002 |
| Description: | • Plan and lead activities for patients on the ward
• Assist Child Life Specialist with emotional care of patients during procedures • Attend to the needs of the patients’ families |
| Employer: | Camp Okizu – a camp for kids with cancer |
| Position: | Counselor for 12-year-old girls |
| Time period: | July 2004 |
| Description: | • Plan and lead activities for campers
• Help with special needs of campers |
| Employer: | University of California at San Francisco |
| Position: | Preceptorship in Pediatric Department |
| Time period: | August 2002 |
| Description: | • Assist various pediatric teams (general, hematology/oncology, neonatal, etc.) with clinical, technical, and clerical duties
• Observe procedures • Attend rounds and medical student discussion sections |
EDUCATION
| University: | University of California System - Los Angeles |
| Time period: | 2001 - 2006 |
| Degree: | Psychobiology, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Papers: | Hermiston, M.L., Tan, A., Goren, N., Roque, A. and Weiss, A. Perturbation of B Cell Homeostasis and Function in Mice Expressing an Inactivating Point Mutation in the Inhibitory Wedge of CD45. UCSF/UC Berkeley Immunology Retreat, November, 2003.
Hermiston, M.L., Tan, A., Cresalia, N., Goren, N., Brassat, D., Oksenberg, J., Abbas, A., and Weiss, A. The CD45 juxtamembrane wedge regulates T cell antigen receptor signaling during development and in mature T cell responses. Departments of Pediatrics, Medicine, Neuroscience, Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143 USA. (Submitted for Publication March 2006) |
INFORMATION
| Awards: | Mortar Board Honors Society April 2005
Alpha Lambda Delta Honors Society April 2003 Bank of America Achievement Award in Math and Science May 2002 Klein Family Award for Educational Achievement May 2002 President’s Award for Educational Excellence May 2002 Wellesley College Book Award May 2001 Nominated for National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine May 2001 |
