EDUCATION

University of California, Berkeley
BA, high honors, (Medical) Anthropology, 2011


SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Research

• Engaged in qualitative research and evaluation concerning ethical and efficacious interventions of clinical trials testing antiretroviral pharmaceuticals as HIV pre-exposure prophylaxes.
• Conducted ethnographic fieldwork within HIV prevention and treatment programs and the administration of the iPrEx clinical trial – a trial testing the efficacy of Truvada (an antiretroviral pharmaceutical) as a pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV – involving men who have sex with men (MSM) who engage in high-risk sex, public health officials responsible for HIV-prevention programs, clinical trial investigators and clinical trial participants.
• Constructed a literature review, bibliography and synthesized key points regarding recommendations for instruments to aid health care organizations in effectively implementing new innovations, and evaluating the effectiveness of technologies to improve care transitions and reduce readmission rates.

Management

• Management of editorial board for an academic journal through peer-review, copy-editing, and publication processes.
• Led students, faculty and staff in the production of group events.
• Organized and coordinated a political demonstration in protest of a California ballot initiative.

Communication

• Communicated with faculty members of numerous anthropology departments to solicit articles, and manage the development of manuscripts through peer-review, copy-editing and publication processes.
• Recruited the submission of academic articles from anthropology students of universities across the nation, including UC Berkeley, Stanford, Harvard and Chicago.

Leadership

• Founded a blind peer-reviewed journal for anthropology undergraduate students; built, organized and managed a staff of students from UC Berkeley, UC Davis, UC San Diego and McGill University.
• Constructed course curriculum, planned lessons and facilitated a seminar discussion among UC Berkeley undergraduate students.

POSITIONS HELD

Public Health Institute: Oakland, CA
Research Associate, August – September 2011

Californians Against Hate: San Diego, CA
Campaign Coordinator, June – August 2008

SERVICE

Kroeber Anthropological Society: UC Berkeley
Editor, September 2010 – present

University of California Anthropology Undergraduate Association Journal
Founding Editor-in-Chief, September 2010 – May 2011

Anthropology Undergraduate Association, UC Berkeley
Chair, September 2010 – December 2010

HONORS & AWARDS

High Honors, Department of Anthropology, UC Berkeley.
Dean’s Honors List, denoting class rank within the top 4%, UC Berkeley.
Ronald Frankenberg Prize: Outstanding honors thesis in critical medical anthropology, UC Berkeley.

TALKS & PRESENTATIONS

From HIV to HIV Treatment As Biomarker: Reformulating Antiretroviral Treatments In MSM-Targeted HIV-Prevention Efforts. 110th annual American Anthropological Association meeting, Montreal, CA. Forthcoming: November 2011.
Commencement Speech for Class of 2011. Anthropology Department, UC Berkeley.
PrEP: Intersections of Capital, Policy and the Body. HIV Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis Symposium, UCLA. May 18th, 2011 (co-presented with Professor Lawrence Cohen, UC Berkeley, Anthropology).
Medicalization Has Implications: Rethinking Antiretroviral Treatment in MSM-Targeted HIV-Prevention Efforts. 3rd Annual Sociological Research Symposium, UC Berkeley, Spring 2011.