LANGUAGE Fluent Spanish (spoken and written)
EDUCATION
Present MD Candidate - June 1996
College of Medicine, University of California, Irvine
(UCI-COM).
September 95 Elective in Infectious Diseases at Massachusetts General
Hospital,
December 87 Master of Public Health (MPH) with concentration
in international health
and Tropical
Medicine ,
New Orleans, LA .
June 86 Bachelor of Science in Biology
University of California, Irvine.
Summer 85 Health Professions Program
Harvard University ,
Cambridge,
Massachusetts.
RESEARCH
Summer 93 Student Research Fellow. UCI Dept. of Family Medicine
Summer Research Fellowship.
Sept 91-June 92 Research assistant. Nancy Greep, MD, Associate Professor
,
Dept. of Medicine, UCI.
Sept 86-June 87 Research assistant. Farrokh Alemi, PhD, Assistant
Professor, Tulane University.
Sept 85-June 86 Research assistant. Claibourne Dungy, MD, MPH, Assoc. Prof
.,
Dept. of Pediatrics, UCI.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Aug 90-June 91 Project Coordinator. LA County Dept. of Health Services,
Tobacco Control Program. Supervised 12 people in implementing
activities to prevent and reduce the use of tobacco in the
communities of Los Angeles through various outreach programs.
Developed smoke prevention programs. Evaluated health education
materials.
Nov 88-June 90 Health Educator. < ahref=http://vumclib.mc.vanderbilt.edu/~aubrey/medstu/medical_schools.html>Charles Drew School of Medicine
Investigated health care seeking attitudes and behavior of
uninsured Latinos .
Developed a questionnaire in Spanish given to a representative
group of patients.
Collected, analyzed data and presented findings.
Researched factors for the high rates of cervical cancer
in indigent women using chart reviews and pap results.
Collected and analyzed data research project on sequential
medical diagnostic testing versus panel testing. Assisted on
operation of panels of experts for the purpose of creating
computer software. Conducted literature reviews for research
projects.
Participated in the development of sex education computer game.
Presented results.
Researched knowledge, practices, and attitudes of breast-feeding
and bottle-feeding of new Hispanic parents. Worked on production
of father's questionnaire.
Translated to English scientific literature in Spanish.
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Jan 95-present UC Irvine Student Liaison/Representative. American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP) and California Student Academy of Family Practice (CSAFP). Organized CSAFP 1995 Conference residency fair.
Feb 94-Feb 95 Western Regional Medical Student Representative. Physicians
for Social Responsibility (PSR) .
Working on issues of gun
violence as a health epidemic.
Co-founder of first student PSR chapter in California at UCI.
US delegate to International Conference on Children and War
in
the Philippines,
August, 1995.
June 92-present Medical Student Volunteer. Office of Educational and Community Programs, UCI. Recruited minority students to COM. Conducted mock interviews for prospective students.
July 92-June 93 Co-Chairperson. Chicano/Latino Medical Student Association.
July 95-June 96 Organized monthly membership meetings and quarterly clinics in Ensenada, Mexico.
Nov 90-present Volunteer. Monsignor Oscar Romero Free Clinic, downtown Los Angeles. Served as board member, president of the board of directors, and medical aide in clinic serving underserved community.
Mar 90-present Founder & Coordinator of the Honduras Popular Support Group/ Grupo de Apoyo Popular de Honduras (GAPH)
June 82-June 91 Program Leader/Camping Counselor. Outward Bound Adventures, Pasadena, CA. Supervised staff and participants on work-learning projects. Organized and conducted hiking trips for minority inner-city junior and senior h.s. students.
Jan-June 86 Co-Chairperson. Chicanos for Creative Medicine (CCM), UCI. Presided over association of undergraduate students interested in the health professions.
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
February 94 Continuing Barriers to Access to Care for Latino Patients, presented at the Western Student Medical Research Forum, Carmel ,CA
June 87 VODO, A Sex Education Computer Game, presented at the National Council for International Health Convention, Washington, DC.
AWARDS
September 95 Scholarship to attend Harvard Medical School Visiting Clerkship Program.
October 94 Hispanic Medical Student Scholarship, $1,100.
Summer 93 UC Irvine Department of Family Medicine Summer Research Fellowship, $1,200.
April 92 Dean's Merit Scholarship, UC Irvine College of Medicine, $30,000
Sept 86 & Sept 87 US Public Health Service Traineeship, $1,400.
Summer 85 Scholarship to attend Harvard University Health Professions Program.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Medical Association
California Medical Association
American Academy of Family Practice
California Student Academy
of Family Practice
Physicians for Social Responsibility
International Physicians
for the Prevention of Nuclear War.
Committee for Health Rights in the Americas
INTERESTS
Community activism, poetry writing , camping, Mayan archeology and culture .