Research Experience

Resident Researcher | Motion Analysis Laboratory | Children's Hospital Los Angeles | Los Angeles, CA
Fall 2018 - Summer 2020

  • Collaborated with team of biomedical engineers, physical therapists and orthopedic surgeons to evaluate predictors of walking activity in children with spina bifida and the effect of a novel SPLATT technique on the range of motion and walking kinematics in children with cerebral palsy

  • Wrote two published manuscripts

  • Accepted to present multiple oral and poster presentations at national gait analysis and movement disorder conferences

Resident Researcher | Shriners for Children Medical Center | Pasadena, CA
Summer 2018 - Summer 2020

  • Worked with a team of pediatric orthopedic surgeons to write manuscript exploring bracing habits amongst POSNA members for common pediatric lower extremity disorders

  • Wrote one published manuscript

  • Accepted to present paper at American Academy of Pediatrics national conference

Student Researcher | Musculoskeletal Biomechanics Laboratory | Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine Department of Orthopedic Surgery and Rehabilitation and Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital | Hines, IL
Summer 2013

  • Investigated the effects of physiological loads on spinal screws in the lumbar vertebra and the effects of postural imbalance on cervical mechanics, under mentor Avinash Patwardhan PhD

  • Assisted and performed surgical procedures on cadaveric subjects each week, including spinal fusions and laminectomies

  • Selected to the paid Student Training in Approaches to Research (STAR) program at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine

Imaging Research Assistant | NYU Langone Medical Center | Child Study Center | Phyllis Green and Randolph Cowen Institute for Pediatric Neuroscience | New York, NY
Jun 2011 – Jun 2012

  • Examined pediatric psychiatric illnesses such as Autism spectrum disorders and ADHD using fMRI imaging techniques

  • Operated fMRI scans, oversaw image quality control, wrote code to analyze data, coordinated international data-sharing efforts

  • Worked hands-on each week with children, adolescents, and adults with ADHD, Autism spectrum disorders, and depression

  • Attended weekly pediatric psychiatry department grand rounds

Summer Intern | American College of Radiology Imaging Network | Philadelphia, PA
Summer 2010

  • Developed the Image Physician Annotation Device (IPAD) plug-in for annotating medical images according to the Annotation and Imaging markup language on the OsiriX Viewer

  • Collaborated with radiologists at both Stanford University and the University of Pennsylvania schools of medicine

  • Developed and launched a usability study across three institutions to test the final application

Motion Lab Intern | Children's Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s Hospital) | Chicago, IL
Summer 2009

  • Collaborated with a team of physicians, physical therapists, biomedical engineers, and athletic trainers to run children with spina bifida, cerebral palsy, and other lower extremity disorders through 2D and 3D gait analyses

  • Processed 3D imaging data to be analyzed by physicians and engineers in a youth baseball pitcher injury prevention study

  • Shadowed a pediatric sports medicine physician and orthopedic surgeon in clinics each week and observed pediatric orthopaedic surgeries