CV

EDUCATION 

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY & HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL – Cambridge, MA

PhD Candidate, Medical Engineering and Medical Physics, Expected 2018

Harvard-MIT Health Sciences and Technology (HST) Program

National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellow

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – Ann Arbor, MI

MSE, Master of Science in Engineering; Biomedical Engineering, 2012

Concentration: Medical Imaging

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN – Ann Arbor, MI

BSE, Bachelor of Science in Engineering; Biomedical Engineering, 2011

Concentration: Bioelectrics

Minor in Music

Magna Cum Laude

 

RESEARCH AND WORK EXPERIENCE 

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; 10/2018 – Present

Program Officer, Global Health

MIT MEDIA LAB & INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE – Cambridge, MA; 6/2013 – 9/2018

PhD Candidate, Biomechatronics Group and Device Realization Lab 

HARVARD UNIVERSITY – Cambridge, MA; 9/2015 – 9/2018

Resident Tutor, Currier House

MIT URBAN STUDIES AND PLANNING – Cambridge, MA; 9/2013 – 6/2014

Program Fellow, Comprehensive Initiative on Technology Evaluation (CITE)

USAID – Washington, DC; 6/2013 – 8/2013

Intern, Center for Accelerating Innovation and Impact

KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE / DELPHINUS MEDICAL TECHNOLOGIES – Detroit, MI; 5/2008 – 8/2012

Research Assistant

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION (WHO) – Geneva, Switzerland; 6/2012 – 7/2012

Intern, Diagnostic Imaging and Medical Devices Unit             

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM – Ann Arbor, MI; 9/2011 – 4/2012

Graduate Research Assistant, Basic Radiological Sciences Division

MBARARA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY – Mbarara, Uganda; 5/2011 – 8/2011

MHIRT-NIH Research Fellow

TRUSTED MESSENGER INTERVENTION FOR HIV/AIDS – Lusaka, Zambia; 7/2010

Research Assistant 

 

TEACHING 

MIT D-LAB – Cambridge, MA; 2/2014 – Present

Instructor, EC.722: Prosthetics for the Developing World

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGYAnn Arbor, MI; 1/2012 – 4/2012

Graduate Student Instructor, BIO.226: Animal Physiology Laboratory

TROY HIGH SCHOOL BAND PROGRAM Troy, MI; 8/2009, 8/2010

Band Camp Instructional Staff

 

AWARDS/HONORS

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (Cambridge, MA)

National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2013-2015

HST IDEA2 Finalist and Honorable Mention, 2015

HST First-year Graduate Student Fellowship, 2012 

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN (Ann Arbor, MI)

MHIRT-NIH Fellowship, 2011

Magna Cum Laude, April 2011; Dean’s List 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011

SPIE Scholarship, 2010 and 2011

Michigan Marching Band Donald R. Shepherd Scholarship, 2010

Skandalaris Family Foundation Scholarship, 2007, 2009, 2010

1st Place, Landes Prize for Technical Communication, 2009

Regents Merit Scholarship, 2007

TROY HIGH SCHOOL (Troy, MI)

Summa Cum Laude & Phi Beta Kappa, May 2007

All-America & All-State Swimming, March 2007

All-State Musician & Michigan Youth Arts Festival Soloist Nominee, February 2007

 

ACTIVITIES

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Co-founder, MIT Cost-effective Healthcare Initiative (May 2016-Present)

Team Member, MIT Hacking Medicine (August 2014-Present)

HST Representative to the MIT Graduate Student Council (October 2013-September 2014)

Secretary, Harvard-MIT HST Joint Council (September 2012-September 2013)

UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN

Student Associate, Center for Global Health (October 2010-August 2012)

Vice President, M-HEAL [Michigan Health Engineered for All Lives] (September 2008-April 2012)

Principal Player, Campus Band (January 2008-December 2011)

Member, Michigan Fanfare Band and Hockey Pep Band (August 2010-April 2011)

Volunteer, World Medical Relief – Detroit, MI (September 2008-April 2011)

Rank Leader, Michigan Marching Band (August 2007-January 2011)

Peer Advisor, Engineering Advising Center (April 2008-April 2010)

Volunteer, Detroit Receiving Hospital (May 2009-August 2009)

Volunteer, Karmanos Cancer Center (May 2009-August 2009)

 

For a full CV, please contact me directly: branger [at] mit.edu.