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
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 BIOLOGY – Ann 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)