Other Professional Experience
Scroll down for highlights of (in order) internships, research assistantships, fellowships, consultant positions, and academic and community service. These opportunities helped to grow my skill set, and they exposed me to multiple facets of academia, hospitals, the government, and non-profits.
Internships
MedStar Washington Hospital Center, Clinical Ethics Services, Fall 2013
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Summer 2012
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Department of Health and Human Services, Spring 2012
- Observed clinical ethics consultations, bioethics committee meetings, moral distress sessions with residents
- Clinical ethics case analyses (pediatrics and neonatology) presented for December staff meeting
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Summer 2012
- Projects for Bioethics Office in Office of Gender, Diversity, and Human Rights
- Wrote report: "Recommendations for Improving Medical Privacy and Confidentiality in Latin American and Caribbean Countries"
Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues, Department of Health and Human Services, Spring 2012
- Wrote essay: "Value of Children's Values in the Research Setting"
- Literature searches for neuroscience and medical countermeasures projects
- Created detailed chart with information on countermeasures that are in advanced development or already procured for Strategic National Stockpile
- Researched public health interventions for pandemic preparedness
- Helped with meeting logistics
Research Assistantships
Complex Moral Problems Grant, Georgetown University, Summer 2012-present (Dr. Carol Taylor)
Second Wave Initiative, Georgetown University, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (Dr. Maggie Little)
- Grant: End of Life Decisions for People with Significant Intellectual Disabilities
- Assisted with IRB application
- Helped to construct and analyze survey for guardians
- Compiled resource guide with literature review and glossary for web resource
- Presented research at advisory board meetings and local and international conferences
Second Wave Initiative, Georgetown University, Fall 2011-Spring 2012 (Dr. Maggie Little)
- Project: Towards the Responsible Inclusion of Pregnant Women in Research
- Contributed to e-mail campaigns and website development
Fellowships
Kennedy Institute of Ethics Fellow, Fall 2010-Spring 2011
Political and Social Thought Fellow, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
Engelhard Fellow, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Assisted with 2011 Intensive Bioethics Course
- Helped to restructure Bioethics Speaker Series
- Researched undergraduate interest in bioethics for "Deep Dive" funding proposals
- Contributed to KIE website with Spotlights and Happenings as part of KIE News Team
- Research Assistant for Dr. Maggie Little, Dr. Tom Beauchamp, and Dr. John Keown
- Bioethics Research Library archive project, which involved correcting finding aide for President's Commission files and making user-friendly mini-guide
Political and Social Thought Fellow, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Seminar leader for four-credit course through School of Foreign Service
Engelhard Fellow, Fall 2009, Fall 2010, Fall 2011-Spring 2012
- Responsible for integrating student health and wellness issues in course curriculum
Consultant Positions
Pan American Health Organization, World Health Organization, Summer 2013
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, Fall 2013 & 2014
- Developed 43-page clinical ethics syllabus (with readings, explanation of units and sub-units, teaching ideas for assignments and activities) to be used for recommended training in the Americas
Virginia Foundation for Independent Colleges, Fall 2013 & 2014
- Contracted to write bioethics cases for students to debate at the VFIC Ethics Bowl competition
Service
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Ethics Bowl and Bioethics Bowl, Georgetown University, Fall 2010-Spring 2014
- Helped to form Georgetown's first teams for this debate-style competition for undergraduate students
- Teaching undergraduates ethical theories, how to pick out morally salient features of cases, coaching them on rebuttals, helping with memorization and public speaking
- Contributing to publicity and fundraising
- Creating and maintaining website for group
- Traveling to competitions with students
Institutional Review Board, Georgetown Medical Center, Summer 2010-2017
- Member of Biomedical Committee (June 2010-September 2013) and Social & Behavioral Committee (October 2013-April 2017)
- Reviewing protocols for research involving human subjects and attending monthly meetings
Refuge House Shelter, Summer 2006-Summer 2008
Florida Public Interest Research Group and Environment Florida, Fall 2006-Summer 2008
- Florida Coalition Against Domestic Violence training
- Sexual Assault Nurse Examination training
- Hospital outreach and crisis counseling
Florida Public Interest Research Group and Environment Florida, Fall 2006-Summer 2008
- Consumer, democracy, and environmental lobbying
- Wrote newspaper editorials, contacted reporters, prepared media packets, researched topics of interest, facilitated media and political relations