HALEY FARROKHI
San Antonio,TX
Summary
First-year medical student with research, clinical, and advocacy experience. Committed to advancing medical knowledge and patient care through active involvement in research and education initiatives.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
LCME Self-Study
Committee Member
San Antonio, Texas
12.2025 - Current
- Participating in Mission, Planning, Organization, and Integrity and Leadership and Administration Self-Study Committee meetings and related work.
- Supporting the production of a committee summary report for the CQI Steering Committee.
Data Analysis and Reporting Committees
LCME Independent Student Analysis
San Antonio, Texas
09.2025 - Current
- Working with a team of medical students to promote, analyze, and present findings from a student-made survey evaluating student perspectives on the Long School of Medicine.
- Serving as the main source of data for the Self-Study portion of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education's accreditation process.
Undergraduate Researcher
W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
Los Angeles, CA
10.2023 - 06.2025
- Reviewed prior literature about the development of treatments for brain diseases associated with the dentate gyrus.
- Analyzed related clinical trials in animals and their translation to humans.
- Developed a study protocol to investigate differences between the rat and human dentate gyrus.
- Training laboratory rats to engage in experimental tasks in virtual reality.
- Analyzing neural data from probe implants of rats engaged in virtual reality tasks.
Captain
UCLA Mock Trial
Los Angeles, CA
09.2022 - 06.2025
- Given a hypothetical criminal case, responsible for studying and preparing arguments for trial.
- Coordinating practices, communicating with attorney coaches and team, logistics for tournaments.
- Demonstrating presentation skills, analytic ability, and cooperation in a team environment.
Assistant
Pain Management Partners
Banning, CA
06.2022 - 06.2025
- Responsible for reviewing patient's medical histories and checking them in for Dr. Devin Borna.
- Observe and interact with Dr. Borna an the patients he cares for in clinic.
- Observe as Dr. Borna gives injections in the operating room for back and neck pain.
President and Financial Director
Leukemia And Lymphoma Society (LLS) Club at UCLA
Los Angeles, CA
09.2021 - 06.2025
- Running club meetings, organizing events, and communicating with members of the LLS organization.
- Working with UCLA's Undergraduate Association to obtain funds for volunteering events.
- In charge of grants and planning fundraising opportunities.
- Reserving venues for conferences hosted by the club.
- Maintaining and seeking sponsorships for the annual Visionary of the Year Fundraising Campaign held by LLS.
- Educating the UCLA Community on Leukemia, Lymphoma, and other Blood Cancers.
- Creating/delivering wellness boxes and participating in other means of supporting cancer patients.
Mock Trial Camp Counselor
Ucla Anderson School Of Management
Los Angeles, CA
07.2023 - 07.2024
- Organized and instructed high-school students on proper court procedures and effective trial advocacy.
- Provided guidance and support to students learning how to write and perform direct examinations, cross examinations, opening statements, and closing arguments.
- Facilitated the development of a "mock trial" case by a group of students, coaching both attorneys and witnesses in preparation for competition against other teams.
Clinical Research Assistant
Arrowhead Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA
06.2022 - 12.2023
- Co-authored a publication investigating the effectiveness of cuffed, high-volume, low-pressure endotracheal tubes in preventing the development of tracheal ulcers in patients under the guidance of Dr. David Wong and Dr. Aldin Malkoc.
- Reviewed prior literature regarding intubation time, endotracheal tube size, and ulcer incidence.
Education Volunteer
Bruin Blood Initiative
Los Angeles , CA
09.2021 - 06.2023
- Responsible for conducting presentations on blood donation around campus.
- Reaching out to students, faculty, and members of the greater LA community to encourage blood donation at the UCLA Blood and Platelet Center.
Intern
University of California, Riverside
06.2019 - 08.2019
- Participated in and ran experiments: culturing cells, making media, sequence reading, plasmid extraction, gel extraction, PCR-Taq and Phusion, Cloning, Colony PCR, DNA extraction, RNA extraction, Primer Design.
- Collected data for the graduate research team.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA06.2025
Accomplishments
- Co-Authorship: Tracheal ulcer development from high volume, low-pressure cuffed endotracheal tubes - American Journal of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery · Nov 11, 2023
- 2023 American Mock Trial Association (AMTA) National Champions
- AMTA Annual Rookie Rumble Competition 2023 - 2nd Place
- University of California, Irvine - Beach Party Tournament Champions 2024
- Harvard University - Boston Tea Party Tournament Champions 2024
- University of California, Berkeley - atypiCAL Tournament 2nd Place 2024
Certification
Emergency Medical Technician License - National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians
Languages
- English
- Spanish (Elementary Proficiency)
Timeline
LCME Self-Study
Committee Member
12.2025 - Current
Data Analysis and Reporting Committees
LCME Independent Student Analysis
09.2025 - Current
Undergraduate Researcher
W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience
10.2023 - 06.2025
Mock Trial Camp Counselor
Ucla Anderson School Of Management
07.2023 - 07.2024
Captain
UCLA Mock Trial
09.2022 - 06.2025
Assistant
Pain Management Partners
06.2022 - 06.2025
Clinical Research Assistant
Arrowhead Medical Center
06.2022 - 12.2023
President and Financial Director
Leukemia And Lymphoma Society (LLS) Club at UCLA
09.2021 - 06.2025
Education Volunteer
Bruin Blood Initiative
09.2021 - 06.2023
Intern
University of California, Riverside
06.2019 - 08.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
University of California, Los Angeles