Jackline Muthoka

• CMDA) Co-chair Worked as a resource for new Christian medical students in helping them adjust and find new church communities
• Co-ordinated bi-weekly Bible study sessions on campus.
• Created outreach events and invited guest speakers on campus.

• Crescent Clinic Serve the uninsured population of Anaheim, many of which are refugees and immigrants
• Assist attending physicians in taking history and patients vitals
• Collaborate with other medical students and scribes to ensure smooth flow of the clinic.

• UCI SNMA Chapter Mentored undergraduate minority students interested in careers in healthcare.
• Attended and worked with UCI MAPS chapter board in planning their annual events and activities.
• Planned events, such as UCI SoM Diversity Week, that encourage undergraduate MAPS students to meet their medical student mentors.

• Teach basic lessons in biology and how the body functions to elementary and high school students.
• Volunteer at the elementary schools near UCI to introduce healthcare careers and create interest in sciences to minority students.
• Introduce nutrition and the importance of exercise and staying fit to high school and elementary students.

• Mentored undergraduate minority students interested in careers in healthcare.
• Founded Kavumbu water project to address issues surrounding water accesses, safety, sanitation, and limited education opportunities in Kavumbu village in rural Kenya.
• Coordinated land survey in Kavumbu- the local surveyors found 3 underground water aquifers available in Kavumbu High school grounds.
• Coordinated the location for drilling the borehole with local surveyors- Kavumbu ABC High school donated their land for the project.
• Working with Kavumbu high school on the ground to ensure funds are directed towards drilling a borehole for Kavumbu community.
• Writing grants to secure finances to drill the bore hole.
• Working with Kenyan government to obtain drilling license and permit - license and permit granted.
• Working with Engineers without borders in designing the project.
• Working in collaboration with Madaraka Rotary club on project implementation.
• Working with a local NGO to assist with daily running of the project.
• Link to the project: http://www.kavumbu.org(Website construction ongoing)

• Advocated for increased diversity and represented minority students in UCI SoM’s admissions process.
• Screened and selected qualified medical school applicants for admission.

• Work with the Office of Diversity and Inclusion to ensure minority medical student applicants are informed about diversity efforts on campus.
• Match applicants underrepresented in medicine with student interviewers with similar background to enhance applicant’s experience on campus.
• Inform and answer questions regarding diversity to student applicants during interview day.

• Ultrasound Trip to Kenya Created an opportunity for students to teach bedside ultrasound to health care workers, conduct medical research, and obtain clinical experience in rural areas of Kenya.
• Coordinated fundraising efforts, lodging, and other trip logistics for students to work in Kenya for 1 month.
• Worked with various organizations regarding the trip’s equipment, uniforms, and travel plans.
• Link to our work: https://zotfunder.give.uci.edu/project/5922 and https://uciteamkenya.wordpres

• UCI ultrasound trip to Tanzania research translation into Swahili- Tanzania’s National language.
• Studies translated into Swahili: National Health and Nutrition Examination survey: Hepatitis C knowledge questions (NHQ_f 2009-2010).
• Study Information sheet for: Evaluating Hepatitis C knowledge among clinical officers in Mwanza,
  Tanzania.
• Study information sheet for: Assessing benefits of didactic lecture series to improve knowledge of
  cervical cancer among healthcare professionals in Mwanza, Tanzania.
• Study information sheet for: Eye Health Needs Assessment in Mwanza, Tanzania.
• Study information sheet for: assessing benefits of a didactic lecture series to improve knowledge and
  reduce stigma of HIV among healthcare professionals in Mwanza, Tanzania.
• HIV knowledge and Stigma Assessment
  Publication Acknowledgements:
• Aggarwal S, Ju D, Allen AM, Rose LA, Gill KP, Shen SA, Temko JE, Chang I, Faraj J, Brabender DE, Herbst de Cortina S, Marik-Reis O, Mehta MC. Regional differences in vision health: findings from Mwanza, Tanzania. Int Health. 2018 Nov 1;10(6):457-465. doi: 10.1093/inthealth/ihy046. PMID: 30016443; PMCID: PMC6676943.
• Sahil Aggarwal, Debora H. Lee, William B. Minteer, Reece T.H. Fenning, Shella K. Raja, Megan E. Bernstein, Kaavya R. Raman, Sean P. Denny, Priya A. Patel, Mark Lieber, Allison O. Farfel, and Catherine A. Diamond.Another Generation of Stigma? Assessing Healthcare Student Perceptions of HIV-Positive Patients in Mwanza, Tanzania.AIDS Patient Care and STDs.Feb 2017.87-95.http://doi.org/10.1089/apc.2016.0175

• Mentored undergraduate minority students interested in careers in healthcare.
• Tutored physiology, neuroscience, and biochemistry to conditionally-accepted and first-year medical students.
• Designed tutoring to fit the different learning styles of different students.
• Developed action plans based on students’ goals.

• Trained to lift, move, and feed patients, as well as how to properly administer medication, specifically, morphine, to patients in their last days of life
• Learned to handle sensitive situations surrounding end of life care, particularly how to interact with patients and their families in a manner that is helpful, respectful, and empathetic.
• Work efficiently in changing patients’ beds and diapers and communicating with doctors and nurses as part of a medical team.

• Trained to lift, move, and feed patients, as well as how to engage patient’s family members in
  patient’s plan of care.
• Work efficiently in changing patients’ beds and diapers and communicating with doctors and
  nurses as part of a medical team.

Conducted and published research on New techniques and new devices in Interventional Oncology on British Journal of Radiology.

Breuer JA, Ahmed KH, Al-Khouja F, Macherla AR, Muthoka JM, Abi-Jaoudeh N. Interventional oncology: new techniques and new devices. Br J Radiol. 2022 Sep 1;95(1138):20211360. doi: 10.1259/bjr.20211360. Epub 2022 Jul 6. PMID: 35731848; PMCID: PMC9815742.