James Wang

• Advanced Placement English Language and Composition
• Advanced Placement Statistics
• Advanced Placement U.S. Government and Politics
• Advanced Placement Chemistry
• Advanced Placement Chinese Language and Culture

HarvardX MCB80.1x Fundamentals of Neuroscience, self-paced, 06/2024- 08/2024

HarvardX MCB64.1x Cell Biology, Mitochondria, self-paced, 11/2023 - 04/2024, 07/2023 - 08/2023, 4 hrs/w, 5 weeks

The Basic Drug Discovery Online Course, Merck, 6/2023 - 8/2023, 4 hrs/w, 8 weeks

• Attended lectures on the clinical development process, drug discovery in cancer, cardiovascular disease, and Parkinson's disease, as well as AI in drug discovery
• Presented a project, "A review of Synthetic lethality as an engine for cancer drug target discovery."

JV and Varsity Cross Country and Track & Field at Dougherty Valley High School - 10 hrs/week, 50 weeks/year.
- Captain (4/2024 - present), Team Member (8/2021 - present)
Running 40 miles a week for practice; Top-3 Soph/Frosh runner, participating in competitions; leading long-distance teams in meets and races with a strong sense of responsibility; assisting coaches in organizing daily workouts; providing emotional support to team members.

Biology Club at Dougherty Valley High School - 1.5 hrs/week, 36 weeks/year
- Member (8/2023 - present)
Organizing weekly meetings, lessons, and club activities with club officers; participating in individual competitions such as USABO, BBO, Intermediate, and Biology Olympiad; organizing school team for Biology Battle and iGEM competitions.

Stanford Health Club, Dougherty Valley High School - 1 hr/week, 36 weeks/year
- Member (8/2021- present)
Learning about the healthcare system through lectures and participating in volunteer activities.

Wall Street of Wildcat Club, Dougherty Valley High School - 1 hr/week, 36 weeks/year
- Member (8/2023 - present)
Learning about stock markets and investments.

Clinical Shadowing, Kaiser Permanente Modesto Medical Center, Modesto, CA, 8 hrs/w x 8 weeks, 06/2024 - 07/2024

• Attending Dr. Hinda Boutrid, MD, Hematology and Oncology
• Observed a significant number of over 120 outpatient consultations and follow-up visits. These included cases of breast, lung, and colorectal cancers, sarcoma, and diverse blood disorders like anemia, thrombocytopenia, and blood clots.
• Observed inpatient chemo rounds, newly diagnosed cancer patient consultation, and end-of-life cancer care discussion
• This extensive exposure has deepened my understanding of common cancer conditions and their management, gained knowledge of diagnosis, cancer staging, and essential chemo and immunotherapy, and learned bedside manners and clinical communication skills

Clinical Shadowing, San Francisco Surgical Center, San Francisco, CA, 20 hrs/w x 4 weeks, 07/2022

• Attending Dr. Hui Hu, MD, Anesthesiology
• Observed over 100 anesthesia and diverse surgeries performed by surgeons from different specialties
• Interacted with patients and assisted nursing staff in providing clinical care
• Discovered the tasks of surgical teams and gained valuable insight into the demand for operating room

Volunteer, Hope Hospice and Health Service, 07/2024 - now, 2 hrs/w

• Taking care of elderly members of Memory Care Of Contra Costa, doing chore work, playing music, reading books, and providing emotional care.

Volunteer, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, 07/2023 - 06/2024, 6 hrs/w, 252 hrs

• Assisted over 400 patients and families with paperwork, patient needs, cleaning, and orienting hospital visitors
• Interacted with patients
• Assisted nursing staff in providing clinical care
• Designed, produced, and delivered holiday greeting cards to patients

Volunteer, Friends of Children with Special Needs (FCSN), 03/2023 - 06/2023, 3 hrs/w, 48 hrs

• Taught and interacted with over 50 special needs kids and teens as well as their families
• Organized parties, set up crafts, led activities, baked cookies, supervised children aged 6-16, and cleaned the facility

Volunteer, Global Leadership Initiatives for Youth (GLIFY), 01/2022 - 07/2023, 2 hrs /w, 150 hrs

• I assembled and dispensed a significant number of over 500 COVID-19 test kits, packed over 100 meals for KAH, and sorted and dispensed food at Contra Costa Food Bank.

Group leader, Stanford Summer Science Internship Program, 06/17/2024 - 07/15/2024, 40 hrs/w, 6 weeks

• Conducted university-level lab research under the supervision of Dr. Yanming Yang to investigate the effects of microtubule-binding domain deletion of Tau on microtubule organization and cell viability
• Presented research data at the program graduation ceremony; Wrote a study report, " Tau aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders."
• Attended lectures on Genetics, Molecular Biology, Cell Biology of Disease and Alzheimer's Disease

Participant, iGEM research and competition, 05/24/2024 - 10/26/2024, 4 hrs/w, 6 mons

• Developing a bone repair material that can achieve the gradual release of VEGF and BMP4, promoting bone healing
• Attended the courses: Chemical review and Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry
• Reviewing literatures, conducting lab experiments with 20 peers and preparing competition in Paris in Oct. 2024.

Participant, Eureka Research Program, 06/2023 - 08/2023, 10 hrs/w, 10 weeks

• Reviewed over 20 literatures on CRISPR technology, history, current applications in medicine and industry and related ethic issues
• Wrote a study report "CRISPR from bench to bedside"

Research Intern, Cal Poly Pomona Computer Science Internship, 10/20/2022 - 05/19/2023, 3 hrs/w, 30 weeks

• Developed the 'AI4Doctor' platform under the guidance of Dr. Yu Sun. This platform automates machine learning-based medical data analysis using AI and generative programming. The AI model I created achieved an impressive 79.48% accuracy.
• Presented "Revolutionizing healthcare with AI: Predicting future medication models and improving patient outcome" at the 5th International Conference on Machine Learning & Applications in Aug. 2023 (https://aircconline.com/csit/abstract/v13n10/csit131003.html) and received a patent (US 63/503,720)

Date of Birth: 09/08/2007

• BBO (British Biology Olympiad), Commendable, 2/2024
• Biology Battle, Individual Honorable Mention, 4/2024
• Biology Challenge, Top 16, honorable mention UK, 5/2024
• Intermediate Biology Olympiad, Silver Award, 6/2024
• AP Scholar, 7/2023
• AP Scholar with Distinction, 7/2024
• The President Volunteer Service: Gold, 1/2023, 12/2023 and 12/2024