Jenny Xu
Irvine
Summary
Monday 10AM-2PM
Thursday: 7AM-12PM
Tuesday 12PM-4PM
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Student Research
Lotfipour Lab
Irvine
09.2024 - Current
- Assist in animal colony organization, animal care procedures including medical injections, behavioral experiments, and surgical scribing in a research lab setting.
- Analyze video scoring and data analysis for animal exercise experiments to support ongoing research project.
Volunteer
Sowing Seeds for Life Food Drive
Pomona
01.2022 - Current
- Assisted in food packaging, and community outreach for monthly food drives.
- Recived Big Heart Award for dedication and leadership.
Internship
HuBei Li ShiZhen Eastern Medicine Clinics
HuBei
06.2024 - 08.2024
- Assisted 5 doctors, practiced pulse reading on 50+ patients.
- Learned diagnosed method of TCM.
- Practiced cupping, moxibustion, massage, bone setting.
- Gained communication skills with patient.
- Assisted in cooking medicine and packed 100+ medicines for patients.
Research
Western University of Health & Science
Pomona
10.2022 - 06.2024
- Experiences with animal models on mouse handling, brain injection, dissection and harvesting.
- Utilized Microsoft Excel to organized data related to metabolism and experiment duration.
- Assisted the research on understanding of PACAP and PAC1R in regulation energy balance on the VMN and ARC of hypothalamus.
- DOI: 10.1111/jne.13357
Volunteer
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland
09.2022 - 05.2024
- Assisted 10+ nurses and phlebotomists in the Emergency Department with patient care, preparing patient's room, bringing blankets, offering supports and help with ECG test.
- Helped microbiologists with blood deliveries, organizing blood sample, medical supplies and urine deliveries in Lab.
Clinic Shadow
San Antonio Regional Hospital
Upland
06.2023 - 08.2023
- Observed 50+ surgeries on total knee replacement, colostomy, colonoscopy, laparoscopy, etc.
- Read 15+ patients' cases and lab reports.
- Assisted nurses in preparing tools, scrub surgery tech, pushing patients' beds, cleaning.
- Practiced connecting tube DVT and placing ECG on patients before surgery.
- Shadowed 4 anesthesiologists, learned to read anesthesia monitors and BIS throughout surgery.
- Presented one presentation at end of program.
- Helped laboratory specimens for testing.
Student
Western University of Health & Science
Pomona
06.2022 - 07.2022
- Practiced suture, EKG, Lachman test, knee reflecting test.
- Discuss 10+ patients cases including diabetes, hepatic encephalopathy, COPD, acute heart disease, etc.
- Improved collaboration skills in mock diagnosing test.
- Performed 2 SP patients' mock trial in clinical setting and emergency room.
- Gained communication skills with patients.
Visiting Student
Western University of Health & Science
Pomona
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Participated in lectures on the development of kidneys: Metanephric Diverticulum, Metanephric Kidney, Ascent of Kidneys, etc.
- Able to use an electron-microscope to observe chicken cells.
- Observe different parts of the animals in the anatomy lab.
Assistant
San Gabriel Hope Lions Club
Pomona
10.2022
- Performed comprehensive eye exams on patients, recorded the data and transferred it to the optometrist before further exam.
- Checked eye pressure for 40+ patients.
- Assisting the optometrist by cleaning medical instruments.
- Helped in communication between the optometrist and the patients by translating between English and Chinese.
Student
La Verne Genetic Lab
La Verne
03.2022
- Participated in a one-week lecture on genetic and DNA structure working with college students.
- Experiences working with centrifuge and pipette.
- Learned more information on structures of DNA and genetic coding.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
Irvine, CASkills
- Animal model
- Brain harvesting
- Solution making
- Bilingual in English and Chinese
Volunteer Experience
- Volunteer, San Antonio Regional Hospital, Upland, CA, 09/01/22, 05/31/24, Assisted 10+ nurses and phlebotomists in the Emergency Department with patient care, preparing patient's room, bringing blankets, offering supports and help with ECG test. Helped microbiologists with blood deliveries, organizing blood sample, medical supplies and urine deliveries in Lab.
Languages
- English, Highly proficient
- Chinese, Highly proficient
Publications
Xu, J. Hunger or Food Insecurity? The Case for a Federal Food Bank. Inland Valley News, August 12, 2022.
Mata-Pacheco, V., Hernandez, J., Varma, N., Xu, J., Sayers, S., Le, N., & Wagner, E.J. (2024). Dynamic, sex- and diet-specific pleiotropism in the PAC1 receptor-mediated regulation of arcuate proopiomelanocortin and Neuropeptide Y/Agouti-related peptide neuronal excitability by anorexigenic ventromedial nucleus PACAP neurons. Journal of Neuroendocrinology, 36(1), e13357.
Timeline
Student Research
Lotfipour Lab
09.2024 - Current
Internship
HuBei Li ShiZhen Eastern Medicine Clinics
06.2024 - 08.2024
Clinic Shadow
San Antonio Regional Hospital
06.2023 - 08.2023
Research
Western University of Health & Science
10.2022 - 06.2024
Assistant
San Gabriel Hope Lions Club
10.2022
Volunteer
San Antonio Regional Hospital
09.2022 - 05.2024
Student
Western University of Health & Science
06.2022 - 07.2022
Student
La Verne Genetic Lab
03.2022
Visiting Student
Western University of Health & Science
02.2022 - 05.2022
Volunteer
Sowing Seeds for Life Food Drive
01.2022 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering
University of California, Irvine
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