John Stella

Engaged in pediatric craniofacial surgery research with Nova Southeastern medical students under the supervision of Dr. George Kamel; exploring various craniofacial anomalies in infants. Duties consisted of chart review, analyzing the measurements and morphology of cranial deformities, and data entry via Excel

Researcher in the ADHD and Autism community within the 1Cademy research platform headed by PhD canditate Iman YeckehZaare at the University of Michigan. Design personalized research projects on topics within neurodivergence and allocate information in an organized manner, through peer proposals, peer-review systems, and voting mechanisms. Attend weekly meetings to present research findings and discuss topics surrounding neurodivergence.

Worked alongside the nursing team by providing direct clinical care and a comforting bedside presence. Provided companionship, emotional and spiritual support by reading to, listening to, watching TV, and sharing stories with families and patients in palliative care. Assisted medical staff and family members in accompanying, monitoring, and feeding patients.

Assist the Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians at the Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Responsibilities consist of assembling IV and oral solutions, filling, stocking, labeling, and calculating quantities of both prescriptions and medications that are distributed to patients.

Analyzed various manipulation's effect on Intellectual Humility (IH) under Dr. Ted Cascio at the PBSC PALM Psychology Lab. Performed literature review, manuscript writing, data analysis, and PowerPoint Poster designing. Used Qualtrics software to enter data into the project databsase, design effective questionnaires and data entry procedures. Presented research findings at the 2023 Florida Undergraduate Research Conference (FURC) and published in the Psi Beta Journal of Student Research

Performed Literature Review and served as a writer and editor for Chapter 22 of the book, Cancer Stem Cells of Signaling Pathways by Dr. Jayanta Das. Cited as a Co-Author of Chapter 22, Epigenetic modulation of cancer stem cells in vitro 3D. Book is published in the Elsevier journal.

Conducted research under the supervision of Dr. Jayanta Das, exploring how toxic food ingredients and epigenetic mechanisms of genomic and epigenetic transcriptional regulation contribute to Psoriasis of dermal stem cells. Roles included literature review and manuscript writing. Accepted to present at the 2023 Society of Toxicology (SOT) Conference.