Master’s student with a strong foundation in biomedical informatics
Eager to contribute to impactful projects that advance healthcare technologies
Seeking full-time employment on F-1 STEM OPT starting in May 2026
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
05.2025 - 10.2025
Pursued informatics research in the iSNAP team at MSBMI.
Performed qualitative coding for socio-behavioral and intra-personal concepts on a social media dataset to understand information- and care-seeking behaviors related to weight loss medications use
Graduate Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
Houston
08.2024 - 10.2024
Compiled search keywords for social determinants of health (SDoH) factors to enhance an NLP model.
Developed Python script to map brand name of drugs to ingredients based on RxCUI.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
09.2023 - 05.2024
Created and administered quizzes, counseled students, and graded assignments for over 80 students, under the supervision of course instructor, for BMI 5310 (Foundations of Biomedical Information Sciences I) at MSBMI
Received excellent feedback from students regarding support and accessibility
Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
09.2022 - 08.2023
Conducted research with Dr. Yang Gong, developing an online patient self-reported outcome platform for cancer patients, using the REDCap application
Identified challenges in selecting patient-reported outcome measurements (PROMs), which contributed to a conference publication at MEDINFO 2023
Selected PROMs for the application; resulted in a first-author, peer-reviewed manuscript in the JAMIA Open journal
Research Assistant
MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Houston, TX
08.2016 - 03.2020
Conducted wet lab research in the fields of behavioral neuroscience and cancer biology
Gained experience with experimental techniques such as cell culture, NMR metabolomics, gel electrophoresis, PCR, and mouse models for cancer and animal behavior
Work resulted in several peer-reviewed original research and review publications
Education
Master of Science - Biomedical Informatics
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics (MSBMI), UTHealth Houston
Houston, TX
05-2026
Certificate - Computer Programming
Houston Community College
Houston, TX
05-2021
Bachelor - Pharmacy
Birla Institute of Technology And Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani)
Pilani, Rajasthan, India
05-2016
Skills
Strong interpersonal skills
Teamwork and collaboration
Scientific communication in English
Project Management & Coordination
Health Data Analytics & Statistical Research
Application of Artificial Intelligence in healthcare
PUBLICATIONS
Raj, P., Cho, Y., Jiang, Y., & Gong, Y. (2024). Challenges in Selecting Patient-Reported Outcome Measures for Use in a Patient-Facing Technology. Studies in Health Technology and Informatics, 310, 1432-1433.
Raj, P., Cho, Y., Jiang, Y., & Gong, Y. (2023). Selecting patient-reported outcome measures for a patient-facing technology. JAMIA open, 6(4), ooa104.
Kato, D., Egu, N., Okele, I., Raj, P., & Gong, Y. (2023). Graphical Representation of Lipid Panel: A Simplified Time-Series Data Display. In Context Sensitive Health Informatics and the Pandemic Boost (pp. 117-121). IOS Press.
Pudakalakatti, S., Raj, P., Salizzio, T. C., Enriquez, J. S., Bourgeois, D., Dutta, P., ... & Bhattacharya, P. K. (2022). Metabolic Imaging Using Hyperpolarization for Assessment of Premalignancy. Cancer Immunoprevention: Methods and Protocols, 169-180.
Tran, A. M., Chalbatani, G. M., Berland, L., Cruz De Los Santos, M., Raj, P., Jalali, S. A., ... & Calin, G. A. (2020). A new world of biomarkers and therapeutics for female reproductive system and breast cancers: circular RNAs. Frontiers in cell and developmental biology, 8, 50.
Yan, L., Raj, P., Yao, W., & Ying, H. (2019). Glucose metabolism in pancreatic cancer. Cancers, 11(10), 1460.
Farooqi, A. A., Fuentes-Mattei, E., Fayyaz, S., Raj, P., Goblirsch, M., Poltronieri, P., & Calin, G. A. (2019, October). Interplay between epigenetic abnormalities and deregulated expression of microRNAs in cancer. In Seminars in cancer biology (Vol. 58, pp. 47-55). Academic Press.
Pandey, A., Raj, P., Goru, S. K., Kadakol, A., Malek, V., Sharma, N., & Gaikwad, A. B. (2017). Esculetin ameliorates hepatic fibrosis in high fat diet induced non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by regulation of FoxO1 mediated pathway. Pharmacological Reports, 69(4), 666-672.
Timeline
Graduate Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
05.2025 - 10.2025
Graduate Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
08.2024 - 10.2024
Graduate Teaching Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
09.2023 - 05.2024
Research Assistant
McWilliams SBMI, UTHealth Houston
09.2022 - 08.2023
Research Assistant
MD Anderson UTHealth Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
08.2016 - 03.2020
Master of Science - Biomedical Informatics
McWilliams School of Biomedical Informatics (MSBMI), UTHealth Houston
Certificate - Computer Programming
Houston Community College
Bachelor - Pharmacy
Birla Institute of Technology And Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani)
Graduate Research Assistant at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center- College of NursingGraduate Research Assistant at University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center- College of Nursing
Graduate Research Assistant at Chemical Enginering Department, Rowan UniversityGraduate Research Assistant at Chemical Enginering Department, Rowan University