Saumya Gupta
Boston,United States
Summary
I am a pre-medical student who is passionate about helping children achieve their goals by providing knowledge and support for their physical health, mental health, and academic endeavors. During my postgraduate gap years I am currently working towards advancing my interpersonal skills whilst gaining clinical experience in efforts to study medicine.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Medical Scribe
Children's Hospital Of Orange County
Orange, CA
08.2018 - 03.2020
- Lead scribe of the Endocrinology department: Head of scheduling, management, training of all scribes.
- Head of transition program to Telehealth for all scribes during Covid-19 pandemic
- Document patient history, physical examination, family history, and social history while being present in the room with the physician and the patient
- Input of all lab results and dictated radiographic impressions
- One-on-one collaboration with physicians about patient care plan
- Interacting with children and helping them around the hospital environment.
- Gaining hand-on knowledge about the division of Endocrinology and studying Endocrinology
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute For Research On Aging
La Jolla, CA
09.2016 - 01.2020
- Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies
- Worked on a study that involved studying the effects of loneliness in the senior housing community in San Diego.
- The study sought to identify characteristics of loneliness in older adults living independently within a senior housing community, which is typically designed to reduce social isolation.
- Obtained skills in writing professional research publication and participated in writing the final publication article
- Organized study data and collated all the results into graphs and tables
- Performed literature search in online databases such as pub-med and google scholar to learn about previous data already published regarding the current study
- Key Achievement : Received publication in the Journal: Aging and Mental Health
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute Of Research On Aging
La Jolla, CA
09.2016 - 01.2020
- Proteomic Changes during Space Flight
- Worked on a NASA study that involved studying a set of twin astronauts, one who was sent on a year long mission to a space station and the other who was kept on the ground as a control
- The study involved studying what proteomic changes occurred in the astronaut that spent a year in the space station
- I studied targeted proteomic changes and accounted for changes in the protein Aquaporin 2 through Bradford assays and Western Blots
- Extraction of protein from urine
- Involved in data analysis of untargeted proteomics
- Created heat maps to show the changes of various protein concentrations during and after space flight.
- Key Achievement: Presented study in the Undergraduate Research Conference in 2018 at UCSD
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute Of Research On Aging
La Jolla, CA
09.2016 - 01.2020
- SAGE STUDY
- This study sought to discover biomarkers in the San Diego population that could indicate risk for neurodegenerative diseases
- Extracted DNA from saliva samples to analyze the participants genome for the hypothesized genes involved in neurodegenerative disease
- Organized the data and creating correlations between the various genes and risk factors
- Sorted the DNA sequence codes to erase errors or repeats
- Analyzed all the gene SNPs through Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University Of California San Diego
La Jolla, CA
12.2017 - 06.2018
- Taught Human Physiology I and Human Physiology II as a TA to juniors, seniors, and post-bac students.
- Taught weekly discussion sections for about 20-30 students
- Re-taught lecture material
- Helped students practice material through self-made worksheets
- Went over exam questions
- Led Review Sessions
- Review sessions were 3 hour long lectures that consisted of a thorough review of all lecture material and various practice material
- Held office hours for additional help
- Taught students one-on-one for individual help
- Also held personal office hours for those students struggling to pass the class and required additional help.
- Aided the Professor in creating exam questions and grading exams.
Professional Tutor
A+ In Home Tutoring
Anaheim, CA
08.2020 - 06.2021
- Provided one-on-one homework help, test prep, and tutoring to children ages 5-19 in math and science (Algebra 1, Algebra 2, Geometry, Biology and Chemistry)
- Specialized in teaching special needs children such as those with ADHD, visual processing disorder, and autism spectrum disorder.
- Tutored virtually via ZOOM to accommodate the high risk students during the Covid-19 pandemic.
- Tutored multiple students in a classroom setting for group sessions.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience And Physiology
University of California San Diego
San Diego 09.2015 - 06.2018
Master of Science - Medical Sciences
Boston University School of Medicine
Boston 08.2021 - Current
Skills
Multidisciplinary team collaboration
] DNA/Protein Collecting
Problem-Solving
Data Entry
Certification
Peer Reviewed Article Publish in Journal of Aging and Mental Health "Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies"
Volunteer Experience
- Camp Chinnock for kids with Type 1 Diabetes 2019
- Children's Hospital of Orange County's Camp Conrad for kids with Type 1 Diabetes, as a part of the medical staff
- Oversaw 24 children and their insulin regimens for meals and snacks
- Treated children for high and low blood sugars and dosed them for insulin.
- Also cared to other ailments or medical emergencies during camp activities.
- Neuroscience Outreach Program- UCSD 2016-2019
- Teaching general knowledge about the brain through demonstrations and visuals to elementary, middle school, high school students, specifically those who are underprivileged and first generation students.
- Aided in providing resources, motivation, and information to first generation high school student who are interested in pursuing careers in STEM.
- Stand Up for Kids 2020-present
- Tutoring underprivileged/underserved children ages 12-19 on school homework on all subjects.
- Tutoring virtually by one-on-one or group tutoring for after school help.
- Specialized in tutoring special needs children, specifically those with ADHD.
- Delivered meals and packaged foods to underprivileged families during the covid-19 pandemic.
Timeline
Master of Science - Medical Sciences
Boston University School of Medicine
08.2021 - Current
Professional Tutor
A+ In Home Tutoring
08.2020 - 06.2021
Peer Reviewed Article Publish in Journal of Aging and Mental Health "Qualitative study of loneliness in a senior housing community: the importance of wisdom and other coping strategies"
01-2020
Medical Scribe
Children's Hospital Of Orange County
08.2018 - 03.2020
Provost Honors Certificate from UC San Diego
06-2018
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant
University Of California San Diego
12.2017 - 06.2018
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute For Research On Aging
09.2016 - 01.2020
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute Of Research On Aging
09.2016 - 01.2020
Laboratory Research Assistant
Stein Institute Of Research On Aging
09.2016 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science - Neuroscience And Physiology
University of California San Diego
09.2015 - 06.2018