Helped to connect low-income families to basic resources such as child care, housing options, food stamps
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Followed up with clients weekly until they no longer required Project’s Health’s service
Royce Sport and Society
Fellow
Lake Victoria Region and Nairobi, Kenya August 2013
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Shadowed and assisted sport and development worker
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Examined how sport can be used as a means for youth empowerment and improve health outcomes in both urban and rural settings
Global Alliance to Immunize Against AIDS
Providence, RI and Bamako Mali, Summer 2012
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Researched knowledge attitudes and practices surrounding tuberculosis in peri-urban slum Sikoro
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Developed, gained approval and performed survey to evaluate efficacy of NGO peer-educator program
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President of GAIA at Brown Fall 2009
LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
University Keystone
facilitator
Providence, RI 2013-present
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Led group discussion of a group of seniors looking to expand their thesis research outside of academia to a larger audience
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Recruited speakers to come in and speak with University Keystone
Sport and Society
fellow
Providence, RI 2013-present
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Organizing events, movie screenings and discussions around how sport can be used as a means for social change
Varsity Cross Country
Women’s team captain
Providence RI, Fall 2013
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Planned team events and served as liaison between coaches and athletes
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Named Fall 2010 Academic All-Ivy Team Member and most valuable player on Brown women’s cross country team
Meicklejohn
peer advisor
Fall 2012-Present
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Guided a group of freshman each year in making academic decisions and transitioning to college life
PRESENTATIONS AND PUBLIATIONS:
March 2010
Pischel L., CaplowJ., Chokshi B., TounkaraK., Berthé M., Aboubacar B., BougoudogoF., De GrootA.
Tuberculosis knowledge attitudes and practices in Mekin-Sikoro, Mali. Abstract and Oral Presentation. International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease conference. March 2010, Orlando, FL
journals paper
Spring 2010
Pischel L. “Re-Evoltion”: One Receptor’s Impact on Evolutionary Theory
Triple Helix. Brown University Local Article. Spring 2010. Pg 20-22.
journals papers
SKILL SET
Languages: Fluent in French
Technical: Competent in ArcGIS, photoshop and STATA; MS Office proficiency in Word, Powerpoint, Excel
Laboratory: Can perform basic molecular biology and immunology techniques such as PCR, ELISA as well as can culture malaria parasites, perform growth inhibition Assays and DNA extraction from parasites.
