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Research Experience
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06/2005 - present |
Research Fellow |
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Investigating the role of serine/threonine
protein kinase G, pknG, in mycobacterial physiology,
including Mycobacterium tuberculosis. |
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01/2004 - 05/2005 |
Research Assistant |
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory
Medicine
Childrens Hospital Los Angeles
Research focused on
developing techniques for the early detection of
aspergilloses in children, strain-typing species
Aspergillus fumigatus, assessing gliotoxin production,
antifungal drug effects, and developing mathematical models
describing fungal behavior. |
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09/2001 - 10/2004 |
Research Assistant |
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Laboratory of NeuroImaging (LONI)
Department of Neuroscience
UCLA School of Medicine
Research focused on
pediatric neuropathology with specific interests in
autistic, schizophrenic, and epileptic children using MRI
technology. |
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Publications
Blanton RE, et al. (2004).
Gender differences in the left inferior frontal gyrus in normal
children. NeuroImage 22 (2): 626-636.
Abstracts
“Disruption of pknG in
mycobacteria leads to drug hypersusceptibility” presented at the
46th (ICAAC) Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy, 2006.
“Strain typing Aspergillus:
benefits and pitfalls of PCR-based methods” presented at the
44th (ICAAC) Interscience Conference on Antimicrobial Agents and
Chemotherapy, 2004.
“IQ Correlations with Regional Gray
Matter Decreases in Normal Children” presented at the 8th
International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, 2003.
“Volumetric Differences in Parietal Lobe
in Autism and Childhood-Onset Schizophrenia” presented at the
49th (AACAP) American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Annual Meeting, 2002.
“Left Inferior Frontal Cortex
Abnormalities in Autistic Children” presented at the 7th
International Conference on Functional Mapping of the Human
Brain, 2002.
Awards
The Saban Research Institute Predoctoral
Fellowship (07/2006 - 06/2008)
ASM Student ICAAC Grant (2004)
Memberships and Societies
American Society for Microbiology
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