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EDUCATION
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Fall 2004-Spring 2006
Brooklyn College, Department of Education, Summer 2002-Spring 2004
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, Fall 2001
Department of Cell, Molecular Biology, and Genetics
Delaware State University, May 2001
Bachelor of Science Biology, Chemistry Minor
RESEARCH
Delaware State University, Fall 2000- Spring 2001
Research Assistant, Dr. Fatma Helmy
-Conducted independent research involving the role of cardiolipin in the protection of cardiac tissue during ischemia.
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, June 12 - Aug 4, 20000
Summer Intern, Dr. Hugh Hemmings
-Determined that the phosphorylation sites of Camp Kinase II and Protein Kinase A were not located where they were expected on a myc-neurabin protein.
Weill Graduate School of Medical Sciences of Cornell University, June 13 - Aug 6, 1999
Summer Intern, Dr. Hugh Hemmings
-Constructed and performed an experiment to determine whether myc-neurabin is phosphorylated by tyrosine kinases, and if so could the phosphorylation be regulated by the use of kinase and phosphatase inhibitors.
Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine May 21 - July 31, 1998
Summer Intern, Dr. Keith Cheng
-Confirmed the map position of the golden gene on chromosome 18 of the Zebra fish using microsatellite markers
AWARDS
Biology Department Valerie N. Bush Commemorative Book Award for 2000-2001
Who's Who in American Universities and Colleges 1999-2000, 2000-2001
National Deans List 2000-2001
Alliance for Minority Participation (AMP) Scholarship - Fall 2000
Excellence Award for Senior Students in Biology - Fall 2000
Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Scholarship - Fall 1999 - Spring 2001
Hercules Foundation Scholarship - Fall 1999
Avon Foundation Research Grant - Summer 1999, 2000
Blanch Cuff Endowment Scholarship - Spring 1999
Nations Bank Scholarship - Spring 1999
Biology Departmental Scholarship - Fall 1998
QUOTES
"I want that purple stuff."
INTERESTS
Shiny, shiny things; my beautiful lady Shefreen, and my baby boy Liam; all kinds of sports (football, basketball, you name it); New York life (Brooklyn!); Spoken word poetry
STUFF
Wauldron Afflick