Professional Research Assistant
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
I graduated from the Metropolitan State University of Denver with a B.S. in Biology and B.A. in Philosophy in 2021. During my senior year, I interned at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in the Tribal Health Research Office examining the gaps in ethical commitments of Urban Indian research policy. I had the opportunity to co-author a peer commentary with Dr. Hull on, “Solidarity as an Aspirational Basis for Partnership with Tribal Communities,” published in September 2021 in the American Journal of Bioethics. Knowing I wanted to continue my academic career into graduate school, I applied to the Preparation in Interdisciplinary Knowledge to Excel – Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PIKE-PREP). During that time, I have conducted research at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus working with Dr. Katrina Claw as a PIKE-PREP scholar and now as her research assistant before I continue to Case Western Reserve University for graduate school. The projects I work on are examining the ethics of genetic research with Indigenous communities. My accepted paper abstract covers the project looking at the impacts and implications of the Summer internship for INdigenous peoples in Genomics (SING) program. We gained perspectives from the alumni and faculty who participated in SING to analyze their social network and impacts on their careers. Stemming from my research experiences, I want to continue my education to build my career in bioethics. As someone who researches gaps in ethical commitments to Indigenous communities, I am most interested in furthering my education in the normative arguments behind many Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications (ELSI) in research with Indigenous communities.
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Empowering Indigenous Voices: Assessing the Impact of the SING USA Workshop
Monday, June 10, 2024
10:30 AM – 12:00 PM ET