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2020 - 2021

COVID19 Recovery Project – wake up to positive news; 2020-2021
Founder and Team Leader
To bring positive, heartwarming news and lessen negative impact the COVID19 pandemic had on everyone around the world, www.covid19recovery.net website was created (total of 55,000+ visitors and 200 visits/day).
 - Led a group of 15 aspiring scientists of six ethnicities to update website with positive news articles, pictures, and interviews with people of various occupations from professor to social worker.
 - Managed social media accounts such as Instagram and Facebook to bring news about website updates and guidelines on how to stay safe during the pandemic. Service was provided in three languages: English, French and Mandarin.
 - Received COVID-19 Student Engagement Award ($3000) from the University of Toronto (link)
 - Project success was featured on 11Alive, University of Toronto News , and Toronto CityNews news articles.

2019

KSEAUK Bio-Medical Symposium
Invited presenter
 - Presented research work on how CRISPR-Cas9 helps to understand human-parasite relationship

Jenner Institute Student Symposium
Invited presenter
 - Highlighted and shared research discoveries to other students, research assistants and group leaders of the Jenner Institute, University of Oxford

Trinity College MCR Gaudy
Invited presenter
 - Invited to showcase my research as a representative of the Trinity College Middle Common Room (MCR) community

Trinity College MCR Committee 2019-2020
Secretary
 - Managed more than 200 MCR and SCR members, and successfully organized college-wide events such networking with alumni and other Oxford college students
 - Increased the number of diversity-central events by two-fold
 - Organized committee meetings and produced weekly newsletters with updates on college activity

2017

Toronto Life Sciences 2016–2017
Staff member
 - Organized seminars for 200 undergraduate students in preparation for their course examinations

2016

Mount Sinai Hospital; 2015-2016
Volunteer
Unit 1) Ben and Hilda Katz Acute Care for Elders (ACE) unit Sept 2015 – Nov 2016
 - Prepared meals, helped mobility and provided entertainment to elderly patients for 100+ hours
 - Occasionally contributed as a Korean interpreter for Korean patients
Unit 2) Pathology and Laboratory Medicine May 2015 – Aug 2015

  • Organized patients’ blood, stool, and urine samples to different testing stations for 40+ hours

2015

Smart Abacus Academy
Class instructor
 - Organized course curriculum and taught French, Math, Science, Korean and English to 30 grade 4, 5 and 6 students