Personal Statement: I try bring my entire person to my work. As a Black, biomedical engineer trained by two clinician scientists, I pride myself on tackling problems that have translational, real-world, transformative value in patient populations of need. Accordingly, my research focuses on developing clinically impactful strategies in pediatric, Black/Latino and other disenfranchised populations.
I formed the Translational Cardiovascular Imaging Laboratory at the University of Texas at Austin in the Biomedical Engineering Department in Spring of 2022 to achieve this vision.
Training
Stanford University – Radiology – 2021
Research Area: Robust Quantitative MRI
Mentor: Shreyas Vasanwala, MD, PhD
University of Southern California – Biomedical Engineering – 2017
Thesis: Assessing Cerebral Oxygen Supply and Demand in Sickle Cell Anemia Using MRI
Mentor: John Wood, MD, PhD
Loyola Marymount University – Physics – 2009
Awards and Honors
Stanford: Cardiovascular Imaging T32 Fellow
ISMRM: Magna Cum Laude Abstract
ISMRM: Perfusion Study Group: 1st Place Poster
USC: Grodin’s Abstract Award
USC: Provost Fellow
California Legislature Assembly: Certificate of Recognition
LMU: LMU Presidential Citation
LMU: George Washington Carver Award
LMU: Kalbfleish Physics Scholar
LMU: Program Scholar: Physics
Service
Manuscript Reviewer: Hemasphere; Frontiers in Neurology; Frontiers in Physiology; Journal of Applied Physiology; Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Magnetic Resonance in Medicine; Magnetic Resonance Materials in Physics, Biology and Medicine;
Grant Reviewer: NSF GFRP (2024), NIH CTIS Ad Hoc (2024), Keck Foundation (2024)
Committee Membership: Go Red Women In Science and Medicine (AHA); UT Austin BME Faculty Search 2023; UT Austin BME Seminar, UT Austin BME Community and Culture; UT Austin: Science Olympiad Faculty Advisor