Feb 2024 Got to volunteer at UT’s annual Girl Day! As par of the GUM student organization, we hosted a “Build Your Own Lava Lamp” booth for hundreds of K-8 students and parents. Check out the 2024 Girl Day Impact Report here and consider volunteering for next year!
Jan 2024 Started a Graduate Research Assistantship at the UT Cockrell School of Engineering’s Center for Equity in Engineering! I am currently working with open source large language models for qualitative data analysis. Excited to see where this work goes!
Dec 2023 Grateful to have been 1 of 28 Cadence’s Diversity in Technology Scholarship Recipients (Cadence received over 300 applications)! Check out the press release here and learn more about Cadence Design Systems here.
Jun 2023 Had the opportunity to submit my first review for the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association (JAMIA) Open!
Jun 2023 As a NIH T32 Fellow, I had the opportunity to present a poster on my research at the 2023 NIH-NIBIB Training Grantees Meeting (TBM) in Bethesda, MD. Learn more about NIH’s training and career grants for students at different stages here.
June 2023 Started my internship at the Institute for Informatics at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. I am working with Dr. Joanna Abraham from the Department of Anesthesiology! My summer research will focus on surveying the general public and surgical patients’ perceptions of the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning during perioperative care.
Apr 2023 Attended the 2023 Computing Research Association – Widening Participation (CRA-WP) Grad Cohort Workshop for Women in San Francisco, CA. I got to hear really great keynotes from STEM professionals that provided advice on different aspects of the Ph.D. journey! Learn more about this program here.
Mar 2023 Attended the 2023 Computing Research Association – Widening Participation (CRA-WP) Grad Cohort Workshop for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility, and Leadership Skills (IDEALS) in Honolulu, HI. I also gave a lightning talk about my Ph.D. research at UT Austin! Learn more about this program here.
Mar 2023 Very appreciative that our proposal on behalf of the Graduates for Underrepresented Minorities (GUM) was awarded a DEI Seed Grant from the Cockrell School of Engineering. As part of GUM’s Annual Retreat Committee, we are planning a day-long event that provides a supportive environment for UT graduate students and postdocs where they can build skills centered around self-advocacy, confidence, and empowerment. Make sure to check out the 12 DEI project proposals that received funding here!
Oct 2022 Attended the 2022 BMES annual meeting in San Antonio! Enjoyed learning about the work being done at the intersection of machine learning, artificial intelligence, and physiomics.
Oct 2022 Excited to have been selected as a recipient of the SHPE Helen Cuesta Graduate Scholarship! Learn more about SHPE and its efforts to support students at different stages in their careers here.
Sep 2022 Had the pleasure of attending the NSF-AGEP Research University Alliance (RUA) Conference at Caltech this month. It was great to connect with other doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty, and staff part of the 9 institutions participating in RUA. RUA’s goal is to diversify the future professoriate nationally by creating robust professional development, mentoring, and networking opportunities. Learn more here.
Sep 2022 I am grateful to have been selected as the recipient of the National Institutes of Health (NIH-NIBIB) T32 Fellowship. T32 fellows at UT Austin have the opportunity to undergo a comprehensive training program in imaging science and informatics throughout their Ph.D.
May 2022 Our paper “What Does “Dr. Google” Show Patients Searching for Breast Reconstruction Outcomes Photographs?” was published in Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery – Global Open! Check it out here.
May 2022 Had the opportunity to volunteer at the Present Your Ph.D. Thesis to a 12-year-old event this past weekend! It was exciting to hear from presenters and see how much the students learned. Check out more information about the program here.
Apr 2022 I have been a part of the Annual Retreat Committee for the Graduates for Underrepresented Minorities (GUM) this past semester. This year’s theme was “Building Bridges” and I moderated a panel on work-life balance and avoiding burnout! To learn more about GUM, check out our website!
Mar 2022 I attended the 2022 ACM SIGIR Conference on Human Information Interaction and Retrieval (CHIIR)! It was great to learn more about the work done in this space. Excited for next year’s conference as it will be in Austin!
Aug 2021 I am grateful to have been selected as the recipient of two fellowships: (1) Charles W. and Margaret A. Tolbert Fellowship in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and (2) Thrust 2000 Graduate Fellowship in Engineering.
Jun 2021 I am excited to join the Biomedical Informatics Lab at UT Austin! I will be working under Prof. Mia K. Markey.