April 8, 2025ย
Received an Honorable Mention for the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program ๐
March 24, 2025ย
Passed my preliminary exam (defended my dissertation proposal) on patient-provider connectedness and became a PhD Candidate ๐
December, 2024ย
Our paper, "Rethinking Surgical Safety: Investigating the Impact of Gamified Training on Severe Flow Disruptions in Surgery" was published in Journal of Patient Safety! ๐
June 4, 2024ย
Received three departmental DEI Mini Grants (2 in collaboration with the INFORMS student chapter DEI chair ($1,000 each; $3,000 total). ๐ฒ
May 1, 2024ย
Began a new role as a Student Engagement Coordinator for the Rackham Aspiring Fellows program under the Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) Program at University of Michigan! ๐
March 24, 2024ย
Gave a lecture presentation on our exploratory study, "Exploring Recurrent Communication as a Facilitator of Effective Teamwork in Robotic Surgery: A Proposed Analysis Using Recurrence Quantification Analysis", at the Inaugural Robotics Summit at the HFES Healthcare Conference!
February 23, 2024ย
Received the Rackham Conference Travel Grant ($900). ๐ฒ
February 5, 2024ย
Began serving on the Program Committee of the Society of Surgical Ergonomics (Term through Fall, 2024) ๐ค๐ฝ
December 12, 2023ย
Our paper, "Why canโt we improve turnover time? A systematic review" was published in World Journal of Surgery! ๐
October 20, 2023ย
Began serving as a mentor in the Graduate Application Mentoring Program (GAMP) in the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department at University of Michigan! ๐ค๐ฝ
October 3, 2023ย
Began a new role as a Minority-Serving Institution Ambassador with the Partnerships for Access, Community, and Excellence (PACE) Program at University of Michigan! ๐
October 2, 2023ย
Began serving as the DEI Advocate of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society Student Chapter and on the Industrial and Operations Engineering Department DEI Committee at University of Michigan! (Term through Fall, 2024) ๐ค๐ฝ
June 9, 2023ย
My first-author paper, "Demands of surgical teams in robotic-assisted surgery: An assessment of intraoperative workload within different surgical specialties" was published in American Journal of Surgery! ๐
May 24, 2023ย
Began serving on the DEI committee of the Society of Surgical Ergonomics! (Term through October, 2024) ๐ค๐ฝ
May 6, 2023ย
My first-author paper, "Identifying Workflow Disruptions in Robotic-Assisted Bariatric Surgery: Elucidating Challenges Experienced by Surgical Teams" was published in Obesity Surgery! ๐
March 26-29, 2023ย
Attended the HFES International Symposium on Human Factors and Ergonomics in Healthcare in Orlando, FL to support my colleagues and mentees presenting our work! โ๏ธย
March 9, 2023ย
Committed to University of Michigan's Ph.D. Program in Industrial & Operations Engineering! ๐ใฝ๏ธ
February 21, 2023ย
Began serving on the Research Consortium of the Society of Surgical Ergonomics! (Term through 2025) ๐ค๐ฝ
February 1, 2023
Joined the self-driving car team for the Cedars-Sinai AI Campus Initiative hosted by Arkansas Tech University! ๐
October 27, 2022
October 10-14, 2022
Attended the HFES International Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA to give a lecture on using the NASA-TLX in real-world clinical settings! โ๏ธย
September 23, 2022ย
Won the award for, "Best Oral Presentation" at the Inaugural Research Symposium of the Society of Surgical Ergonomics! ๐ฅ