Member, UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences Diversity Committee, 2024 – present
Education Subcommittee: to facilitate, sponsor, and promote diversity-related programming to increase awareness of diversity and health equity among faculty, residents, interns, and staff in the department
Ad hoc peer reviewer for Alzheimer’s & Dementia, Alzheimer’s Research and Therapy, BMJ Open, Brain Communications, Frontiers in Aging Neuroscience, Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease, Neurobiology of Aging, Neurology, and Neuropsychology, 2018 - present
Member, SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program Selection Committee, 2022 & 2024
Representative, SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program Student Council, 2021 – 2024
Developer, International Neuropsychological Society (INS) Dementia Special Interest Group Research Experts in Aging and Dementia (READ) series, 2021
Journal club format in which trainees and early career researchers lead discussions of research papers with a study author and special interest group members
Elected student member, International Society for the Advancement of Alzheimer’s Research and Treatment (ISTAART) Neuromodulatory Subcortical Systems Professional Interest Area (NSS PIA) Executive Committee, 2020 - 2022
Member, SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – 2022
Recruitment, Retention, and Mentorship Subcommittee: helped to develop the Peer Mentorship Program to pair earlier students in the JDP with more advanced students for mentorship on professional and identity-related topics
Helped organize a virtual information day for underrepresented prospective applicants interested in the program
Representative, UC San Diego Graduate and Professional Student Association, 2020 – 2022
Abstract Reviewer and Judge, Black in Neuro Mini-Conference, 2020
Undergraduate Associate Editor, Journal of Young Investigators, 2016 - 2017
Responsibilities included reviewing scientific manuscripts submitted for publication, including both original empirical articles and literature review articles
Member, New2Neuropsychology (N2N) Resource Development Committee, 2025 - present
Founding Team Member, Meedk, 2021 - present
Creation of content that promotes brain health education and awareness in the Armenian community
Founder, Research Fight's Alzheimer's Disease, 2021
Development and management of a website to provide accessible, understandable, and evidence-based information on Alzheimer’s disease
Member, SDSU Graduate Mental Health and Wellness Committee, 2021 – 2022
Creation of content and resources on graduate student mental health
Team Lead, PhD Balance, 2020 – 2021
Management of the Website Team, including design, maintenance, and content creation
Member of the Stronger Together Team, including creating content and curating resources for monthly modules dedicated to mental health and general graduate wellness
Member of the Speaking Team, including providing paid invited talks related to graduate student well-being
Volunteer, Science Connected Magazine, 2020 – 2021
Translated peer-reviewed research into an accessible and digestible format for the general public
Wrote an expert discussion piece on my article investigating anticholinergic medications and risk for MCI
Attendee, ComSciCon San Diego, 2020
Practiced skills such as devising and verbally delivering a research elevator pitch understandable to a general audience, listening to and verbally reproducing information about others' research, and writing and workshopping a lay piece about my research based on feedback from a non-expert academic audience