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
Representative, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program Student Council, 2021 – present
Member, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program Selection Committee, 2021 & 2024
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
Member, SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee, 2020 – 2022
Representative, UCSD Graduate and Professional Student Association, 2020 – 2022
Abstract Reviewer and Judge, Black in Neuro Mini-Conference, 2020
Newsletter Editor, New2Neuropsychology, 2024 – present
Created content and curated resources on neuropsychology-related topics geared toward undergraduate and post-bac students
Founding Member, Meedk, 2021 – present
Created content that promotes brain health education and awareness in the Armenian community
Founder, Research Fights Alzheimer's, 2021 – 2023
Created a website to provide accessible, understandable, and evidence-based information on Alzheimer's disease to the public
Team Member, San Diego State University Graduate Mental Health and Wellness committee, 2021 – 2022
Created content and curated resources on graduate student mental health
Team Lead, PhD Balance, 2020 – 2021
Managed 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