Mentoring
Adam Ross
| Year: |
2009 |
| Major: |
Biology and History |
| Minor: |
Chemistry
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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| Work Experience: |
Worked for two years at the Menorah Chapels Funeral Home, volunteered extensively at St.
Barnabas Hospital, shadowing a Pathologist, and volunteering at Daughters of Israel
Geriatric and Rehabilitation Center.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
Pre-Health Society (Co-President) and The Pulse (Co-Senior editor, and contributing author) |
| Health interests: |
Pathology, Endocrinology, and Radiology |
| Email Address: |
aross821@brandeis.edu |
Adrienne Gleit
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Lab technician at Pfizer and Intern at World Health Organization.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Tropical disease awareness and HIV/AIDS |
| Email Address: |
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Becky Mizrachi
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology and HSSP |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
UDR for HSSP and Student Leadership for Student Support Services.
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| Future Plans: |
Masters in Public Health and PhD in Nutrition/Epidemiology |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs/GRE |
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| Health interests: |
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| Email Address: |
beckymiz@brandeis.edu |
Chana-Rivka Foser
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology |
| Minor: |
Spanish |
| Work Experience: |
American Red Cross, lab work in Biochem lab on campus, and Gen Chem lab TA.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
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| Health interests: |
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| Email Address: |
cfoster@brandeis.edu |
Daniel Treacy
| Year: |
2009 |
| Major: |
Biology and HSSP |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Research in the Rosbash Laboratory, Research in the Cook Lab (Tufts), and EMT.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
Pre-Health Society (Co-President), BEMCo, and The Pulse (Co-Senior Editor) |
| Health interests: |
Surgery and Emergency Medicine |
| Email Address: |
dtreac@brandeis.edu |
Elizabeth Adamova
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Comparative Literature, Spanish Language and Literature, and European Cultural Studies |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Research Assistant at Hall Lab (Brandeis University, 2 years); Lab Technician� at Biology
Teaching Lab (Brandeis University, 1 year); Internship in Spain with Dra. Postigo, M.D.
(Seville, 1 semester), Shadowing various physicians such as Dr. Klanaman (several summers).
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School (Allopathic or Osteopathic) |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
Coordinator of English Language Learning Initiative, Comparative Literature UDR, and Tennis Team |
| Health interests: |
Endocrinology, Allopathic Medicine, and Osteopathic Medicine |
| Email Address: |
eadamov@brandeis.edu |
Erik Blutinger
| Year: |
2009 |
| Major: |
Economics |
| Minor: |
Italina |
| Work Experience: |
Research at NIH, and Worked at a Vet's Office.
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| Future Plans: |
Vet School |
| Entrance Exams: |
GREs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Animals |
| Email Address: |
blutie@brandeis.edu |
Jane Schlapkohl
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
HSSP and Sociology |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
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| Future Plans: |
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| Entrance Exams: |
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| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
AIDS awareness and Environmental Health |
| Email Address: |
jsclaps@brandeis.edu |
Jeffrey Wieskopf
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Neuroscience |
| Minor: |
HSSP |
| Work Experience: |
3 Hospital Jobs-two were research related (one involved compiling and analysing
data for a nephrologist who was performing a study on metabolic syndrome, the
other, he co-authored a medical poster on radiological diagnosis of Recurrent
Pneumonia in Children, and the other consisted of job-shadowing different doctors
every week.
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| Future Plans: |
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| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Neurology/neurosurgery, health care system, global health, and he would like to volunteer for
an international health program in the future.
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| Email Address: |
jeffw@brandeis.edu |
Jing Shi
| Year: |
2009 |
| Major: |
Biology and Neuroscience |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Internship at a renal lab at Mass. General Hospital/ Harvard Medical School, worked at
Pediatrics GI Unit at Mass General Hospital, Lab assistant at Professor Griffth's lab.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
Volunteer at Medical Intensive Care Unit and the Discharge unit at Massachusetts General Hospital,
Mid year OL (orientation leader), and mentor.
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| Health interests: |
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| Email Address: |
jshi31@brandeis.edu |
Jordan Smedresman
| Year: |
2009 |
| Major: |
Biology and History |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Mt. Sinai Premed Research Opportunities Program for this coming summer, and general chemistry tutor.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
BEMCo and Pre-Health Society |
| Health interests: |
Pathology, Endocrinology, and Radiology. |
| Email Address: |
jgsmed@brandeis |
Leora Berstein
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
HSSP |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
National Jewish Center for Diabetes - Advisor, Community Advisor, Pre-med volunteer
program at Stamford Hospital, Brandeis Jewish Education Program, and Hebrew Academy for
Special Children.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School (Plans on Taking a Year Off First) |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Pediatrics and Develeopmental Disorders |
| Email Address: |
leora131@brandeis.edu |
Leora Berstein
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
HSSP |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
National Jewish Center for Diabetes - Advisor, Community Advisor, Pre-med
volunteer program at Stamford Hospital, Brandeis Jewish Education Program,
and Hebrew Academy for Special Children.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School (Plans on Taking a Year Off First) |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Pediatrics and Develeopmental Disorders |
| Email Address: |
leora131@brandeis.edu |
Lilly Bellman
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology and Neuroscience |
| Minor: |
Chemistry |
| Work Experience: |
Neuro Pharmacology/toxicology research at a lab in at Indiana University for two summers,
Work in the Katz Lab, Working in the Sengupta Lab, and Nationally Registered EMT.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
FIMRC trip to Costa Rica, Speaks Spanish and French, and plans to go abroad |
| Health interests: |
Cardiology, surgery, oncology, infections disease, EMS, pharmacology/toxicology, and international medicine |
| Email Address: |
lbellman@brandeis.edu |
Matan Butbul
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
HSSP and Neurobiology |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Research at Tel Aviv University under Yoel Kloog [the dean of life sciences] and
Nursing Assistant at North East Specialty Hospital.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
Brandeis Scope: one of the founding members, writer, and faculty liaison, BEMCo:
Secondary EMT and scheulding officer, Bio Lab UTA, and Laboratory Technician
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| Health interests: |
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| Email Address: |
matanb@brandeis.edu |
Max Cooper
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Three semesters in the Welte Lab.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Surgery |
| Email Address: |
mcooper@brandeis.edu |
Oze Henig
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biochemistry and Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Cardiology and Cancer Research at Penn State Hershey Medical School.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Cardiology |
| Email Address: |
oze@brandeis.edu |
Rebecca Shwartz
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology |
| Minor: |
HSSP |
| Work Experience: |
Research Associate at Bridgeport Hospital, volunteers regularaly at Newton Wellesly
and Yale-New Haven in the summer-Is doing the Tufts Early Acceptance program.
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| Future Plans: |
Tufts Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Pediatrics and Orthopedics |
| Email Address: |
rshwartz@brandeis.edu |
Stephanie Levine
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology and Nueuroscience |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
University of Pennsylvania's Introduction to Dentistry program, lab Assistant in
Miller lab, and shadowing experience with doctors and dentists.
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| Future Plans: |
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| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
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| Health interests: |
Pediatric Neurology |
| Email Address: |
splevine@brandeis.edu |
Yael Kreitman
| Year: |
2008 |
| Major: |
Biology |
| Minor: |
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| Work Experience: |
Immunology internship over the summer, Bio Lab UTA, EMT, and CA.
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| Future Plans: |
Medical School |
| Entrance Exams: |
MCATs |
| Clubs/Activities: |
BEMCo |
| Health interests: |
Surgery |
| Email Address: |
kreitman@brandeis.edu |
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