Mentoring

Adam Ross
Year: 2009
Major: Biology and History
Minor: Chemistry
Medieval and Renaissance Studies
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.
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:
Work Experience: Lab technician at Pfizer and Intern at World Health Organization.
Future Plans: Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Tropical disease awareness and HIV/AIDS
Email Address:


Becky Mizrachi
Year: 2008
Major: Biology and HSSP
Minor:
Work Experience: UDR for HSSP and Student Leadership for Student Support Services.
Future Plans: Masters in Public Health and PhD in Nutrition/Epidemiology
Entrance Exams: MCATs/GRE
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests:
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.
Future Plans: Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests:
Email Address: cfoster@brandeis.edu


Daniel Treacy
Year: 2009
Major: Biology and HSSP
Minor:
Work Experience: Research in the Rosbash Laboratory, Research in the Cook Lab (Tufts), and EMT.
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:
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).
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.
Future Plans: Vet School
Entrance Exams: GREs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Animals
Email Address: blutie@brandeis.edu


Jane Schlapkohl
Year: 2008
Major: HSSP and Sociology
Minor:
Work Experience:
Future Plans:
Entrance Exams:
Clubs/Activities:
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.
Future Plans:
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Neurology/neurosurgery, health care system, global health, and he would like to volunteer for an international health program in the future.
Email Address: jeffw@brandeis.edu


Jing Shi
Year: 2009
Major: Biology and Neuroscience
Minor:
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.
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.
Health interests:
Email Address: jshi31@brandeis.edu


Jordan Smedresman
Year: 2009
Major: Biology and History
Minor:
Work Experience: Mt. Sinai Premed Research Opportunities Program for this coming summer, and general chemistry tutor.
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:
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.
Future Plans: Medical School (Plans on Taking a Year Off First)
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Pediatrics and Develeopmental Disorders
Email Address: leora131@brandeis.edu


Leora Berstein
Year: 2008
Major: HSSP
Minor:
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.
Future Plans: Medical School (Plans on Taking a Year Off First)
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
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.
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:
Work Experience: Research at Tel Aviv University under Yoel Kloog [the dean of life sciences] and Nursing Assistant at North East Specialty Hospital.
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
Health interests:
Email Address: matanb@brandeis.edu


Max Cooper
Year: 2008
Major: Biology
Minor:
Work Experience: Three semesters in the Welte Lab.
Future Plans: Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Surgery
Email Address: mcooper@brandeis.edu


Oze Henig
Year: 2008
Major: Biochemistry and Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies
Minor:
Work Experience: Cardiology and Cancer Research at Penn State Hershey Medical School.
Future Plans: Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
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.
Future Plans: Tufts Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Pediatrics and Orthopedics
Email Address: rshwartz@brandeis.edu


Stephanie Levine
Year: 2008
Major: Biology and Nueuroscience
Minor:
Work Experience: University of Pennsylvania's Introduction to Dentistry program, lab Assistant in Miller lab, and shadowing experience with doctors and dentists.
Future Plans:
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities:
Health interests: Pediatric Neurology
Email Address: splevine@brandeis.edu


Yael Kreitman
Year: 2008
Major: Biology
Minor:
Work Experience: Immunology internship over the summer, Bio Lab UTA, EMT, and CA.
Future Plans: Medical School
Entrance Exams: MCATs
Clubs/Activities: BEMCo
Health interests: Surgery
Email Address: kreitman@brandeis.edu