Summary
Sarah Chen is a hands-on medical assistant and research scientist with 11 years of laboratory experience, currently working on TCR transfection methods and MAIT cell screening while also providing clinical patient care and phlebotomy. She designed and led an independent wet-lab project at Weill Cornell revealing a potential sex-linked connection in lymphoma through XIST knockout studies, and is proficient in PCR, Western blotting, flow cytometry and basic MATLAB data analysis. Comfortable bridging bench research and patient-facing clinical tasks, she seeks to broaden her research scope into epidemiology, genetics, neurology and psychology while gaining clinical exposure in cardiology, neurology, dermatology and radiology. Beyond the lab, she has tutoring and grant-writing experience connecting immigrant communities to services, demonstrating strong communication, project management and community engagement skills.
11 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Biochemistry, College Sophmore, Biochemistry, College Sophmore at Stony Brook University
English, Chinese