Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society General Surgery, Internal Medicine, Preventive Medicine

Real Men Can Cook Scholarship Award, Meharry Medical College

Academic Honors, Meharry Medical College Pathology, Physical Diagnosis, Behavioral Science, Pharmacology, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Meharry Medical Student Research Fellowship

Sue Minter Memorial Scholarship Award, Meharry Medical College

Academic Honors, Meharry Medical College Histology and Introduction to Clinical Medicine

Dean’s List, Meharry Medical College

Tuition Exemption Scholarship, Louisiana State University

George R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas Volunteered medical services for victims of Hurricane Katrina

University of Texas at Houston, Hermann Hospital, Houston, Texas Performed duties in the fields of obstetrics and gynecology

The Meharrian, Meharry Medical College Performed various duties as a member of the yearbook staff

Assistant Baseball Coach, West Charlotte Park, Nashville, Tennessee – Instructed teen’s age 13-15 in the fundamentals of competitive baseball

Our Kids’ Center, Nashville, Tennessee Volunteered at annual fund-raiser to aid sexually abused children

Meharry Day Care Center, Meharry Medical College Read to children attending the daycare facility.

Big Brother/Big Sister Program, Meharry Medical College Served as an advisor to first and second year medical students

Academic Assistant/Tutor, Meharry Medical College Tutored first and second year medical and dental students in Microbiology, Pathology, Histology, and Neuroscience.

Primary Research Investigator, University of Texas at Houston Worked with Joan Mastrobattista, M.D., University of Texas at Houston. Investigated training standards in neonatal circumcision techniques and methods of analgesia in Obstetric and Gynecology residency training programs in American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology District VII

Research Assistant, Meharry Medical College Worked with James Foster, PhD Meharry Medical College. Investigated the role of cytochrome p450 and steroid production in both the inner ear and olfactory mucosa using in situ hybridization techniques

Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Worked with John Battista, PhD., Louisiana State University. Researched the effects of high dosages of ultraviolet and gamma ray irradiation on the protein structure on the radiation-resistant microorganism, Deinococcus radiodurans using protein gel electrophoresis.

Research Assistant, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana Worked with John Battista, PhD., Louisiana State University. Served as a research assistant gaining experience in the following fields: DNA sequencing techniques, recombinant DNA techniques, protein gel electrophoresis, and effects of carcinogens and carcinogenic metabolites on transgenic mice.