Kelsey Lewis

Researcher and Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) - Basic 

Emergency Medical Technician (EMT)

Wake County - Raleigh, NC September 2022 to Present

Provide competent and clinically excellent prehospital care to the residents of Wake County
Provide patient assessment and direct patient care
Operate biomedical equipment, medical technology, and emergency vehicles
Effectively communicate with the community, partnering agencies, and other healthcare personnel • Perform daily oral and written communicationPerform documentation on patient care interaction using electronic reporting systems and databases

Public Health Entomology For All (PHEFA) Intern

Centers for Disease Control - Dengue Branch - Puerto Rico May 2022 to August 2022

Collaborated with members of the Entomology Society of America (ESA) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) in the Department of Vector-Borne Diseases (VBD) to research the Dengue Fever
Collaborated with local health departments in various cities of Puerto Rico
Contributed to and performed a variety of research methods including randomized control trials, basic science research, quantitative and qualitative data analysis, community-based research, and

Utilized geographic information system (GIS) for research purposes • Communicated and interacted with Spanish-speaking communities

Emergency Medical Technician - Basic

FirstHealth of the Carolinas - Pittsboro, NC February 2021 to May 2022

Performed emergency medical services in the prehospital setting at the basic life-saving (BLS) level for the residents of Chatham County

Undergraduate Fellow

Atltantis Fellowship Program - Mérida, Badajoz provincia December 2021 to December 2021

Shadowed and interacted for 25 hours with various doctors specializing in cardiology, anesthesiology, ophthalmology, and urology departments at Hospital de Merida.

Undergraduate Research Intern

Duke Malaria Collaboratory - Durham, NC May 2021 to September 2021

Conducted basic science research on Malaria
Performed data entry, data management, and inventory
Performed real time Polymerase Chain Reactions (RT-PCRs)

Undergraduate Research Intern

Duke Student Training in Academic Research (STAR) Program - Durham, NC June 2021 to August 2021

Performed clinical research for pediatric infectious diseases
Performed literature reviews
Performed manuscript writing (awaiting publication)
Communicated research findings to the general public in a formal research presentation

Undergraduate Student Researcher

North Carolina Central University - Durham, NC January 2021 to May 2021

Performed a behavioral assay utilizing model organism Drosophila Melanogaster to study alcohol use disorder (AUD)
Utilized 3D printing to improve assay
Presented research findings in a formal research presentation for the National Science Foundation (NSF)

Bachelor's degree in Biomedical Science

North Carolina Central University - Durham, NC