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Summary
- Medical student with a background in psychology and population health interested primarily in innovative, comprehensive, and equitable models of primary care and psychiatric care delivery for populations of all ages. Experienced in multiple areas of research, most recently mixed-methods research focused on the effects of financial strain on access to care and medication adherence, specifically in the context of urban underserved populations. Additional areas of interest include topics related to health promotion and healthcare delivery in low resource settings, including quality-improvement in community health centers, community-based public health interventions, and government policy relating to health and healthcare delivery.
Education & Training
UPMC Western Psychiatric HospitalResidency, 2025
Washington University in St. Louis School of MedicineClass of 2020, MD
Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisMPHS, Population Health Sciences, Health Services Concentration, 2017 - 2018- Princeton UniversityAB, Psychology, Summa Cum Laude, 2011 - 2015
Awards, Honors, & Recognition
- Distinguished Student Scholarship 2015-2020
- Gold Humanism Honor Society 2019
- Phi Beta Kappa 2015
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Publications & Presentations
PubMed
- 8 citationsYoung children with suicidal thoughts and behaviors more likely to resolve conflicts with violence, homicide, or suicide: A study of internal working models using narr...Laura Hennefield, Jessica M Hao, Thomas E Joiner, Diana J Whalen, Cristal Giorio
Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science. 2022-01-01 - 4 citationsLow-frequency blood pressure oscillations and inotrope treatment failure in premature infants.Zachary A. Vesoulis, Jessica Hao, Christopher McPherson, Nathalie M. El Ters, Amit M. Mathur
Journal of Applied Physiology. 2017-04-20
Authored Content
- Abstraction versus restriction in syntactic learning: An examination of children’s acquisition of the a-adjective restrictionApril 2015
Research History
- Student Researcher, Early Emotional Development Program, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisCollect and analyze data for a longitudinal study examining the development of optimism in school-aged children and its effects on learning, resiliency, and psychological pathology.2019 - 2020
- MPHS Student Researcher, James Lab, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisConducted mixed methods research examining the impact of financial strain on medication non-compliance and patient cost-coping behaviours and evaluating healthcare provider perspectives on cost-related conversations with patients.2017 - 2018
- Research Assistant, Patient Oriented Research Unit, St. Louis Children's HospitalIntegrated massive physiology data sets with clinical databases to analyze blood pressure variability data from extremely preterm infants to assess the role of sympathetic nervous system maturation on response to inotropes and subsequent risk of adverse outcomes such as intraventricular hemorrhage.2016 - 2016
- Undergraduate Student Researcher, Goldberg Lab, Princeton UniversityConducted behavioural psycholinguistics studies using elicited production, self-paced reading, artificial language, and fMRI techniques to explore the role of statistical information in natural language acquisition.2012 - 2015
- Research Intern, Brody Lab, Washington University School of Medicine in St. LouisConducted research into the therapeutic potential of microtubule (MT) stabilizers in the treatment of traumatic brain injury (TBI), specifically with regards to preserving axonal integrity and reducing diffuse axonal injury.2012 - 2012
- Research Assistant, Swan Lab, University of WindsorConducted research on the mechanisms of ubiquitin-dependent degradation of cyclins A and B and the effects of the overexpression of the SKP2 gene in Drosophila melanogaster.2011 - 2011
Other Languages
- Chinese (Mandarin)
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