High School Physician Assistant

ALISSA RODRIGUES

* ***** **** **** *********, CT 203 – 695 – 4155 ***********@*****.***

High School Diploma /Naugatuck High School / June 2018

During my high school career, I completed an internship with a Physician Assistant at Valley Orthopaedic Specialists in Shelton, CT. I also volunteered as a CCD teacher at our lady of Fatima in Waterbury, CT as well as a dance coordinator for the Portuguese Folklore group, Culturas de Portugal in Waterbury, CT. I was in the top 5 percentile of my class and graduated 8 out of 320 and my overall GPA was 4.3.

Sacred Heart University Undergraduate Studies / May 2022

I completed a biology major and a double minor in chemistry and Spanish at Sacred Heart University. I was employed at Yale New Haven Hospital as well as completed supervised research in a laboratory setting in which the findings were published in a reputable scientific journal. My overall GPA was a 3.5.

Quinnipiac University Graduate Studies / May 2023

I am currently pursuing a master’s degree in biomedical sciences at Quinnipiac University while being currently employed at Yale New Haven Hospital. My expected graduation date is May 2024.

Experience

Beacon Brook Health Center, Naugatuck, CT

January 2019 – February 2021

As a certified nursing assistant in this long-term care facility my responsibilities included assisting residents with activities of daily living in order to restore them to a healthier condition when in need of rehabilitation. I would also administer care to long term residents and provide them daily care as well as a comfortable environment in which they can consider the facility their home.

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

November 2020 – October 2022

My responsibilities as a patient care associate include assisting patients with their daily care needs as well as aide the nurse with other responsibilities such as drawing blood for laboratory analysis or performing electrocardiograms to restore the patient to a healthier state so that they may continue their recovery at home or at a rehabilitation facility.

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

October 2022 – April 2023

My responsibilities as a laboratory associate include assisting the medical and laboratory technicians by centrifuging the specimens collected from blood draws or other body fluid collections and placing them on the proper machinery for analysis.

Yale New Haven Hospital, New Haven, CT

April 2023 – Present

My responsibilities as a stem cell technologist include cryopreserving stem cells from allogenic and autologous donors for transplant following standard operating procedures and using good manufacturing practices as well as aseptic technique. My responsibilities also include, switching liquid nitrogen tanks necessary for cryogenic storage freezers, as well as creating patient files and updating files with important patient information. Furthermore, as a stem cell technologist I must process samples such as Human Leukocyte Antigen (HLA) which is necessary to match transplant recipients to compatible donors a well as process Transplant Transmission Disease samples prior to cryopreservation and update necessary healthcare software such as EPIC and Biotherapies Lab. Moreover, my responsibilities include preparing stem cells post cryopreservation for infusion transplant and monitoring and reporting engraftment data post infusion.

Certified Nursing Aide Certification

Advantage Career Training

35 Elm Street Naugatuck, CT

License Number: CT091304561E

Awards and Acknowledgements

Phi Sigma Lota International Foreign Language Honor Society/ Sacred Heart University

Members of this honor society are fluent in Spanish as well as other foreign languages. I am fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and intend on using my knowledge in these languages in my future career to effectively communicate with patients in which English is not their first language.

Beta Beta Beta Biology Honor Society/ Sacred Heart University

Members of this honor society are committed to biological science and research. As a member of this honor society, new research on treatments, new diseases or outbreaks will be available and important for me to be aware of as it can be useful in my future career.

Research / Sacred Heart University

I was part of a molecular biology research team in which the hindbrain defects caused by Di-n-Butyl Phthalate during embryonic development of zebrafish was investigated. Our work was published in the Journal of Neurotoxicology and Tetralogy and was presented at the Eastern Colleges Science Conference as well as the Academic Festival at Sacred Heart University.

Title: Hindbrain Defects Induced by Di-Butyl Phthalate (DBP) in Developing Zebrafish Embryos

Evelyn Paquette, Naomi Mumper, Alissa Rodrigues, Morgan Voulo, Sierrah Rich and Nicole M. Roy, Ph.D. Sacred Heart University, Department of Biology, Fairfield CT

Journal: Neurotoxicology and Tetralogy

Article Number: 107093

Manuscript Number: NTT-D-22-00043R1

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