Emily Ayala
Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) | Neurobiology at University of California, Berkeley
- Role
- Research Intern at Stanford Health Care
- Location
- Berkeley, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Emily Ayala
Emily Ayala is an undergraduate student attending UC Berkeley. She is completing an academic degree in Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) with a focus on Neurobiology. She is currently an undergraduate research assistant at the Berkeley School of Public Health, where she assists with the optimization of a protocol to quantify hair cortisol as a biomarker of chronic stress. This protocol will be used to measure hair cortisol levels among participants recruited as part of the Richmond Environment and Asthma Community Health (REACH) study, which aims to examine how extrinsic and intrinsic factors contribute to asthma prevalence. The study population includes predominantly Latinx adolescents between 8-16 years old. Factors (hair care, demographics, and/or psychosocial stressors) that influence hair cortisol measurements will also be explored.
Experience
Research Intern
May 2024 — Present · Palo Alto, CA, US
Emily is partnering on a project that attempts to answer whether contextual and environmental factors impact the outcome of patients undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease. She will be examining patient exposure to pollution, social vulnerability, health disparities/segregation, and distances from the nearest heart center. She will be using ArcGIS functions to geocode geospatial data and spatially join patient data with exposure data.
Education
Reseda Senior High School
High School Diploma
2018 — 2022
University of California, Berkeley
Bachelor's degree
2022 — 2026
UC Berkeley College of Letters & Science
Bachelor's degree
2022 — 2026
UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
2022 — 2026
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