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April Update

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Cumulative Service Hours: 21 April Service Hours: 14 All good things must come to an end! April was our last month of classes, assignments, and exams within the Biomedical Sciences Pharmacology M.S. Program at Tulane University. This past semester has been really good, and I really enjoyed learning Pharmacology from the different views that every elective offered to us; it gave us further insight as to how pharmacology is utilized in many realms in the field of medicine and/or science. The electives that were taken were Neuropharmacology, Environmental Signaling, Cellular Control Mechanisms, and Endocrine Pharmacology. Out of the many electives that we took this semester, I enjoyed Endocrine Pharmacology the most by Dr. Sarah Lindsey. It was really interesting because we learned how stress contributed to health from many different angles of human physiology. We each, in a group, had to present a specific target of the human body that was affected either positively or negatively in resp
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March Update

Total Service Hours: 7 March Service Hours: 4 For this month, I had the pleasure of volunteering with Second Harvest Food Bank of New Orleans at their Broadmoor Food Pantry. At that site, we passed out meals to people in the area who were in need of food items. The prepackaged boxes were brought from the main warehouse in Harahan, as well as the prepackaged individual meals.  Along with those meals being passed out, a few individuals had their meals delivered to them if they lived in the nearby area and were not able to come physically get their meals. In the prepackaged boxes, there were nonperishable food items that were previously sorted. While I typically volunteer in their main warehouse to assist in the initial food packaging or sorting, it was more gratifying physically handing out meals to individuals. While it is still satisfying to know I am helping assist in the program itself, it was better to see and be part of the service first hand and interact with many different people
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February Update

 Total Service Hours: 3 I hope everyone had a great Mardi Gras! For the month of February I did not complete any service hours. While I was unable to perform any service this month, I did complete my application to volunteer with Children's Hospital of New Orleans again. Starting this March, I plan to begin volunteering with them before or after class and on the weekends. I also took this month to create and start working on my full plan for this upcoming medical school application cycle for the c/o 2027. I was able to take this month to start working on my personal statement and questions about my extracurricular and volunteering experiences. During this month I also scheduled my MCAT and the MCAT classes I plan on starting this semester so that I can stay on track with both school and preparing for medical school applications simultaneously.  Within this month, it was interesting to learn further detail about contraception and the differences between migraines and the many types
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January Update

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First, I want to start off by saying Happy New Year to whoever is reading this! Service Hours: 3 hours      Starting back very early in January was a little bit of a challenge, but being online made it better. So far we have covered parts of the endocrine module dealing with both Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes. We also briefly covered the thyroid dealing with hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, and the many diseases that presented from each. Out of the two, I really enjoyed the medications module dealing with diabetes because it was interesting to learn more about the various regimens being followed by individuals with either disease.      This month, I did a total of three service hours with my sorority Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated. Because our motto is "Service to All Mankind,"  for our Martin Luther King, Jr. day of service project, we hosted a 'Pop Your Trunk' donation drive along with our undergraduate chapter Omicron Psi of Tulane University. We partnered w
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November Update

November Hours: 5 Cumulative Hours: 13      I hope each one of you who is reading this had an awesome Thanksgiving! My Thanksgiving was filled with plenty of happiness and relaxation. Overall, November was a good month. I conducted 1-2 hours of service with my class and 3 hours of service with one of my best friends from high school. As a class, we made Thanksgiving cards that were to be passed out to various children across the lake who did not have homes/families to go to for the holidays. Uma instructed us how to make the cards, and it was an enjoyable experience to participate in. With my best friend, we attended Second Harvest Food Bank's main Thanksgiving service day where we helped pre-package meals for those who were not fortunate enough to enjoy a home-cooked Thanksgiving meal. That took place the morning before Thanksgiving, and meals were sent out later that afternoon and evening. Some of the meals were also passed out on Thanksgiving Day to many individuals who either h
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October Update

 October Community Service Hours: 5 The month of October was a good month for both academics and community service. During the month, our classes exposed us to more drug lists, and we learned in greater detail about cardiac mechanisms along with the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system. It was interesting to learn about EKGs in greater detail and learn how to determine which drugs were being distributed by paying attention to intervals on them. The video we viewed of the lab was a great learning point in my opinion. I also enjoyed the various topics that were presented to us during the month from our seminar speakers. Dr. Richard-Davis was overall my favorite speaker because health disparities involving race and income are still very prevalent today and I think the school she works at has set forth a great initiative to attack the problem head on starting at the student level and community level. During the month of October, I was able to take a small trip to California
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September Update

 September Community Service Hours: 3 The month of September was on the more challenging side due to Hurricane Ida, but it was an interesting month as well due to all of the mixed pandemic and hurricane chaos that was taking place in New Orleans and the surrounding parishes. Due to hurricane Ida, my family had evacuated, and we had to remain evacuated for nearly the entire month due to major loss of power for an extended time and minor house damage due to wind and rain. Although the hurricane put a halt to the city of New Orleans, I was still able to volunteer one day with Second Harvest Food Bank in Elmwood upon returning to the city. While I'm used to going there actively since high school, it was a great feeling knowing that I was helping victims within the city I am from and that I still reside in. While I enjoyed the virtual side of class, I am happy that none of my fellow classmates or faculty sustained severe damages that would prolong their return to both their homes and ca
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