Kelly Frier started working at OrACORe in June of 2023 shortly after graduating from Quinnipiac University with a BS in Health Science. Kelly gained hands-on medical experience by working as an Urgent Care medical assistant from 2019-2023. She also led weekly review sessions for Anatomy and Physiology students starting the fall semester of her third year. Kelly traveled abroad in…

Annie Holleman started working at OrACORe in July of 2023 shortly after graduating from Middlebury College with a BA in Anthropology and Molecular Biology & Biochemistry. During the fall of her first year (2019) at Middlebury, Annie joined the women’s crew team, which she would go on to captain her senior year. In the winter of 2020 Annie became an…

Rachel Lovejoy joined OrACORe in August 2023 following her graduation from Amherst College with a BA in Neuroscience. In the fall of 2019, Rachel took part in research on black bear population density in Massachusetts. During the summer of 2020, she worked on a pregnancy planning blog to provide accessible content for expecting parents. That fall Rachel was a teaching…

Heidi Yang joined OrACORe in the winter of 2015. As a senior statistician at OrACORe Heidi has performed data analyses for an array of OrACORe studies from AVika, STARs, OAPol, to B-Well, TeMPO, MeTeOR, as well as specialty Pride Projects of department Orthopaedic Surgeons. From studying economics in Shanghai to pursuing her master’s degree in biostatistics at Boston University, she…

Love Tsai started working at OrACORe in July 2023 after graduating from Dartmouth College with a BA in Mathematics and a minor in public policy. In 2020, Love interned with the Community Arts Stabilization Trust (CAST) to secure real estate for performing arts organizations and combat gentrification in San Francisco. A summer position took her to Detroit’s Henry Ford Hospital…

Mahima Kumara began working as an OrACORe research assistant in the summer of 2021 after working for the Music and School Initiative at Yale for a year after graduating from Yale University with a Bachelor of Arts in Statistics and Data Science. In her time at OrACORe, Mahima led her co-RAs in the operation of the KArAT and MeTeOR studies.…

Hanna Mass began working as an OrACORe research assistant in the summer of 2021 after graduating from Middlebury College with a Bachelor of Science in Neuroscience. In her time at OrACORe, Hanna led her co-RAs in the operation of the INFORM and PRIDE studies. Outside of the office, Hanna enjoyed skiing and hanging out with friends around Boston. In this…

Julia Gottreich began working working as an OrACORe research assistant in the summer of 2021 after graduating from Bowdoin college with a Bachelor of Arts in Biology. In her time at OrCORe, Julia led her co-RAs in the operation of the COMET study. Outside of the office, Julia enjoyed running around the city and volunteering with YES. In this departing…

Maame Opare-Addo began working as an OrACORe research assistant in the summer of 2021 after graduating from Tufts University with a Bachelor of Science in Biopsychology. In her time at OrACORe, Maame led her co-RAs in the operation of the TeMPO and ORBIT studies. Outside of the office, Maame enjoyed volunteering with Boston Cares, reading, and hanging out with friends…

Paul Kopp began working as an OrACORe research assistant in the summer of 2021 after graduating from Princeton University with a Bachelor of Arts in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. In his time at OrACORe, Paul led his co-RAs in the operation of the BriCC and FraPol studies. Outside of the office, Paul enjoyed playing volleyball and volunteering with kids in…