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…

Dr. Omar Musbahi is a Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgeon and Fellow, originally from London who is currently funded by the US-UK Fulbright Commission at OrACORe. During his time with us, Dr. Musbahi has been working on several manuscripts and research projects related to his subspecialty of interest (Knee Surgery). In this blog post, Dr. Musbahi discusses his interests in medicine…

José Acosta’s exposure to medicine as an adolescent led him to pursue a degree in molecular biology at the University of Puerto Rico. Immediately following his undergraduate education, José matriculated into the University of Puerto Rico’s School of Medicine where he is currently taking a research gap year between his 3rd and 4th years. Having expressed a desire to pursue…