Policy & Advocacy
Advocacy
Presentations
Using Research to Advocate for Systemic Change; Women in Science Portland, June 2022
Finding your Path: Science, Medicine, Policy, Art; Apprenticeships in Science and Engineering Program, Saturday Academy, Keynote, August 2022
Be a Neuroadvocate: Advocating for science locally and nationally; Society for Neuroscience Oregon Southwest Washington Chapter Meeting, April 2019
Publications
Policy
I am passionate about policy and have been involved at the local, state, and national level.
Local
Grad Tax, Portland Business Journal https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2017/12/06/ohsu-student-prof-say-republican-tax-bill-could.html
Grad Tax, OHSU News https://news.ohsu.edu/2017/12/13/repealing-the-graduate-tuition-waiver-will-force-me-others-to-leave-ohsu
https://news.ohsu.edu/2017/12/01/standing-with-our-graduate-students
Grad Tax, Reuters https://www.reuters.com/article/column-marksjarvis-education-idUKL1N1OD18B
State
Oregon Medical Association: member of the Equity Task Force; Structural Racism Workgroup; and Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion committee
Co-authored policy on Protections for LGBTQ Health Professionals
Co-authored policy on Support for Gender-Affirming and LGBTQ+ Health
National
Consultant for the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education; The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
Society for Neuroscience: 2017 Early Career Policy Ambassador, Advocacy Key Contact for Oregon, 4th place in Neuroadvocate Challenge
American Physician Scientists Association (APSA) Policy Committee member, Vice Chair 2020-2022
Marr M, Wooten L, Sandhu N. Position Paper on the use of the Medical College Admissions Test during the COVID-19 Pandemic. American Medical Women’s Association. 2020 July