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KENDALL O. PHELPS-POLIRER 316 ROYAL ASSEMBLY DRIVE • CHARLESTON, SC 29492
PHONE 843.377.3713 •E-MAIL [email protected] EDUCATION_______________________________________________________________________________________ Clemson University Calhoun Honors College Clemson, SC Bachelor of Science in Health Science, concentration: Preprofessional Health Studies Anticipated December 2016 Overall GPA: 3.74
HONORS AND AWARDS____________________________________________________________________________ 2016 Completion of Clemson General Honors and Departmental Honors in Public Health Science Dean’s List: Fall 2013, Fall and Spring 2014, and Spring 2015 President’s List: Fall 2015, Spring 2016 Enhanced LIFE Scholarship 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 Clemson University Scholarship 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016 RELEVANT EXPERIENCE____________________________________________________________________________ Fall 2016 Student Intern at the Greenville Health System Center for Integrative Oncology & Survivorship, Greenville, SC
• Completed a 180-hour internship to gain experience in the field of oncology through shadowing a variety of different health care providers, participating in the supportive therapy classes, and learning administrative duties such as data entry and patient phone calls.
Summer 2015 Medical Scribe MEDCare Urgent Care, Charleston, SC
• Worked side by side with the physician to obtain an accurate medical history, order and interpret labs, prescribe medications, facilitate accurate diagnosis, counsel appropriately, give therapeutic instructions, and establish caring relationships with patients.
Summer 2015 Summer Undergraduate Student in the Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Department Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC
• Conducted an animal study to determine whether targeting the protein JNK in breast cancer cells that are HER2+ increases apoptosis among breast cancer cells, and my work resulted in a publication.
Spring 2014 Honors Research Program, Clemson University
• Mastered cancer research techniques such as tissue culture work; protein work such as western blotting & protein isolation; molecular biology techniques of cloning, PCR, & microscopy.
Leadership and Involvement___________________________________________________________________________ 2015-present President of St. Jude Up ‘til Dawn 2014-present Member of American Medical Student Association 2013-present Member of Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Medical Honor Society 2013-present Member of Delta Delta Delta sorority CERTIFICATIONS___________________________________________________________________________________ Fall 2016 American Heart Association Heart Saver First Aid (Valid until September, 2018) Fall 2016 American Heart Association Basic Life Support (Valid until September, 2018) Spring 2016 Health Literacy in Older Adults Certification Summer 2015 Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative Certification POSTERS AND PUBLICATIONS_______________________________________________________________________ Phelps-Polirer, K, Abt, MA, and Yeh, ES (2016) Co-targeting of JNK and HUNK in HER2-positive Breast Cancers Resistant to Trastuzumab and Lapatinib. PlosOne 11 (4): e0153025.
Phelps-Polirer, K1, Abt, MA2, and Yeh, ES2. Co-targeting of JNK and HUNK in HER2-positive Breast Cancers Resistant to Trastuzumab and Lapatinib. 1Clemson University, Columbia, SC. 2Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, 29425. Poster presented at: Clemson University College of Behavioral, Social and Health Sciences and College of Education Annual Research Forum; 2016 April 20; Clemson, SC.
KENDALL O. PHELPS-POLIRER
316 ROYAL ASSEMBLY DRIVE • CHARLESTON, SC 29492 PHONE 843.377.3713 •E-MAIL [email protected]
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John Cummings, M.S.B. Senior Lecturer
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences Clemson University
G-23 Jordan Hall Clemson, SC 29631 Phone: 864 656-3601
Fax: 864 656-0435 Email: [email protected]
Elizabeth Yeh, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Pharmacology Medical University of South Carolina Drug Discovery Building Office 408
70 President Street, Charleston, SC 29425 Phone: 843-876-2307
Fax: 843-792-2475 Email: [email protected]
Xianzhong (George) Yu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
Clemson University Life Sciences Building
Clemson, SC 29631 Phone: 864 455-5339
Fax: 864 656-0435 Email: [email protected]
Vincent S. Gallicchio, Ph.D.
Professor College of Agriculture, Forestry and Life Sciences
Clemson University 122 Long Hall
Clemson, SC 29631 Phone: 864-650-6702
Fax: 864-656-0881 Email: [email protected]
