Background
Myrick, Alissa B. was born on May 3, 1976 in Paris, France.
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Alissa B. Myrick
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Alissa B. Myrick, French, American parasitologist, science educator. Recipient Graduate Opportunity prize, Harvard University, 1997—2003; Predoctoral fellow, Ford Foundation, 1997—2000, Gates Millenium scholar, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2001-2003, visiting postdoctoral scholar, University California, San Francisco, 2003-2006, Minority Supplemental grantee, National Institutes of Health, 2003-2006.
Education
Bachelor, University California, Berkeley, 1996. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, Boston, 2003.
Career
Program coordinator Biology Scholars Program, Berkeley, California, since 2006. Board member minority biomedical scientists Harvard University, Boston, 1998—2001, member provost’s interfaculty working group on diversity in the science, 2001.
Achievements
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Achievements include research in validation of microsatellite markers for use in genotyping polyclonal Plasmodium falciparum infections. Research in genomic heterogeneity in the density of noncoding single-nucleotide and microsatellite polymorphisms in Plasmodium falciparum. Research in dynamics of Plasmodium falciparum infection after therapy.
Research in in vivo and in vitro analysis of chloroquine resistance in Plasmodium falciparum isolates from Senegal.
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Membership
Student coordinator Multicultural AIDS Peer Education Program, Berkeley, California, 1994—1996. Elected representative Harvard Graduate Council, Boston, 1997—1999. Co-coordinator Stomp Out Malaria, 2000.
Treasurer Building Diversity in the Sciences, San Francisco, 2003. Member of American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, CAL Alumni Association (life).
Awards
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Recipient Graduate Opportunity prize, Harvard University, 1997—2003. Predoctoral fellow, Ford Foundation, 1997—2000, Gates Millenium scholar, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2001-2003, visiting postdoctoral scholar, University California, San Francisco, 2003-2006, Minority Supplemental grantee, National Institutes of Health, 2003-2006.Recipient Graduate Opportunity prize, Harvard University, 1997—2003. Predoctoral fellow, Ford Foundation, 1997—2000, Gates Millenium scholar, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, 2001-2003, visiting postdoctoral scholar, University California, San Francisco, 2003-2006, Minority Supplemental grantee, National Institutes of Health, 2003-2006.