Samhita Sengupta

(410) 707-6910
ssengupt@umd.edu
Permanent Address Current Address
3601 Chateau Ridge Dr. 6901 Preinkert Dr., Commons 6
Ellicott City, MD 21042 College Park, MD 20740
EDUCATION
Major: Neurobiology and Physiology, Minor: Statistics May 2018
College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences,
Biology Departmental Honors Program
University of Maryland, College Park, MD
Premedical Track

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Summer Intern Summer 2016, 2017

Evaluating the binding of broadly neutralizing anti-HIV 1 antibodies 35 hours per week
of human and rhesus neonatal Fc receptors
Dr. Amarendra Pegu, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease
National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD

Summer Volunteer June 2015-August 2015

Assessing KCC2 upregulation and its Influence on 21 hours per week
Neuronal Migration in a ferret model of cortical dysplasia
Dr. Sharon Juliano, Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Genetics
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Emergency Department Shadow December 2015 -January 2016
University of Maryland Medical Center, Baltimore, MD 12 hours per week

 Assisted in taking blood pressure and pulse, dressing mild injuries, removing sutures

Clinical Research Volunteer 2011-2013, December 2016

- Modulation of Cognitive Processes by Intracranial Hypertension 10 hours per week

- Effectiveness of Large Volume CSF Tap Test in Predicting TUG results of Extended Lumbar
Draining and shunting in Hydrocephalus Patients

Dr. Abhay Moghekar, Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD

 Extensive patient interaction, administered clinical trials

COMMUNITY SERVICE
Crisis Text Line Counselor September 2016- Present

 Practice reflective listening 4 hours per week

 Collaborative problem solving and crisis management

Foundation for International Medical Relief of Children Volunteer August 2016

Project Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India 14 day program

 Clinical shadowing, learned about international healthcare

 Assisted in vital checkups in rural clinics

OTHER
Publication
Lysosomal-mediated waste clearance in retinal pigment epithelial cells is regulated by
CRYBA1/βA3/A1-crystallin via V-ATPase-MTORC1 signaling
Dr. M. Valapala