Welcome Malini Ramaiyer!

Please welcome Malini Ramaiyer to UCSF Division of Geriatrics! Malini started on Monday Dec 23^rd as Dr. Victoria Tang’s Project Assistant at UCSF.  Malini is currently enrolled in undergrad at UC Berkeley with an expected graduation date of May 2020.  Majoring in Public Health, Malini has particular interest in the field of medicine as well as geriatrics topics and medical research.  She has experience working as a Medic at the Berkeley Free Clinic where free healthcare is provided to members of the Berkeley community with acute medical concerns.  Specifically, Malini provides STI screens to the local community, counsel on sexual history, as well as risk and treatment options.  Concurrently, Malini is a Research Student at the UCSF Head and Neck Cancer Lab, where she worked with a doctoral student on her project, which analyzed how head and neck tumors develop resistance to Cetuximab – one of the only FDA-approved targeted therapies for head and neck cancer.  Between 2015-2017, Malini also volunteered at the Palo Alto Veterans Affairs Hospital in the Spinal Cord Injury External Unit where she read and cataloged articles for a veteran psychologist and transported patients across the hospital sites.  This only outlines some of her work experience.  As a Project Assistant for Dr. Tang, Malini will primarily work on the Beeson project “Improving Outcomes of Older Adults with Psychosocial Vulnerability Undergoing Major Surgery”, assisting with data gathering, project coordination and analysis.  Malini will be located at the VA (“Sunshine Room”) next to Anael on Tuesdays and Thursdays.  If you get a chance to meet her, please make her feel welcome!  Her email address is: [email protected] if you need to get a hold of her.