Natalie Luanne Leong

Education/Training                

Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston, MA
Health Sciences and Technology
M.D. expected May 2011

Columbia University, New York, NY
Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Class of 2007
B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, Summa Cum Laude, GPA: 3.92

Old Bridge High School, Old Bridge, NJ
Valedictorian, ranked 1 in 647, Class of 2003

Work Experience:

2003-2007     Biomaterials and Interface Tissue Engineering Lab, Columbia University
                                   Undergraduate Research Assistan

Mentor:  Helen H. Lu, Ph.D.

• Major research projects

·Evaluating the osteoinductive potential of polymer-ceramic composites

·Investigating effects cell-cell interaction on the mineralization potential of deep zone chondrocytes

• Trained and mentored undergraduate and high school students

·Authored several abstracts and delivered podium presentations at conferences

2004-2007     St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital, New York, NY
                           Academic Associate Program Chief

• TA for Intro to Clinical Research and Emergency Medicine course
• Assisted in conducting clinical studies
• Trained pre-med volunteers in data collection
• Shadowed physicians at work

Summer 2006    National Institutes of Health Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program, Bethesda, MD
                                    Summer Intern, Cartilage Biology and Orthopaedics Branch

Mentors: Rocky S. Tuan, Ph.D, and Faye H. Chen, Ph.D.

Summer 2004    Deutsche Bank, New York, NY
                             Full-Time Intern, Global Cash Management

• Coordinated Tranquility Procedures research among Global Relationship Management, Sales, Compliance, and Bangalore support staff
                       

Summer 2003    JP Morgan Chase, New York, NY

Full-Time Consultant 

• Member of Know Your Customer (KYC) Project Team
• Profiled customers for bank compliance with US Patriot Act

Activities:

2007 National Science Foundation Fellow, 6th International Summer School on Biocomplexity from System to Gene, Istanbul, Turkey
2006-2007 President, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society, Columbia University
President, Biomedical Engineering Society, Columbia University
2005-2007 Coordinator, Community Youth Program, Community Impact
2006 Co-Editor-in-Chief, Columbia University Journal of Bioethics
2005-2006 Treasurer, Columbia Science Review
2003-2004 Treasurer, Class of 2007, Columbia University
2001-2007 Private tutor, as well as for Columbia’s Academic Success Programs

Honors:

2007 George Vincent Wendell Memorial Medal, Columbia University
Claire S. and Robert E. Reiss Prize, Columbia University
Golden Key Honor Society Scholarship, Columbia University
Senior Class Marshal, Columbia University
2006 Barry M. Goldwater Scholar
2005  Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Columbia University
Star Volunteer Award, Community Impact
2004, 2005 Student Travel Award, Biomedical Engineering Society
2003-2007 Robert Byrd Scholar, State of New JerseyJP Morgan Award Special Award, National Merit Scholarship Corporation
Dean’s List, every semester, Columbia University