aaron kavanaugh

* Taught English and Math to children in a rural village in Peruvian Altiplano * Interviewed village leaders and residents for report on history of the community

• Taught gymnastics to children ages 1-14

* • Researched neurobiology of Alzheimer's disease and schizophrenia * • Ran lab tests including RNA isolation from human brain tissue and real time PCR, managed study database, organized results for presentation * • Results published in Neurobiology of Aging, Dec. 2012

* 149 * Researched and established connections with new corporate sponsors and community partners * 149 * Coordinated and planned fundraising event logistics * 149 * Recruited and helped supervise 400+ event volunteers

• Project title: Surviving the Plague: HIV/AIDS in a Queer San Francisco Chuch • Researching primary and secondary sources to identify and analyze political, religious, medical, and cultural responses to and engagement in the AIDS epidemic over the past 20 years • Compiling annotated bibliographies and have parsed over 250 hours of audio recordings to date to identify emerging social and religious constructs

* Coordinated and conducted statewide research project on social determinants of health and racial health disparities in STDs aimed at building new partnerships between local health departments, STD prevention efforts, and community based organizations * Conducted interviews with 25+ statewide, regional, and local nonprofits and foundations * Managed construction of statewide survey assessing county STD programs and clinical services * Planned, organized, and executed reorganization of the CDPH STD Control Branch website

Studied Medical Anthropology and Public Health with focus on social approaches to health. Activities and Societies: Phi Delta Theta Fraternity; Theater For Charity