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Education

• Johns Hopkins University, B.A. in Biophysics and Minor in Bioethics, Aug 2018-Dec 2021
• Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, M.D., July 2022-May 2026 (expected)

Clinical Research

• April 2023-Present: Clinical Trial Coordinator and Student Researcher
  • Section of Surgical Sciences, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Mentor: Aimal Khan, MD
• Nov 2022-Present: Student Researcher
  • Surgical Analytics Lab and Surgical Ethics Program, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
  • Mentor: Alexander Langerman, MD, SM
• Jan 2022-July 2022: Research Program Coordinator
  • Department of Pediatrics, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Mentor: Sara Johnson, PhD, MPH
• Sep 2020-Dec 2021: Student Researcher
  • Neuro-Oncology Surgical Outcomes Lab, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Mentor: Debraj Mukherjee, MD, MPH
• Oct 2018-Jan 2020: Research Assistant
  • Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins Medicine
  • Mentor: Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH

Cancer Wet Lab

• Jan 2019-Dec 2021: Student Researcher
  • Institute for NanoBioTechnology, Johns Hopkins University
  • Mentor: Konstantinos Konstantopoulos, PhD
• June 2020-Aug 2020: Research Assistant
  • Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Virginia Tech Carilion
  • Mentor: Samy Lamouille, PhD

Addiction Research

• Jan 2022-July 2022 & Summer 2021: Postbaccalaureate Fellow and Summer Intern
  • Technology and Translational Research Unit, National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • Mentor: Brenda Curtis, PhD, MsPH
• June 2020-July 2022: Student Investigator
  • Johns Hopkins University
  • Mentor: Andrew Cherlin, PhD

COVID-19 Research

• Mar 2021-May 2022: Research Assistant
  • Disability Health Research Center, Johns Hopkins University
  • Mentor: Bonnielin Swenor, PhD, MPH
• June 2020-Jan 2021: Student Researcher
  • CoronaNet
  • Mentor: Robert Kubinec, PhD

Community Service

• Jan 2024-Present: Student Mentor, Future is NOW (Non-violent Options Win) Nashville – Future Healers Network
• Jan 2024-Present: Health Educator, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Social Mission Committee
• Aug 2022-Present: Coordinator and Student Clinician, Shade Tree Free Clinic
• Jan 2021-July 2022: Community Health Design and Social Innovation Intern, Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital
• Dec 2019-Feb 2020: Hospice Volunteer, Gilchrist Hospice Center
• June 2015-Aug 2019: Hospital Volunteer, LewisGale Medical Center

Leadership

• July 2024-Present: Honor Council Representative, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine Student Government
• Aug 2021-June 2022: Community Assistant, Nine East 33rd Student Apartments
• Jan 2020-Dec 2021: Teaching Assistant, Johns Hopkins University Organic Chemistry Lab
• June 2018-Aug 2019: Tennis Instructor, North Cross School

Medically Relevant Undergraduate Clubs

• Sep 2019-Dec 2021: Medical Ethics Discussion Leader, Johns Hopkins University Medical Ethics Discussion Panel
• Sep 2019-Dec 2021: Head of Medical Humanities Section, Johns Hopkins University Hippocrates Medical Review

Honors, Awards, and Grants

• 2022: National Institute on Drug Abuse Featured Paper of the Month (October)
• 2022: PanHellenic Scholarship Foundation Award ($2,500)
• 2022: Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, Alpha Chapter of Maryland
• 2021: Omicron Delta Kappa Honor Society, Beta Circle
• 2021: Hopkins Office of Undergraduate Research Advance Fund Recipient ($1,000)
• 2019-21: Three-Time HCA Healthcare Scholar ($6,000 total), Magazine Feature
• 2020: Johns Hopkins University Provost’s Undergraduate Research Award ($3,000), Magazine Feature
• 2019: Johns Hopkins University Sigma Phi Epsilon Most Balanced Man Finalist
• 2019: Johns Hopkins University Creative Writing Contest Winner
• 2018: Roanoke Valley Tennis Association Fred Rawlings Memorial Scholar ($500)

Elective Coursework

• 2022-23: Vanderbilt Program in Interprofessional Learning
• 2023: Medical Photography Spring Elective
• 2023: Plastic Surgery Spring Elective
• 2022: Neurosurgery Fall Elective

Skills

• Clinical: Patient interviewing, chart review, informed consent, IRB approval
• Computer: MATLAB, Python, Java, SQL, Unix, Microsoft Excel, RedCap, ImageJ, Canva, Pajek, PyMOL
• Language: Conversational French
• Wet Lab: Western Blot, RT-qPCR, cell culture, microfluidic device synthesis, DNA/RNA/protein extraction, bacterial transformation, immunofluorescence, nanodrop spectrophotometry

Publications

Comparative outcomes for microvascular free flap monitoring outside the intensive care unit

Stevens MN, Prasad K, Sharma RK, Gallant J-N, Habib DRS, Langerman A, Mannion K, Rosenthal E, Topf MC, Rohde SL. Comparative outcomes for microvascular free flap monitoring outside the intensive care unit. Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg. doi:10.1002/ohn.780

The association between motor and non-motor symptoms in essential tremor patients being evaluated for deep brain stimulation surgery

Bishay AE, Habib DRS, Lyons AT, Hughes NC, Summers JE, Dhima K, Bick SK. The association between motor and non-motor symptoms in essential tremor patients being evaluated for deep brain stimulation surgery. J Clin Neurosci. 2024;122:59-65. doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2024.03.006

Parents’ trust in COVID-19 messengers and implications for vaccination

Klein LM, Habib DRS, Edwards LV, Hager ER, Berry AA, Connor KA, Calderon G, Liu Y, Johnson SB. Parents’ trust in COVID-19 messengers and implications for vaccination. Am J Health Promot. 2024;38(3):364-374. doi:10.1177/08901171231204480

How often is cancer present in oral cavity re-resections after initial positive margins?

Prasad K, Sharma R, Habib D, Sinard R, Mannion K, Rohde S, Langerman A, Netterville J, Rosenthal E, Lewis J, Topf MC. How often is cancer present in oral cavity re-resections after initial positive margins? Laryngoscope. 2024;134(2)717-724. doi:10.1002/lary.30959

A linguistic analysis of dehumanization toward substance use across three decades of news articles

Giorgi S, Habib DRS, Bellew D, Sherman G, Curtis B. A linguistic analysis of dehumanization toward substance use across three decades of news articles. Front Public Health. 2023;11:1275975. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1275975

Lived experience matters: Automatic detection of stigma on social media toward people who use substances

Giorgi S, Bellew D, Habib DRS, Sedoc J, Smitterberg C, Devoto A, Himelein-Wachowiak MK, Curtis B. Lived experience matters: Automatic detection of stigma on social media toward people who use substances. In: Proceedings of the Eighteenth International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media. Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence. Preprint posted online July 16, 2023. doi:10.48550/arXiv.2302.02064

The role of primary care in advancing civic engagement and health equity: A conceptual framework

Habib DRS*, Klein LM*, Perrin EM, Perrin AJ, Johnson SB. The role of primary care in advancing civic engagement and health equity: A conceptual framework. Milbank Q. 2023;101(3):731-767. doi:10.1111/1468-0009.12661

Linguistic methodologies to surveil the leading causes of mortality: Scoping review of Twitter for public health data

Lane J, Habib D, Curtis B. Linguistic Methodologies to Surveil the Leading Causes of Mortality: Scoping Review of Twitter for Public Health Data. J Med Internet Res. 2023;25:e39484. doi:10.2196/39484

Role of the media in promoting the dehumanization of people who use drugs

Habib DRS, Giorgi S, Curtis B. Role of the media in promoting the dehumanization of people who use drugs. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2023;49(4):371-380. doi:10.1080/00952990.2023.2180383

Nonsuicidal self-injury and substance use disorders: A shared language of addiction

Giorgi S, Himelein-Wachowiak MK, Habib D, Ungar L, Curtis B. Nonsuicidal self-injury and substance use disorders: A shared language of addiction. In: Proceedings of the Eighth Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology. Association for Computational Linguistics; 2022:177-183. doi:10.18653/v1/2022.clpsych-1.15

COVID-19 vaccine website accessibility dashboard

Jo G*, Habib D*, Varadaraj V, Smith J, Epstein S, Zhu J, Yenokyan G, Ayers K, Swenor BK. COVID-19 vaccine website accessibility dashboard. Disabil Health J. 2022;15(3):101325. doi:10.1016/j.dhjo.2022.101325

Dyadic analysis of fragile Middle Eastern states and humanitarian implications of restrictive COVID-19 policies

Habib D, Elmore N, Gulas S, Ruhde N, Mathew D, Parente N. Dyadic analysis of fragile Middle Eastern states and humanitarian implications of restrictive COVID-19 policies. Middle East Law Gov. 2022;14(1):26-61. doi:10.1163/18763375-14010008

AIM against survey fraud

Habib D*, Jha N*. AIM against survey fraud. JAMIA Open. 2021;4(4):ooab099. doi:10.1093/jamiaopen/ooab099

Restriction: The COVID-19 policy type of choice for fragile Middle Eastern states

Habib D. Restriction: The COVID-19 policy type of choice for fragile Middle Eastern states. Cambio. 2020:1-12. doi:10.13128/cambio-9729

Conference Activity

Mood and cognitive effects of deep brain stimulation for essential tremor

June 03, 2024

Poster at American Society and Joint Section of Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery Biennial Meeting, Nashville, TN, USA

NCCN guideline adherence in rectal cancer and outcomes in low-volume vs. high-volume centers

June 02, 2024

Poster at American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons Annual Scientific Meeting, Baltimore, MD, USA

Augmented reality in facial plastic & reconstructive surgery: A systematic review

May 15, 2024

Poster at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Chicago, IL, USA

Novel substance use and support themes on Reddit: Lessons for researchers and practitioners

November 14, 2023

Poster at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA, USA

Flap to floor: Free flap comparative outcomes outside the ICU

October 01, 2023

Oral Presentation at American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation Annual Meeting, Nashville, TN, USA

How often is cancer present in oral cavity re-resections after initial positive margins?

May 04, 2023

Poster at Combined Otolaryngology Spring Meetings, Boston, MA, USA

Trends in the dehumanization of people who use drugs in American news articles from 1986 to 2020

November 09, 2022

Round Table Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA

Segregation, coronavirus racial bias, and relationships with COVID-19 distress

November 07, 2022

Round Table Presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, USA

Applying social network theory to vaping in high school: Implications for school-based prevention programs

July 15, 2022

Oral Presentation at XLII International Social Networks Conference, Virtual

A preliminary network analysis of blighted neighborhoods in Baltimore City

July 14, 2022

Oral Presentation at XLII International Social Networks Conference, Virtual

The balance between health resource-oriented and restrictive COVID-19 policies in the Middle East

October 05, 2021

Oral Presentation at COVID-19 Public Health and Social Measures Research Outcome Conference, Virtual

Nuclear stiffening along with RhoGEF activity regulate RhoA/MyosinII-dependent contractility and cell migration phenotype in confinement

October 16, 2020

Poster at Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Virtual

Popular Works

Researching the COVID-19 pandemic: New vistas and data limitations

Habib D, Elmore N. Researching the COVID-19 pandemic: New vistas and data limitations. Middle East Law and Governance Blog. Published May 2, 2022. https://blog.brill.com/view/post/guest-post/podcast/researching-the-covid-19-pandemic.xml.

COVID-19 in the Middle East

Habib D. COVID-19 in the Middle East. Asia & The Pacific Policy Society. Published August 14, 2020. https://www.policyforum.net/covid-19-in-the-middle-east/.

Stars, stripes and nicotine addiction

Habib D. Stars, stripes and nicotine addiction. The Roanoke Times. Published September 25, 2019. https://roanoke.com/opinion/commentary/habib-stars-stripes-and-nicotine-addiction/article_26b9a122-2d2f-5d1a-9b23-f0a258e4567c.html.

Undergraduate Journal Articles

• Habib D. Computational analysis on the relationship between state political party dominance and lack of health insurance. Hopkins Undergraduate Research Journal. 2020:44-46.
• Habib D. An act divided: America’s uninsured. The Cornell Healthcare Review. 2019:23-24.

Undergraduate Presentations

• Habib D. Exposure to people who use drugs influences perceptions about drug-related stigma. Poster presented at: National Institutes of Health Postbac Poster Day; May 20, 2022; Virtual.
• Habib D. Personal encounters and subjective experience: Drug-related stigma perception on social media. Oral presentation at: National Institute on Drug Abuse Research Day; May 18, 2022; Virtual.
• Habib D. Mining digital media to understand the individual and societal impact of substance use disorders. Poster presented at: National Institutes of Health Summer Research Presentation Week; August 4, 2021; Virtual.
• Habib D, Elmore N, Gulas S, Ruhde N, Mathew D. The ethics of restrictions in the Middle East’s COVID-19 response. Oral presentation at: 39th Annual Mid-Atlantic Undergraduate Social Research Conference; April 22, 2021; Virtual.
• Habib D. Applying a deterministic anonymous incentive method to study high school vaping. Oral presentation at: Johns Hopkins University Day of Undergraduate Research in Engineering, Arts, Medicine, and the Sciences; October 18, 2021; Virtual.
• Habib D. Vape use in high school social networks. Oral presentation at: Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Research Symposium; October 27, 2020; Virtual.