Amy Labar

Yale School of Medicine and Yale School of Public Health, New Haven, CT Jul 2025-Present

Post-Doctoral Fellow, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Supervised by Dr. Luke

Davis

• Studying post-TB lung disease screening in primary care setting in Uganda

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA Nov 2021-Jun 2024
Research Assistant, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Supervised by Dr.
Georgios Kitsios
• Performed analysis on datasets from Acute Lung Injury Registry
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY Mar 2020-May 2021
Scholarly Project Research Assistant, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine,
Supervised by Dr. Matthew Baldwin
• Designed data collection tools for database of measures of lung injury and multi-organ failure in
patients hospitalized with COVID-19
• Coordinated 15 peers by training on data entry, assigning patients, and creating a guidance manual
for data collection
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY Apr-Jun 2020
Data Entry Assistant, Division of Infectious Diseases, Supervised by Dr. Jason Zucker
• Completed 35+ chart reviews of data on admission for COVID-positive patients to populate
dashboards for various medicine subspecialties
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY Nov 2017-Oct 2019
Research Assistant, Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care Medicine, Supervised by Dr. Max
O’Donnell
• Performed data analysis related to medication adherence in patients with multi-drug-resistant
tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa, Durban, South Africa Jul-Aug 2018
Predoctoral Research Fellow, Supervised by Dr. Max O’Donnell and Dr. Nesri Padayatchi
• Collected primary data on outcomes and medication adherence in patients with multi-drugresistant
tuberculosis and HIV in South Africa
Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY Jul 2015-Dec 2017
Research Study Aide | Research Data Analyst, Department of Neurology, Supervised by Dr. Peter
Forgacs and Dr. Padmaja Kandula
• Created IRB protocols and performed patient screening for study of EEG monitoring in patients in a
coma, vegetative state, or minimally conscious state following sudden cardiac arrest
• Performed statistical analysis for research on EEG characteristics in therapeutic hypothermia,
epilepsy in pregnancy, and repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation for chronic tinnitus
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA 2015
Research Assistant, Department of Global Health and Population, Global Child Health, Supervised by
Dr. Grace Chan
• Revised qualitative systematic review of Kangaroo Mother Care implementation
Epicentre, Paris, France 2014-2015
Research Assistant (Remote), Department of Research, Nutritional Diseases
• Performed a literature review, analyzed data, and drafted manuscript for publication on severe
acute malnutrition in Nigerien pediatric population
• Adapted a protocol of an acceptability study for use in a new setting
Epicentre/Doctors Without Borders-USA, New York, NY | Amman, Jordan 2013-2015
Research Assistant, Surgical Epidemiology, New York, NY
• Analyzed programmatic datasets from Haiti and Nigeria for global pediatric surgery and orthopedic
surgery
• Performed data analysis and revised article on burn-associated infections using data from Haiti
Field Intern Fellow, Surgical Epidemiology, Amman, Jordan
• Collected and analyzed data for a variety of surgical epidemiology projects related to epidemiology
of infection, surgery, and internal fixation among Syrian refugees
Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY 2010-2012
Staff Associate, Columbia Center for Translational Immunology, Snoeck Lab
• Performed independent basic science concerning the regulation of hematopoietic stem cells,
specifically the role of Prdm16
• Maintained mouse colony of hundreds of cages
Haverford College, Haverford, PA 2009-10
Summer Research Assistant | Senior Thesis Researcher, Department of Biology, Okeke Lab
• Studied the genetic basis of antibiotic resistance in Escherichia coli isolates from West Africa
New York University Langone Orthopedic Hospital, New York, NY 2003 | 2007
Summer Clinical Research Assistant, Department of Orthopedics
• Collected, entered, and analyzed data for research projects involving a serial casting technique for
clubfoot and removal of hardware