MIRANDA SWADOS BALKIN
President
Medical Students for Choice
EDUCATION AND CERTIFICATION
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Yeshiva University, MD anticipated June 2010
Oberlin College, BA in physics and women’s studies, May 2001
Antioch Comparative Women’s Studies Semester Abroad, Fall 1999
HONORS AND AWARDS
Catherine Filene Shouse public service scholar, 1998-2001
National Merit Scholar, 1997-2001
Robert Sperry science scholarship, 1997-2001
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ACTIVITIES
Medical Students for Choice, President, 2009-2010, Board of Directors, 2007-2011
New York State Academy of Family Physicians, member, Board of Directors and Public Health Commission, 2007-2008
American Medical Association, student member 2006-present, Medical Student Section Annual Resolution Review Committee 2009
Women’s Global Network for Reproductive Rights, member, 2001-present
EMPLOYMENT
Montefiore Hospital Department of Family and Social Medicine, research assistant, summer 2007
Global Health Strategies, Research and Policy Associate, 2005-2006, consultant, 2006-2008
Bellevue Hospital Center Rape Crisis and Crime Victims Programs, caseworker, 2001-2004
Political Research Associates, intern, 1999
National Office of Congresswoman Diana DeGette (D-CO), intern, 1999
Oberlin College Physics and Astronomy Department, research assistant, 1998, curriculum development, 1998
City Year Boston (Americorps), corps member, 1996-1997
PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS
Medical Students for Choice Annual Conference, St. Louis, MO. “How to perform an MVA on a papaya,” co-presenter. November, 2008.
Medical Students for Choice Leadership Training Program, Nashville, TN. Opening address. July 2008.
Pollack, AE, Balkin MS, Edouard L, Cutts F, Broutet N, WHO/UNFPA Working Group on Sexual & Reproductive Health and HPV Vaccines. “Ensuring Access to HPV Vaccines through Integrated Services: A Reproductive Health Perspective.” WHO Bulletin, 85 (2007): 57-63.
Pollack, AE, Balkin MS, Denny L. “Cervical Cancer: A Call for Political Will.” International Journal of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, 94 (2006):333-342.
9th International Women’s Health Meeting, Toronto, ON. “How We Menstruate.” August 2002.
Styer DF, Balkin MS, Becker KM, Burns MR, Dudley CE, Forth ST, Gaumer JS, Kramer MA, Oertel DC, Park LH, Rinkoski MT, Smith CT, Wotherspoon TD. “Nine Formulations of Quantum Mechanics.” American Journal of Physics, 70 (2002): 288-297.
Women in Science and Math Symposium, Oberlin, OH. “Women and mentors.” May 1998.