aspiring Entrepreneur and Medical Professional
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Director of Marketing at USANA Health Sciences
- President/CEO and Founder at Kaizen Capital, LLC
- Advisor/Co-Founder at Team HBV
- Advisory Board Member at San Francisco Hep B Free
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- Research Assistant at California Pacific Medical Center: Transplant GI/Hepatology
- Clinical Research Consultant at Gilead Sciences
- Founding Ambassador at Batiq
- Public Relations Director at Associated Students at the University of California Berkeley
- President/Founder at Team HBV at UC Berkeley
- Software Beta Tester at Wambo
- Laboratory Assistant at San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
- Instructor at Korean English Mission Camp
- Education
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- University of California, Berkeley
- Leland High School
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Denis Lam’s Summary
Currently pursuing MD/MPH degree.
Believer in reciprocal karma and helping others achieve what they want in life as a prerequisite for one's success.
Interested with the use of internet and mobile technology to address world poverty and advance global social agendas in the healthcare, medicine, and financial literacy.
Community Organizer with five years of experience and a track record in many aspects of grassroots development, coalition building, public and donor relations, grant writing, fundraising, policy writing, program/event development, and community outreach.
Clinical, Public Health, and Basic Science Researcher with experience in clinical, epidemiological, and basic science studies involving hepatitis viruses in both laboratory and non-laboratory settings.
IRB and HIPAA trained via CITI Program to perform Human Subjects Research. Experience with writing and submitting both Exempt and Non-Exempt IRB Applications.
Web Designer, Server Administrator, and Site Maintainer for a variety of small business and nonprofit clients.
Multilingual (fluent in conversational Cantonese and Mandarin and basic written traditional and simplified Chinese; working on conversational and written Spanish and Korean).
Denis Lam’s Specialties:
Hepatitis B and liver cancer
health promotion and prevention
healthcare cultural competence
optimum nutrition
financial education
security technical analysis
team and organization building
web development
Drupal CMS
Photoshop
Premiere
first-person shooters
car detailing
Denis Lam’s Experience
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Director of Marketing
USANA Health Sciences
(Public Company; USNA; Health, Wellness and Fitness industry)
April 2009 — Present (8 months)
USANA Health Sciences is a pharmaceutical company founded in 1992 by Dr. Myron Wentz, PhD Microbiology and Immunology, with a vision of creating a world free from pain, suffering, and degenerative disease. It's motto is "True Health, True Wealth." As a director, I have the unique opportunity to train and manage teams of aspiring Gen Y entrepreneurs to expand Dr. Wentz's revolutionary yet selfless vision.
Status: Gold Director and Lifetime Platinum Pacesetter -
President/CEO and Founder
Kaizen Capital, LLC
(Investment Management industry)
March 2009 — Present (9 months)
Investment and business development group founded on a philosophy that focuses on continuous improvement throughout all aspects of life.
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Advisor/Co-Founder
Team HBV
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
December 2007 — Present (2 years )
Team HBV is the first national, collegiate-based 501(c) nonprofit dedicated to education and advocacy efforts for hepatitis B and liver cancer prevention and control. We currently have 5 chapters at Duke, Cornell, Harvard, UC Berkeley, and UC Davis.
Team HBV employs selected motivated and well-rounded students from its chapters to spearhead a variety of projects the encompasses grant-writing, donor relations, coalition-building, political advocacy, media production, web development, and public health and epidemiological research.
Currently Team HBV is working with UC Berkeley to spearhead Cal Hep B Free, a pilot program launched September 2008 to provide free and low cost screenings to students, staff, and faculty. -
Advisory Board Member
San Francisco Hep B Free
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
August 2007 — Present (2 years 4 months)
• Community education, fundraising, and program evaluation development consulting for a novel citywide campaign to turn San Francisco into the first HBV free city in the nation (http://sfhepbfree.org)
• Recruited volunteers for screenings and currently coding a client database for SF Dept. of Public Health to aid evaluation of program -
Research Assistant
California Pacific Medical Center: Transplant GI/Hepatology
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
July 2007 — December 2008 (1 year 6 months)
• Partook in a cross-sectional clinical study of 1,191 patients infected with chronic HBV with Dr. Robert Gish, Medical Director Liver Transplant Program and Chief: Division of Hepatology and Complex GI at CPMC
• Travelled to clinics across California to survey and collect serum samples from patients; experience with reading medical records/charts; provided in-person and phone translation to Chinese-speaking patients and family members
• Co-authored an abstract with Dr. Robert Gish et al. -
Clinical Research Consultant
Gilead Sciences
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Biotechnology industry)
June 2008 — July 2008 (2 months)
Informed consent, medical record data collection and case report production from study sites participating in Gilead's "A Cross-Sectional Survey to Evaluate Hepatitis B Screening and Practices in Asian American Adults."
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Founding Ambassador
Batiq
(Internet industry)
March 2007 — December 2007 (10 months)
Batiq [currently no longer in business] is a social network and video conferencing tool for students to connect with mentors around the world. As a founding ambassador, I had the unique opportunity to work with a team of talented and innovative individuals recruited from top-universities in the U.S. and U.K., and eyewitness the use of entrepreneurship and technology to connect, inspire, and challenge secondary school students from across the globe to accomplish the unimaginable.
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Public Relations Director
Associated Students at the University of California Berkeley
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
October 2006 — December 2007 (1 year 3 months)
The ASUC is the one and only completely autonomous university student government in the U.S. since 1887 and it was truly a privilege for me to serve as its Senate's PR Director for two consecutive terms.
During my appointment, I initiated an effort to bring together various entities from university administration, student government, and student groups to modernize UC Berkeley's technology infrastructure, promote secure Web 2.0 communications systems, and develop an online, campus-wide communications network. While these initiatives are still works in progress to-date, the recent collaboration have yielded increased efficiency and vision for the University. -
President/Founder
Team HBV at UC Berkeley
(Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
January 2005 — December 2007 (3 years )
Originating as a public health class I taught with less than 15 enrolled students, Team HBV at UCB is one of the founding chapters along with Cornell and Duke and has evolved tremendously since. To date, Team HBV is a self-sustaining 501(c)3 nonprofit that has outreached to over 10,000 people in the SF Bay Area and has partnered with numerous local hospitals and nonprofits to address the high incidence of hepatitis B and liver cancer among ethnic minorities.
Two notable accomplishments from our chapter are:
(1) May 2005 LIVERight 5K Run/Walk: We led the event's marketing effort, recruiting over 300 participants and raising over $50,000 for the Asian Liver Center at Stanford University.
(2) Dec. 2007 Rock the Jade Charity Fashion Show: In less than a month timeframe, we were able to organize the event during Berkeley's final exam week that resulted in 200+ participants, 20+ sponsors, keynote speech by CA Assemblywoman Fiona Ma, and $2,500 raised for SF Hep B Free. -
Software Beta Tester
Wambo
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Internet industry)
August 2006 — August 2006 (1 month)
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Laboratory Assistant
San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center
(Hospital & Health Care industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
• Selected by the National Institutes of Health Summer Research Program to study HCV gene-host protein interactions basic science research with Dr. Benedict Yen, UCSF Dept. of Pathology
• Performed PCR, gel electrophoresis, cell culture procedures, fluorescence microscopy, biochemical computer data analysis, and other lab procedures -
Instructor
Korean English Mission Camp
(Education Management industry)
January 2004 — January 2005 (1 year 1 month)
English teacher for underprivileged secondary school students in Busan, South Korea.
Denis Lam’s Education
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University of California, Berkeley
B.S. , Bioengineering , 2003 — 2007
- Activities and Societies:
- California Alumni Association, Asian Pacific American Theme House, Associated Students at the University of California, Berkeley, Jade Ribbon Campaign DeCal/Team HBV
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Leland High School
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Denis Lam’s Interests:
guitar hero, meeting new people, traveling to new places, outdoor adventures, fine cuisine, social business, social entrepreneurship, fantasy stock trading and technical analysis, web 2.0++, web/graphics design, hold em' and all poker variants, fps, gaming, geeking it out with the latest gadgets and tech, skiing and boarding, golden state warriors
Denis Lam’s Groups:
San Francisco Hep B Free, Team HBV National Chapters, Cal Hep B Free
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USANA Independent Associate group
Denis Lam’s Honors:
UC Berkeley Engineering News Top Story Feature, February 2008
UC Berkeley Oski Leadership Award for Emerging Student Organization, May 2008
California Alumni Association Alumni Scholar, 2005-2007
UC Berkeley Asian Pacific Council Rising Star, 2004
US President’s Education Award for Educational Excellence, 2003
Special U.S. Congressional Recognition Award, 2003
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