Clarissa Aquino, MPH, currently serves as a Clinical Trials Management Associate at Gilead Sciences, focusing on maintaining internal Clinical Operations databases and clinical study documentation. Previous experience at Gilead includes a Clinical Operations Intern position, where Clarissa contributed to the design and management of global clinical trials across various therapeutic areas. Prior roles include serving as an Epidemiologist for the Salt Lake County Health Department, where responsibilities involved disease surveillance and data analysis, and as a Community Health Worker for the Association for Utah Community Health, providing case management services. Clarissa's career also encompasses teaching positions and internships, including roles in education and research, further underpinned by a Master of Public Health in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Bachelor of Science in Public Health from Brigham Young University.