Christine Hou
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Other Experiences

Work and volunteer

  • United Services Automobile Association (USAA), Plano, TX

    Software Engineer (IT Intern), June - August 2022

    • Appended different descriptors to email notifications running in non-production environments
    • Updated Java functionality for email notifications to allow add tokenized (dynamic) values in the subject and body of email alerts
    • Worked on message consumptions from Kafka customer system and document retrievals in Couchbase
    • Migrated JBoss services to Spring Boot, and visualized captured Histogram and Counter Prometheus metrics in Grafana
  • Gesanghua Education’s Aid, Hefei, AH

    Student Volunteer, June 2016 - August 2019

    • Assisted in data integration and reports from collaborators (local hospitals, health organizations, etc.) to data analyst

    • Transported children from Qumalai County, Yushu Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Qinghai to Grade

    • A tertiary hospital in Hefei, Anhui province for congenital heart disease treatments

    • Participated in the medical examinations for children and sent living supplies to Qumalai County

Leadership and academic

  • Biostatistics Graduate Student Ambassador, Johns Hopkins University

    May 2024 - Current

    Attended regular volunteer events to help introduce and advertise the academic configurations, student resources, and training opportunities for current students or future applicants; Hold online student communication service to answer questions related to the Biostatistics program information

  • Graduate teaching assistant, Johns Hopkins University

    Aug. 2024 - Current

    TA for undergraduate-level Public Health Biostatistics (AS.280.345.01.FA24); graded homework, quiz, projects, and exams

  • Mathematics Peer Mentor & Drop-in Tutor, UW-Madison

    Oct. 2021 – Dec. 2022

    Provided one-on-one, student-centered assistance for course assignments; organized weekly office hours and pre-test sessions to help students with exam or quiz reviews