{"id":9495,"date":"2024-12-05T05:58:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:58:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/?page_id=9495"},"modified":"2024-12-05T05:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-12-05T05:58:35","slug":"undergraduate-alumni-spotlight-jennie-tuazon","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dornsife.usc.edu\/psyc\/undergraduate-alumni-spotlight-jennie-tuazon\/","title":{"rendered":"Undergraduate Alumni Spotlight"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n \n   \n   \n   \n   \n  \n\n  \n    \n\n\n\n\n\n\n<div\n  class=\"cc--component-container cc--scrolling-text-with-image \"\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  >\n  <div class=\"c--component c--scrolling-text-with-image\"\n    \n      >\n\n    \n  <div class=\"text-image-container\">\n\n          \n      <div class=\"image-container\">\n            \n<div class=\"f--field f--image\">\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n    \n              \n      <img decoding=\"async\"\n                            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USC?<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>In the year between graduation from USC and entrance into medical school, I worked at a health clinic in Los Angeles County. \u00a0I graduated with an M.D. from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine in May 2010. \u00a0I will be completing my general adult psychiatry residency at the University of Maryland\/Sheppard Pratt in May 2014 and will return to the USC Institute of Psychiatry, Law, and Behavioral Science at the Keck School of Medicine in July 2014 to complete a one-year fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>What was the most beneficial thing you did as a student at USC\u00a0to prepare you for post-graduation?<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <p>Participating in the Psychology Honors Program with Dr. Farver. \u00a0The skills I learned during the program\u2013from an examination of the scientific method to the review of research design and eventual creation of an independent research thesis with the aid of faculty advisers and my fellow peers\u2013are ones I continue to utilize in my career in medicine. \u00a0It was also an amazing academic community where I experienced what it meant to critically discuss research and to work collaboratively with people with a passion for psychology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n                          <\/div>\n                      <div class=\"chapter\">\n                              <h3>What course did you enjoy the most?<\/h3>\n              \n                                  \n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n\n    \n  <div class=\"title-description\">\n<div class=\"f--field f--description\">\n<p>My favorite courses were abnormal psychology and forensic psychology, both of 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