Research Assistant
Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology
Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC

2250 Alcazar St.
CSA _ – HSC 9062
Los Angeles, CA 90033-9062
Phone: (323) 442-_
Fax: (323) 442-2981
pachecov@usc.edu

Education
Experience
Publications

New York University, New York, NY
M.S., 2021
Biomaterials Sciences

  • 2022 – present – Research Assistant – Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
  • 2021 – 2022 – Junior Research Scientist – College of Dentistry, New York University, New York, NY
  • May –  July 2021 – Summer Internship – Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University, New York, NY
  • March – July 2019 –  Voluntary Internship – Faculty of Biological, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile 
  • 2016 – 2017 –  Research Assistant in Public Health Research Projects  – Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
  • March – Dec. 2014 –  Research Training Program for Dentistry Students  – Faculty of Dentistry, Universidad de Concepción, Concepción, Chile
  1. Pacheco-Vergara, MJ, & Cartes-Velásquez, RA. (2020). mHealth to improve children’s oral hygiene. Literature review. Advances in Dentistry, 36 (1), 27-34. Epub June 15, 2020. Retrieved August 26, 2022, from http://scielo.isciii.es/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0213-12852020000100004&lng=es&tlng=es.
  2. Pacheco-Vergara M, Cartes-Velasquez R. Referrals, procedures and complications in oral surgery services. Literature review. Rev Odont Mex. 2016; 20(19):13-21. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rodmex.2016.02.002.

  3. Navarro-Mora M, Henríquez-Tejo R, Pacheco-Vergara M, Cartes-Velásquez R. Descriptive study of specialization expectations in Dentistry students, Universidad de Concepcion 2014. Rev ANACEO. 2016;2(1): 5-10.
  4. Henríquez-Tejo R, Navarro-Mora M, Pacheco-Vergara M, Cartes-Velásquez R. Aspects of the Dentist valued by the gneral public in Concepcion, Chile, 2015. Rev ANACEO. 2016; 2(1): 11-17.