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Englewood, NJ, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Monitors occurrence/incident reports and reports its findings to laboratory administration.
• Coordinates program to utilize these occurrence and incident reports to audit the department to find deviations, procedural drifts and non-conformance to policies.
• Tracks non-conformance and its possible consequences.
• Works with managers and supervisory staff to develop and implement guidelines and improvement plans for improving processes and workflow
• Implements mechanism to ensure sustained improvement is occurring.
• Audits periodically and works with managers and supervisory staff to redefine solutions if necessary. Reports findings to laboratory administration.

Rye Brook, New York, United States

• Performs NGS library preparation and sequencing using Ion Torrent NGS platform.
• Performs Sanger Sequencing for confirmatory testing.
• Ensures specimen integrity by adhering to the laboratory’s procedures for specimen handling and processing.
• Analyzes reviews, and reports test and quality control results and takes remedial action when indicated.
• Enters and verifies data within the clinical LIMS system.
• Maintain analytical instruments, schedules authorized routine service, and maintains instrument documentation.

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

Stamford, Connecticut, United States

• Maintain policies and procedures in the electronic document control system.
• Perform internal audits as well as unannounced spot inspections to ensure compliance with regulatory agencies and internal policy and procedure.
• Support the lab during external inspections.
• File applications and renewals for laboratory licensure and accreditation.
• Assist in coordinating yearly proficiency testing for CLIA and CAP for all required personnel and tests. Distribute, review and file all surveys.
• Compile laboratory quality indicator metrics for distribution and review.

New York

• Monitor quality assurance activities in the Laboratory to determine conformance with authorized procedures and good practices, and to make, or arrange to have made, corrections and improvements as may be necessary.
• Maintain current company’s Safety Policy and Procedures, Quality Policy and Procedures, environmental Management System and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) documents that are reviewed by director initially and.
• Create comprehensive documentation for quality issues and note the corrective actions that were taken.
• Assists in and/or conducts all laboratory investigations of discrepancies to resolve problems with clients, and to inform management of required corrective actions.
• Assesses and ensures department specific orientation and competency on an initial and annual basis for all employees. Provides timely documentation and plan of action as needed.
• Remain aware of developments in the quality field by reading current technical literature and attending technical meetings.

New York

• Extract DNA from various types of human specimens including blood, buccal swab, blood spotted filter paper, and saliva specimens and further develop the DNA extraction procedure.
• Perform DNA cloning and sequencing experiments to identify new variations in immune response genes.
• Quantify and prepare the extracted DNA or external client DNA specimens for downstream PCR protocols.
• Amplification of various transplant related genes (HLA-A, B, C, DRB1, DQB1 and DPB1) by Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) with specific primers using genomic DNA as a template and further development of the DNA.
• Run thermocycler machines (Applied Biosystems GeneAmp 9700) using standardized programs.
• Perform Sanger cycle sequencing method using BigDye V3.1 chemistry, PCR products that are produced by locus- or group- specific pairs of oligonucleotide primers and automated DNA sequencing instrument (ABI 3730xl DNA.

Master'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Biological Sciences, General