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Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

• Managed Toronto arm of a multi-site international research project, coordinating a 5-member team and leveraging a $400k budget, developing immune therapies for pediatric brain tumours
• Coordinated and documented research activities for 7 projects that resulted in manuscripts published or in-press; presented research at international symposium with 1,400 attendees
• Implemented and managed 2 new lab collaboration platforms for a team of 12 researchers, boosting productivity, elevating teamwork, and reducing communication errors

Toronto, Canada Area

• Coordinated daily operation and research activities of 20 researchers within 2 laboratories
• Managed 30 shared equipment resources for a research centre comprised of 11 investigators, including setup of 10 pieces of core equipment and computer systems
• Crafted persuasive proposals that secured over $10k in internal research funding for equipment
• Mentored and supervised research activities of 6 clinical fellows and 14 summer research students, of which 6 proceeded to medical school and 4 pursued graduate studies
• Optimized and validated a pre-clinical surgical technique, reducing time expenditure by 50% and increasing accuracy/reproducibility by 35%

London, Canada Area

• Applied and optimized pre-clinical imaging methods in order to measure glucose metabolism and cardiac perfusion in mice
• Assessed cell therapies in animal models of muscular dystrophy via non-invasive imaging

London, Canada Area

• Determined cardiac function in a model of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) via three-dimensional ultrasound
• Assessed glucose metabolism and cardiac perfusion in the mouse heart via PET and dynamic contrast-enhanced CT
• Isolated mouse cardiac stem cells via flow cytometry and implemented a minimally-invasive, ultrasound-guided injection technique to transplant these cells into the hearts of live mice
• Generated PET/Bioluminescence reporter systems for non-invasively tracking cells in vivo
• Immunohistochemistry, immunocytochemistry, and fluorescence microscopy to provide proof-of-principle for aforementioned techniques

London, Canada Area

• Sectioned paraffinized and frozen tissue using a microtome, stained, and mounted onto slides
• Prepared various buffers and solutions, maintained chemical inventory

Toronto, Ontario

• Receiving/handling biohazardous specimens from medical labs and hospitals throughout Ontario
• Scanning specimens, logging specimens and assigning tests, managing sample data
• Using Class I and II Biological Safety Cabinets to handle and prepare specimens
• HIV/HTLV lab: transferring, aliquoting, pipetting, preparing specimens for PCR viral load monitoring

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Medical Biophysics And Molecular Imaging

Activities and Societies: CIHR Strategic Training Fellowship in Vascular Research, Western Collaborative Program in Molecular Imaging.

Bachelor Of Medical Science (B.M.Sc.), Microbiology And Immunology

Activities and Societies: Saugeen-Maitland Hall Residence Soph Team, Residence Council, Recycling Program, Biology Undergraduate Society.