Aqsa H. Dar, Scm, Ssm Email & Phone Number

Egg Harbor Township, NJ, US

Remote

• Oversight of delivery services, encompassing a broader range of project management, including the organization, management and strategic direction of the people, processes and technologies to ultimately consolidate and.
• Actively manage 15+ engagements and/or clients for technical biomedical projects related to science, data science, clinical research, data management, software development of data commons, exploratory landscape.
• Collaborate with Scientific and/or Technical Consultants to engage new clients, write project proposals and manage the lifecycle of internal and external client review until project is authorized to start.
• Determine overall project schedules, task assignments, project plans, and internal/external communications.
• Manage changes in project resources, including people, work effort in hours, and budget, through appropriate change management processes.
• Ensure all active BioTeam projects are delivered on-time, with high-quality, within scope, and within budget.

Remote

Remote

• Develop professional, executive-level presentations, concepts, dashboards, and web designs for a variety of independent projects and clients.
• Provide operations management involving development of a project plan, charter, timeline, risks, and capacity management.
• Organize large-scale workshops including logistics planning, management of breakout sessions, providing Run-of-Show schedule, management of speakers and moderators, etc.
• Write and proofread scientific material for manuscripts and/or papers in the publication process.
• Assist in creating outreach and training material for graduate level programs and courses.
• Provide data visualization skills using various software tools, i.e., Lucid Charts, Office Timeline and more.

Greater Philadelphia

• Led a large-scale, company-wide assessment and evaluation of AACR’s scientific grants program that awarded over $460 million in grants, to date.
• Evaluated the quality, impact and outcomes of funded programs and researchers supporting oncology research and treatment.
• Strengthened decision-making for future grants and AACR partnerships with private benefactors.
• Managed project scope, schedule, deliverables, risks, roadmaps, and more to monitor backlog, burndown metrics, tasks management, and ensure quality-driven project performance, using Project Management tools and systems.
• Used estimation techniques to forecast financial and resource needs for project completion within scope.
• Managed risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies and develop mitigation or contingency plans with improvement recommendations.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Provided basic program and project management to the Scientific Review and Grants Administration Department at the AACR, managing multiple awardees, grants, and opportunities for oncology research and treatment efforts.
• Introduced Scaled Agile methodology to a team using traditional waterfall strategy to improve project performance, decision-making, conflict resolution, and identification and removal of impediments.
• Implemented best practices for Agile, provided training, managed iterations/ sprints and facilitated Agile ceremonies - daily standups, backlog refinement, iteration planning and retrospectives.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Led and coordinated the initiation, planning and execution of a project funded by PAHO to update the “Course of Effective Management on Immunizations.”
• Managed 20 systematic reviews; monitored and controlled vocabulary, citation searches, etc. for successful review using Cochrane’s Covidence software.
• Monitored project progress, developed and maintained records and prepared periodic reports, as required by investigators and major stakeholders.
• Planned, implemented, and maintained regulatory documents collection and analysis systems.
• Coordinated quality control processes and risk assessments through the course of the project.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Collected, managed and reported on datasets from large epidemiological studies and clinical trials in Chiapas, Mexico.
• Reviewed data for inconsistencies and anomalies that could alter analysis of results; maintained over 400 variables on STATA/IC.
• Coordinated literature reviews, cleaned dataset using statistical software programs and reported summary tables to project managers and directors.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Coordinated project from initiation; identified project purpose, objectives, scope, and developed a project schedule with deliverables and budget control.
• Led project execution; conducted in-vitro experiments, collected and processed animal tissue, performed histology and microscopy.
• Identified project risks and proposed solutions; monitored project progress and reported to investigators and major stakeholders through project life cycle.
• Led cross-functional teams to optimize results until project’s closing; findings were presented at conferences and defended at a dissertation.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Led research projects and programs through protein discovery to characterization.
• Coordinated a team of 18 members on experiments for small protein research, while maintaining lab equipment performance and inventory levels.
• Monitored project strategies and assisted with interpreting data.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Coordinated initiation of project after extensive literature reviews, developed project objectives and scope, created project schedule and deliverables.
• Project requirements were identified in detail with a project budget, approved by principle investigator and major stakeholders.
• Executed, monitored and controlled project on protein engineering and production; additional focus to site-directed mutagenesis.
• Risk assessment and management was conducted through the project life cycle.
• Project findings and lessons learned were presented at conferences and defended at a dissertation.

Towson, Maryland

• Planned experimental design identifying essential amino acids for small proteins using molecular design, recombinant protein expression and characterization.
• Analyzed experimental data, reported findings to PI and major stakeholders.
• Designed, managed and performed molecular experiments. Demonstrated technical proficiency, scientific creativity, and critical thinking.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Coordinated project on protein interactions on transcriptional initiation and elongation for gene expression regulation for medicinal and therapeutic discovery.
• Planned and monitored research activities; conducted DNA extractions, DNA miniprep, optimize a yeast two-hybridization system, and more.

Master Of Science (M.Sc.), Molecular Microbiology And Immunology

Bachelor Of Science (B.Sc.), Biology/Biological Sciences, General

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Dean’s List (4-Years), Golden Key Scholar, National Society of Collegiate Scholar, Tri Beta.