Adel A. Malek, Phd Email & Phone Number

Canada

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Saint Johns, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

-Highly involved in decision-making processes regarding infectious disease diagnostic platforms, practices, and SOPs.-Regularly presented clinical and scientific data in multi-disciplinary departmental meetings.-Provided expertise to organizations such as CADTH for reports and reviews.-Taught medical school students’ course in infectious diseases -Invited speaker to national and provincial level meetings.

Saint Johns, Newfoundland And Labrador

-Part of the executive team (with 2 M.D. Medical Microbiologists) that provided management and clinical oversight to 9 infectious disease diagnostic reference facilities across the province of Newfoundland & Labrador (while reporting to the Chief of Staff).-Supervised 76 employees processing 400,000 diagnostic samples at the central tertiary care medical center annually.-Key member in infectious diseases and provincial medical officer of health teams dealing with differential diagnosis of cryptic infections and outbreaks. -Provided consulting service to clinicians, allied healthcare professionals, academicians, and facility staff.-Ensured adherence of the facilities to regulatory requirements (such as ISO15189 standards) and maintained IQMH accreditation.

Rochester, New York, United States

-Received specialized training for doctoral-level microbiologists to direct high complexity infectious disease diagnostic facilities in U.S. and Canada.-On-call duties: provided services to clinicians and clients-recommended appropriate diagnostic tests and explained intricacies of findings.-Investigated emerging issues pertaining to new diagnostic platforms, management and regulations identified during weekly directorial and supervisory meetings. -Organized and presented in infectious diseases rounds and seminars for faculty, fellows, residents, medical students, and laboratory personnel. -Major contributor to the establishment of next-generation sequencing capabilities and projects (resulted in 4 co-author publications). -Evaluated and validated diagnostic tests. -Presenting in ID, pathology, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection-prevention meetings. -Engaged in multi-institutional clinical rotations in the University of Rochester's teaching hospitals (Strong Memorial Hospital, Golisano Children’s Hospital) and Eerie County and New York State Public Health Laboratories.-Invited speaker to local (such as the society of nurses) and national meetings. -Recipient of three highly competitive national-level awards:1. 2019 Peggy Cotter Early Career Award (American Society of Microbiology, 2019).2. 2018 Infectious Diseases Fellows Award (American Society of Microbiology, 2018).3. 2018 Association of Public Health Laboratories Scholarship (APHL Annual Meeting, 2018).

New York, United States

Mentor: Dr. Williams Jacobs Jr. (Howard Hughes Medical Investigator and National Academy of Sciences Member) Roles and Responsibilities:• Initiated, developed and managed multi-institutional collaborative tuberculosis research projects.• Prepared and edited content for federal grants and manuscripts. • Provided technical expertise for assay development for projects involving virulent mycobacteria (resulted in 7 co-author publications).• Presented scientific findings to multi-disciplinary seminar groups and at national scientific conferences• Trained entering Postdoctoral fellows and Ph.D. students for Biosafety Level-3 certification and molecular genetics. • Mentored visiting high-school students on molecular-biology projects. Main Project:Next-generation sequencing-based fitness analysis of virulent Mycobacterium tuberculosis barcoded mutants in a macaque model to identify novel drug targets against tuberculosis.

New York, United States

• Forged collaboration between academic groups and infectious diseases diagnostic facility for accelerated adoption of next-generation sequencing. • Led an inter-departmental investigation of a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus outbreak in the hospital's neonatal intensive-care unit.• Invited speaker to pathology, infectious disease, and pediatric rounds.• Presented seminars to pathology residents related to sequencing technologies in clinical microbiology and public health settings.• Trained clinical bench scientists on lab-workflows.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Microbiology And Immunology

Activities and Societies: Dartmouth Graduate Student Council

Regulatory Affairs Graduate Certificate, Policy Development & Regulatory Compliance

Activities and Societies: Dean's Honours List-Acquaintance with principles of regulatory frameworks in different jurisdictions. -Solid.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Biotechnology Specialization, Gpa:4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate School Soccer TeamGold medal recipient for highest grades and distinction

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Biotechnology Major, Gpa: 3.87

Highest Honors, Recipient of two Gold Medal Awards