In addition to the responsibilities of a Scientific Data Analyst II, I also:• Performed quality assurance (third level reviews) to maintain clinical trial data accuracy.• Served as a primary contact for internal customer feedback and questions.• Enhanced scientific abstraction quality by presenting commonly observed issues, customer feedback, and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) refreshers during team meetings. • Liaised with multiple teams to manage abstraction timelines as they progressed through milestones. Informed my manager in a timely manner if I anticipated or encountered any issue.• Prioritized my daily responsibilities to assist with additional tasks such as revision of SOP, troubleshooting abstraction related issues, and answering team questions.• Trained and mentored new employees and team members on all aspects of scientific data abstraction.

• Performed scientific data abstraction of interventional and non-interventional clinical trials submitted to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI) Clinical Trials Reporting Program (CTRP) while adhering to strict timelines and deadlines.• For scientific data abstraction, analyzed clinical trial documents including the protocol document, informed consent, and Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval letter. Interpreted and translated the clinical information from these documents into lay-friendly language to create the trial summary report (TSR) generated in Microsoft Word.• Referred the NCI Dictionary and Enterprise Vocabulary Services’ NCI Thesaurus for consistent disease, biomarker, and intervention coding for ease of searchability of clinical trials on Cancer.gov.• Performed quality control (QC) review of scientific abstractions completed by other members of the scientific data abstraction team to maintain abstraction standards. Upon completion, provided timely feedback to the abstractors via tracked changes in Microsoft Word.• Managed timely updates to trial records by thoroughly reviewing any amendments to the protocol or informed consent documents• Completed ClinicalTrials.gov updates for industrial trials and administrative updates for all trials which included updates to IRB approvals, trial status dates, and participating sites.• Communicated with stakeholders to manage questions, TSR feedback, and requests to maintain clinical trial data accuracy by using ServiceNow and Enterprise Wizard ticket tracking applications.• Completed data clean-up projects from stakeholders to maintain quality and content consistency.

In addition to the responsibilities of a Research Associate I, I also:• Authored project reports which required minimal changes. Coordinated reviews with multiple Scientists and Senior Scientists and incorporated feedback to produce a high quality work product within an assigned timeframe.• Trained and mentored team members, student interns, and visiting researchers on various instrumentation techniques.• Assisted Scientists by taking on additional responsibilities on a project and by taking over the tasks of other team members as they transitioned out of the project (or organization).

• Performed physicochemical characterization of nanoparticles/nanomedicinal formulations using analytical assays such as spectroscopy, microscopy, light scattering, and thermal analysis.• Developed and improved methods for experimental assays as per project requirements.• Presented the data, and its analysis and conclusions on a weekly basis to senior leadership and colleagues.

• Conducted experimental protocols to synthesize and characterize new materials (nanofibers and nanoparticles) for application in the field of nanotechnology and tissue engineering.• Characterized and analyzed the nano-materials to determine structure, morphology, particle size, molecular weight, and biocompatibility.• Incorporated model drug into the nano-materials to evaluate the drug release kinetics.• Assisted in daily maintenance of the laboratory, record keeping, and inventory management.• Supervised undergraduate students for the VCU Summer research program.

• Synthesized a novel gelatin nanofiber scaffold containing dendrimer and silver for antimicrobial efficacy and drug delivery.• Planned and designed experimental protocol for the project and carried out detailed experiments.• Participated actively in lab meetings and presented experimental results and conclusions.• Maintained an organized record of the experimental results, analyzed them using statistical software, and submitted final thesis and presentation as defense of Master's degree research.

• Assessed Life Insurance Policies of up to INR 500,000 ($11,086) by following a set of underwriting guidelines and occasionally interacting with clients.• Analyzed the monthly underwriting data using Microsoft Excel to find the root cause of the errors which later led to a more efficient underwriting process.

• Gathered hands-on experience of working in a research laboratory with research focused on microbiology and genetic transformation.• Performed techniques such as centrifugation, autoclaving, media preparation, preparation of bacterial culture, plating, inoculation, colony counting, O.D. value measurement, sterile techniques, and use of laminar flow hood.