Andrea O'Hara, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Ellicott City, Md, Us

Pre- and post-sales customer support for a leading NGS service provider in clinical and research markets, specializing in comprehensive end-to-end solutions for VIP customers and VIP opportunities. ● Pre-sales project design, customization, quoting and support based on customer goals. Requires extensive knowledge of current capabilities and potential alternative options to meet unique customer needs.● Dedicated customer care, resulting in recommendations and direct requests for project consultation through post-sales project management. Primarily focused on white-glove concierge service for VIP customers and VIP opportunities to allow seamless end-to-end pre- and post-sales support.● Adept at public speaking ranging from large audiences to one-on-ones, including conferences, webinars and personalized on-site topical seminars. Recent topics include multiomics, RNA-therapeutics and cell and gene therapy solutions. Webinar content is available on-demand.● Product development/product manger for AAV NGS service offering, PacBio RNA Therapeutics service, and High Throughput Gene Expression Screening. Included initial project scoping and design, coordination of early access program, process development tracking as product matured, content and web generation with marketing team, and online ordering and tracking with IT. Additional focus on pre- and post-sales support for early adopters to ensure smooth product launch.● NGS cross team training, education, and support for customer-facing technical and sales teams, including new hire training, on-going education series, and daily office hours.

Baltimore, Maryland Area

End-to-end pre-sales specialist requiring deep knowledge of product and field. Post-sales responsibilities applications support for clinical germline constitutional and cancer genetics and genomics, including hands on installation, training and support. In the research market, applications support for genetics and genomics of several animal models with a primary focus in cancer.Featured publication:Hazra A, O'Hara A, Polyak K, Nakhlis F, Harrison BT, Giordano A, Overmoyer B, Lynce F. CopyNumber Variation in Inflammatory Breast Cancer. Cells. 2023 Apr 4;12(7):1086. PMID: 37048158

Bethesda, Md

Post-doctoral research fellow in Daphne Bell's lab, Cancer Genetics Branch, NHGRI. Research projects included copy number analysis of genomic alterations in serous, clear cell and endometrioid endometrial tumors and whole exome sequencing analysis of serous and clear cell endometrioid tumors. Featured publications:1. O’Hara, A., Le Gallo, M., Rudd, and Bell, D. High-resolution Copy Number Analysis of ClearCell Endometrial Carcinoma. Cancer Genetics. 2020; 240:5-14. PMID: 316786382. Le Gallo M, O'Hara AJ, et al. Exome sequencing of serous endometrial tumors identifies recurrent somatic mutations in chromatin-remodeling and ubiquitin ligase complex genes. Nat Genet. 2012 Dec;44(12):1310-5. doi: 10.1038/ng.2455. Epub 2012 Oct 28. PMID: 231040093. Rudd ML, Mohamed H, Price JC, O'Hara AJ, et al. Mutational analysis of the tyrosine kinome in serous and clear cell endometrial cancer uncovers rare somatic mutations in TNK2 and DDR1. BMC Cancer. 2014 Nov 26;14:884. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-14-884. PMID: 254278244. O'Hara AJ, Bell DW. The genomics and genetics of endometrial cancer. Adv Genomics Genet. 2012 Mar;2012(2):33-47. PMID: 22888282

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Genetics And Molecular Biology

Graduate student in Dirk Dittmer's lab, Department of Microbiology and Immunology. Research project included comprehensive profiling.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Biology, General