Andrea Portt Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, On, Ca

Royal Victoria Hospital

Biobanking, recruitment, project co-ordinator and research ethics applications for an ovarian cancer study.

Oversee ethics reviews, supervise laboratory, bacterial sample archive and database management, research participant recruitment, web development.

•Worked with Georgian teachers to improve instruction of spoken English in middle and high school classrooms. •Developed strong working relationships across language and cultural barriers. •Interacted with national media to represent this high-profile and politically sensitive program.

•Demonstrated laboratory exercises and led discussions for a Microbiology lab of 12 students•Explained technical concepts in ordinary language to help students understand course material

•Aim: Examine response of Arabidopsis plants to cold shock•Carried out RNA lab work and sterile seedling growth with high attention to detail and accuracy

•Improved writing skills by proof-reading and correcting submissions for online publication

•Aim: Improve accuracy and affordability of Giardia detection in drinking water•Worked with senior researcher to collect and analyse scientific data from database to develop new testing method

•Aim: Investigate communication within the Citrobacter rodentium cell via PhoPQ proteins• “Outstanding” performance review for research and analysis• Awarded Kenneth James Berg Memorial Scholarship for written report

•Aim: Develop appealing, new, cost-effective and nutritious foods•Worked in a tight-knit team to prepare and test products in a fast-paced environment

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Epidemiology

M.Sc., Microbiology And Immunology

Activities and Societies: Canadian Society of Microbiology Annual Conference 2009: Local organizing committee member, student forum..

B.Sc., Microbiology, French

Activities and Societies: Studies by Undergraduate Researchers at GuelphMicrobiology Co-op, minor in French

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