Andrea Portt Email & Phone Number

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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