Ashini Fernando Email & Phone Number

Chapel Hill, Nc, Us

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Intern (May - August 2016) -Research, design and develop guidance documentations for global dissemination on: *Quality, performance and operational specifications on pregnancy tests selection for procurement *Work instructions for pregnancy test quality evaluation-Assess R&D areas for integration into contraceptive technology development

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

Consulting on assay development across multiple therapeutic areas, in vitro diagnostic device design and development, and global public health issues.

Singapore

- Lectures: Human Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Challenges in Therapeutic Areas modules- Curriculum development for 'Biotechnology Enterprise' course - Developed and led the Career Development Program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (February - December 2015).- Senior Research Fellow: Managed a global clinical intervention for blood pressure attenuation in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interfaced with stakeholders and provided technical and… Show more - Lectures: Human Pharmacology and Drug Discovery Challenges in Therapeutic Areas modules- Curriculum development for 'Biotechnology Enterprise' course - Developed and led the Career Development Program for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows (February - December 2015).- Senior Research Fellow: Managed a global clinical intervention for blood pressure attenuation in rural Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Interfaced with stakeholders and provided technical and administrative oversight while tracking milestones, ensuring timely communication and deliverables. (May - October 2014). Show less

Singapore

-Designed and developed two highly sensitive, multiplexed and quantitative, low cost diagnostic assay platforms for infectious disease diagnosis in low-resource settings; clinical performance equivalent to gold standard.-Provided scientific oversight for the development of a companion diagnostic -Led field studies: developed protocol, mediated IRB, Regulatory, Quality and Medical functions; executed, analyzed and interpreted data-Communicated study outcomes and unmet needs/new… Show more -Designed and developed two highly sensitive, multiplexed and quantitative, low cost diagnostic assay platforms for infectious disease diagnosis in low-resource settings; clinical performance equivalent to gold standard.-Provided scientific oversight for the development of a companion diagnostic -Led field studies: developed protocol, mediated IRB, Regulatory, Quality and Medical functions; executed, analyzed and interpreted data-Communicated study outcomes and unmet needs/new opportunities to internal and external stakeholders to gain alignment for progressing projects-Established collaborations and liaised with KOLs, engineering and manufacturing groups -Transferred and optimized a proprietary diagnostic platform to a lateral flow platform -Managed international scientific research contracts-Led the design, prototype and validation of several low cost disposables for diagnostics Occupational Health and Safety Officer, BD Technologies, Singapore -Implemented and managed the Occupational Health and Safety Program and setup Biosafety levels 1 & 2 labs in the Singapore BD facility Show less

United States

Senior Research Scientist, Department of Pathology (2004-2007)Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology (2000-2004)-Constructed and characterized transgenic mouse lines for the analysis of endothelial molecular alterations in cancer-Identified potential endothelium biomarkers in lung cancer -Constructed and characterized naïve and focused single-chain phage antibody libraries -Screened and identified single chain antibodies against highly conserved human… Show more Senior Research Scientist, Department of Pathology (2004-2007)Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology (2000-2004)-Constructed and characterized transgenic mouse lines for the analysis of endothelial molecular alterations in cancer-Identified potential endothelium biomarkers in lung cancer -Constructed and characterized naïve and focused single-chain phage antibody libraries -Screened and identified single chain antibodies against highly conserved human proteins-Developed methods to identify unique and accessible endothelial proteins as a discovery tool for biomarkers Show less

United States

-Dissected molecular mechanistic differences among estrogens and selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) with a view to understanding, (A) how different estrogen receptor (ER) ligands manifest different biological activities in a tissue-specific pattern and (B) the molecular mechanisms underlying the development of tamoxifen-resistance in breast cancer-Defined the estrogen and SERM mediated degradation pathways of ER, and their impact on transcriptional regulation

United States

Honors thesis, Department of ChemistryUsed unsaturated organosilanes to form bicyclic compounds that have functional groups that are common in biologically-interesting naturally occurring products

Master’S Degree, Master Of Public Health (Mph)

Phd, Pharmacology & Molecular Cancer Biology

Ba, Biochemistry, (Magna Cum Laude)

Education record

Colombo, Sri Lanka