Azra H. Email & Phone Number

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Ensure compliance with NDRi's quality management system and regulatory requirements Ensure adherence to international regulations governing the shipment of human tissues for researchOversee NDRI's biorepository logistics facility and biobank laboratoryStrategy development to maintain best practices in human tissue biobanking

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Canada

• Offer strategic guidance for establishing scientific projects(especially biobanks), including strategy and timeline development• Provide consulting services to genetic and genomics-based startups, offering scientific expertise and data insights• Contribute expert input to budget planning and cost recovery strategies for biobank sustainability • Ensure strict adherence to ethical and regulatory standards within the clinical research context• Consult on problem-solving sessions and brainstorming for business ideas in startup and pilot project scenarios

St John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

Greater St. John'S Metropolitan Area

• Applied scientific expertise to advance molecular diagnosis and precision medicine in oncology. • Managed diverse academic and healthcare human research projects, progressively assuming roles in project and team leadership.• Proficient in molecular and cellular laboratory techniques, specializing in Biobank operations. • Efficiently oversaw Biobank operations, including budget preparation and regular project updates. • Established a Biobank lab at Memorial University, handling all vendor and equipment procurement.• Demonstrated team leadership, mentoring, and staff training, with a focus on professional development programs. • Utilized ICD-10 Codes and CPT codes terminologies effectively. Developed SOPs compliant with ICH-GCP and GLP standards, ensuring IRB requirements are consistently met. • Collaborated with local research efforts, ensuring adherence to safety and regulatory standards. • Effectively communicated with sponsors, CROs, physicians, and regulatory authorities. • Executed standard procedures to attain and sustain regulatory certification, including CTRnet and relevant certificates (ISO and CAP). • Formulated Biobank marketing strategies for both participants and researchers.

St John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Worked in a top Canadian gut microbiome start-up and played a key role in research and product development • Acquired knowledge of regulatory requirements, SOPs & Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs)• Heavily involved in product research and development in coordination with multiple depts.

St John’S, Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Conducting research and summarizing findings• Design Parkinson's experiments for graduate and undergrad students in Drosophila as model organisms.• Oversees inventory for the laboratory

Newfoundland And Labrador, Canada

• Held 18 In-class and online graduate assistantship positions• Organising discussions, laboratory sessions, online help sessions, course material, and following rubrics to grade reports gave me organizational and teaching experience.• Help instructors familiarize themselves with Brighspace and New Technologies, which has eased the burden of remote technologies on instructors. • Content creating and video editing

National Institute Of Cancer Prevention And Research, Delhi, India

• Worked in a top national laboratory on full govt. Scholarship with an acceptance rate of 4%. Focused on identifying biomarkers to design prophylactic and therapeutic HPV DNA vaccines to overcome shortcomings of the current vaccine in the country of 1.4 billion people.

Hmx Pro Certificate Program -Cancer Genomics & Precision Oncology; And Clinical Drug Development

HMX Pro is a 10-week online program from Harvard Medical School.

Doctor Of Philosophy, Genetics And Molecular Biology

Activities and Societies: Genetic Recombination in Drosophila, maintaining large Drosophila stock, GraphPad, NIH ImageJ, Microscopy (Light.

Master'S Degree, Biotechnology, Graduated Top Of My Class