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Salt Lake City, Utah, Us

Murray , Ut, Us

Murray , Ut, Us

Murray , Ut, Us

Responsible for the development and validation of all process improvements and assay development in the clinical laboratory to assure the highest quality and standards that meet regulatory requirements, timely completion of projects, and ensure proper documentation.Compiled and submitted technical assessments to Moldx for multiple assays that received positive coverage determination.Supervise and mentor clinical development staff in their development effortsCollaborate closely with clinical operations to identify areas that enhance and improve lab operations to achieve operation and service goals.Lead implementation of automated equipment and methods into the clinical laboratory workflow to improve quality and efficiency.Engage with clinical and scientific leaders to identify and develop new assays utilizing the best available methods and technology to provide precision medicine solutions throughout Intermountain.Coordinate and collaborate with bioinformatic and variant science groups during troubleshooting, development, and validation process.

Primary responsibility to drive development and implementation of laboratory automation and assay developmentDeveloped and validated an automated NGS library preparation workflowIdentified, tested, and validated an NGS process improvement that nearly doubled sample performanceTrained and managed other scientists/technologists on development projectsProvided technical expertise for clinical sample processing and troubleshootingTrained in clinical sample processing to provide back up support to operationsDiscovered several excess expenditures and implemented cost saving solutions

Optimized and revalidated our clinically validated NGS panel and improved turnaround time by a dayDeveloped, optimized, and validated multiple clinical molecular assays across multiple platforms and methodologiesPerformed quality and technical review of NGS variantsProject lead of our client education and training programDiverse experience in molecular methodologies including next-generation sequencing, targeted sequencing, qRT-PCR, FISH, and microarrayCollaborated with external groups to design and generate project proposalsMember of our client consultative group and provided scientific support and material for the marketing team

Senior specialist in providing medical technologist services for our CLIA certified NGS somatic gene panel.Developed and lead a number of R&D projects involved in process improvement, equipment selection and performance, and assay development.Coordinated all external testing with partner company.Provided technical expertise in sample procurement/evaluation and test recommendations to physicians.Coordinated continuing education activities for lab personnel.

My graduate work focused on studying epigenetic alterations in an animal model of environmentally-modified allergic airway disease. My project allowed me to gain experience in a number of genomic techniques, including microarrays, next-generation sequencing, and more targeted approaches including RT-qPCR and pyrosequencing. This required precise management, analysis, and interpretation of large data sets which lead to a proficiency in R, bedtools, and UNIX. Additionally, I gained experience and abilities in animal modeling including mouse colony management, handling and procedures, dissection, and tissue processing.

Provo, Ut, Us

I determined population heterogeneity of Utah cutthroat trout populations; beginning at DNA isolation from tissue samples, sequence preparation and analysis, and generating reports detailing population identity.Furthermore, I trained other incoming students on molecular techniques.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Human Medical Genetics And Genomics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Molecular Biology