Temporary Assignment

Multi-operational case coordination center dealing with case management and repatriation of patients to tertiary facilities. I work directly with registered nurses and ER physicians to help expedite patients who are in need of hospitalization to the appropriate medical centers that can manage their care.

Through this opportunity, I was able to develop understanding and handling of laboratory equipment such as: laminar flow hood, cyto-centrifuge, flow-cytometer, Coulter cell counter, motic compound microscope, CO2 incubator I assisted with a research assignment to determine potential genotoxic effects of different flavonoids on human lymphoid cells (TK6 line) and learned laboratory techniques such as: maintaining cell/tissue culture, sterile technique, serial dilutions, in vitro genotoxicity testing, cell harvesting, micronucleus assays, fluorescent antibody staining