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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Helped to deliver federal government submissions for the strategic development of TIA.Contributed to the strategic development of CGT in Australia as an active member of the Cell and Gene Catalyst Steering Committee and AusBiotech’s manufacturing taskforce.Advocated for and implemented a new funding scheme for researchers.Provided guidance for researchers looking to transition projects from the lab to the clinic. Established a Quality Team Community of Practice to enable collaboration and communication between quality teams in TIA’s CGT capability.Identified capability gaps and provided solutions to bridge these gaps.

Sydney, Australia

Enabled therapeutic development by providing cancer specific preclinical models to researchers. Provided a service to test putative drug candidates alone or in combination with standard of care including radiation therapy, chemotherapy and immunotherapy.Established the business model, built client base and executed research agreements.

London, United Kingdom

Providing scientific advice to improve understanding of complex therapeutic areas. Editorial assistance for publications. Peer review

London, United Kingdom

Primary and secondary research of competitor and market insights for client projects. Examples include CAR-T sites within UK, biosimilar landscape assessments.Project management of multiple simultaneous projects for several clients, ensuring all were delivered efficiently and to client satisfaction.Attend key conferences on behalf of clients, speak with KOLs for in depth insights into data presented. I covered multiple myeloma at European Hematology Congress, reporting novel data to client immediately, as well as a detailed report on my return.

London, United Kingdom

Beacon Intelligence is the clinical trial data and analysis service, helping organisations in the global healthcare sector make critical drug development decisions faster and more confidently.Beacon is tailor-made to provide subscribers with the most relevant data and accurate analysis.Our focus is on the quality of scientific content and our sector specialist researchers curate clinical trials intelligence, preclinical information and drug data by monitoring thousands of sources all over the world in real time. My role included: Drive the scientific direction of existing and new products.Research clinical trials for novel oncology drug classes including antibody drug conjugates and immuno-oncology.Manage a team of researchers in UK and India, leading them to constantly improve research techniques to ensure accuracy with a strong commitment to quality of scientific content.Provide regular newsletters and bespoke analysis both internally and for clients.Present our research at conferences, in webinars and in a peer-reviewed article.Assist in technical sales calls and analyse the landscape for marketing collateral.

London, United Kingdom

Beacon is the web-based application tool that is the most comprehensive real time source of antibody drug conjugate clinical trials intelligence.As the research Analyst for World ADC Beacon my role was to research, compile, consolidate and curate the disparate clinical trial information into 1 resource. I was responsible for ensuring accuracy and immediacy of the database, and for providing insight into the ADC clinical trial landscape.

Sydney, Australia

Formally known as Westmead Millennium Institute I was responsible for driving my own research project to investigate the role of plasmacytoid dendritic cells in herpes simplex virus infection, the altered maturation status of dendritic cells following viral stimulation and infection and the effect this may have in generating an immune response when an individual is co-infected with HIV and herpes simplex. I planned, performed, analysed and wrote up my results for publication as well as for less formal lab meetings. Key technologies that I used regularly were Flow cytometry, confocal and deltavision microscopy, quantative PCR, Tissue culture, Containment level 3 techniques and herpes virus propagation.As a group leader I was jointly responsible for the supervision and guidance of a small group of junior post-docs and students. In particular I was associate supervisor to 2 PhD students and was their main point of call for academic direction, experimental planning and presentation preparation. I was responsible for managing the research grant budget and ensuring appropriate training was given to the students as well as reminding them of their health and safety responsibilities.

London, United Kingdom

My research project was to investigate the dysfunction of blood dendritic cells during HIV infection. I worked under the supervision of Steven Patterson and was funded by the Medical Research Council.Key technologies used included flow cytometry, tissue culture, PCR and processing HIV+ blood samples within the containment level 3 laboratory.I was containment level 3 laboratory manager during this time.

London, United Kingdom

I joined the company as the laboratory assistant however was rapidly promoted to laboratory manager. I was involved in the preparation and conduct of studies in the laboratory of a phase I clinical research unit. I was responsible for the running of the entire laboratory, including staff, consumables and samples. My role involved liaising with colleagues from other departments and companies to ensure the smooth running of the studies.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Immunology

Bachelor'S Degree, Biomedical Sciences, General