Medical Scientist working in the Cryobiology laboratory at St.James’s Hospital. Working on the optimisation of the delivery of cellular based therapies. This position also enables me to complete my research project as part of my MSc in Cellular Manufacturing & Therapy.

Guiding and assisting undergraduate students during their relevant laboratory activities. Correcting laboratory reports and assessing the student's laboratory practice as they learn and develop new scientific skills.

Worked as medical scientist in the histopathology laboratory at Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore. Here, I carried out gross description and histological dissection of formalin fixed tissue samples. These samples were processed and, paraffin embedded and cut onto slides for Haematoxylin and Eosin staining. I have gained valuable laboratory experience, working with various patient sample types and aiding in the diagnosis of various forms of cancer and other diseases. Other roles include the performance of Immunohistochemistry staining of slides and Papanicolaou and May Grunwald Giemsa staining of cytological samples.

Completed over 1000 hours of practical placement at Midlands Regional Hospital Tullamore. I have completed a minimum of 5 weeks in each of the Microbiology, Biochemistry, Histopathology, Haematology and Blood Transfusion laboratories.