Kathleen Stevens Email & Phone Number

Washington, District Of Columbia

Baltimore, MD And Bylakuppe, Karnataka, India

• Trained and managed a team of six on-site Tibetan field nurses and hospital staff to conduct on-site testing and data collection in a study of Hepatitis B prevalence in Bylakuppe, India.
• Organized community health sessions and fielded questions regarding Hepatitis B infection
• Responsible for ground operations and logistics, including training personnel, coordinating sampling, managing delivery of supplies, and transport of biological to YRG laboratories for biological testing.
• Prepared training manuals and field maps for random household sampling, survey administration and specimen collection according to IRB guidelines
• Coordinated data entry and performed analysis using STATA statistical packages.

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Managed and trained new employees, post-docs, and graduate students in laboratory techniques
• Identified a relationship between antibiotic-induced ribosomal errors and regulation of bacterial competence in Streptococcus pneumoniae. Constructed S. pneumoniae mutant strains, utilized luminescence assays to detect.
• Examined spontaneous accumulation of deleterious and beneficial mutations in S. pneumoniae
• Responsible for maintenance of laboratory logistics and ordering

Cedar Creek, TX

• Applied molecular biology knowledge to develop and troubleshoot protocols under ISO13485:2003 specifications
• Coordinated with R&D to scale-up production of kits
• Communicated effectively with team members and other departments to ensure quick completion of production, testing, and movement of products. Presented progress and activity in bi-monthly meetings.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Microbiology And Immunology

Master Of Science - Ms, Epidemiology

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biology/Biological Sciences, General