Natalie (Sciulli) Thomas Email & Phone Number

Pittsburgh, PA, US

Technical specialist for the Life and Waiver of Premium departments

• Responsible for the review and analysis of group accidental death and dismemberment insurance claims as well as life insurance claims for a variety of policyholders.
• Evaluate forensic, medical and police reports against the applicable policy language in order to determine the approval or denial of applicable benefits.
• Request reports and beneficiary information from international and domestic agencies.
• Work with external physicians, medical examiners/coroners, toxicologists, police agencies and crime labs to obtain additional information to evaluate claims

Participated in various functions of ChemoFx assay.Processed tumors and maintained primary cell cultures.Maintained an Excel spreadsheet tracking plates for the fixing, staining, scanning, and counting portion of assay.Performed routine quality control on equipment such as incubators, liquid handlers, centrifuges, and water baths.Prepared reagents.

Participate in all aspects of laboratory function from experimental design, quality assurance through assay completion and analysisAssist in studies comprising high-throughput genomic mapping and mutation analysis (SNP arrays), expression profiling (mRNA arrays) and the development of methods for analyzing microRNA expression using microarrays. Specific.

Supervise six student techs and monitor work activities of other managersOversee operations of student run computer labs on campus Extensive knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite, Microsoft Access Database, Windows Operating System, Adobe Reader as well as basic knowledge of desktop hardware/replacement and printer troubleshooting

M.S., Forensic Science And Law

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Tau (National Sorority) Phi Sigma Lambda (Professional Forensics Fraternity)

B.S., Biology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Sigma Tau, Phi Sigma LambdaMinors in Math, Sociology, and Biochemistry