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United Kingdom

• Managed compliance with the Human Tissue Act (HTA) and maintained the OCG Human Tissue Authority licence.• Planning, setup, and commercialisation of the OCG lab, ensuring adherence to all relevant legislation and high standards.• Created and managed the Quality Management System including SOPs, risk assessments, audits, and compliance documentation for the Anatomy Laboratory.• Ensured safe practices and compliance with HTA regulations for the retrieval, storage, distribution, and use of human tissue.• Sourcing and strategic allocation of human cadaveric tissue specimens.• Provided expertise and guidance on HTA regulations to stakeholders and during inspections.• Supervised technical staff and managed the day-to-day operations of the OCG lab.• Served as the Radiation Protection Supervisor.

• Delivery of high-quality operational management and support across the School of Medicine.• Managing engineering and biomedical engineering groups and staff, overseeing teaching and research.• Delivery of Health and Safety arrangements, generic scientific support and training for engineering groups.• Approval of spend from research and division/core levy accounts.• Procurement and maintenance of equipment, obtaining product quotes and arranging purchase orders.• Resource management of staff, rationalizing use of space, equipment, and furniture.• Staff management including staff job allocation, training, development, monitoring and recruitment.

• Providing specialised technical support to academic medical, dentistry and anatomy teaching.• Providing specialised technical support to commercial and academic research projects.• Organising and running surgical simulation and surgical skills training courses on cadaveric models.• Soft-fix 'Thiel' method embalming of cadavers, cadaver care and management.• Supervision of PhD and MSc students in Anatomy and Forensic Anthropology.• Developing and delivering skills elements relevant for UG, TPG and PhD student teaching including histological embedding and staining, sheet plastination, latex injection and potting.• Audit leader for His Majesty's Inspector of Anatomy annual inspection. Implementation and compliance with, anatomical legislation of the Anatomy Act 1984 and the Human Tissue (Scotland) Act 2006.• Lead on chemical purchasing, maintaining the chemical inventory and dispensing.• Generating and implementing health and safety risk assessments, COSHH and standard operating procedures.• General mortuary duties and maintenance of mortuary equipment.

Fife

• Responsible for overseeing the daily operations of Coul Brewing Company. • Generating new business clients, suppliers and stockists, building and maintaining customer relationships and driving sales. • New product and recipe development and increasing efficiency of current products and processes. • Purchasing, accounting, budgeting and profit forecasting. • Implementing HACCP, COSHH, risk assessments and standard operating procedures for brewing.• Face to face product selling direct to consumers at local and national markets, festivals and events. • Inventory database, website and social media management.

Cuparmuir

• Large-scale food production in a fast moving consumer goods manufacturing kitchen.• Creating and managing all health and safety procedures, HACCP, COSHH and risk assessments.• Audit leader for internal audits, SALSA accreditation and supermarket audits.• Quality control, allergen and microbiological compliance coordinator.• Responsible for warehouse management, stock rotation and stock ordering.• Preparing, recording and dispatching customer orders and managing traceability data.• Recording and reporting daily cleaning of production area and machinery and routine maintenance.• Graphic designer for new product packaging.• Responsible for IT, printing systems and technical support.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Measuring and modeling haemodynamics and vessel stiffness in arterial disease and endovascular treatment.• Identifying which patients will best benefit from arterial vascular intervention and predicting device failure.• Utilizing shear wave elastography and vector velocity ultrasound to calculate arterial wall stiffness.• Comparing stiffness data in artificial flow phantoms, Thiel-embalmed human cadavers with perfusionand NHS patients.• Delivering oral and poster presentations of my research at conferences.• Comprehensive study of recent literature into diagnosis and treatment of arterial vascular disease.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Optimization and validation of cadaveric models with perfusion.• Pre-clinical medical device testing on cadaveric models.• Administering surgical training simulations on perfused cadaver models.• Multimodal (CT, MRI, X-Ray, Ultrasound) cadaveric imaging and image analysis.• Laboratory, equipment, stock and consumable ordering and management.• Supervision of BSc and MSc student projects.• Contributing to scientific publications• Presenting oral and poster conference presentations.• Composing and implementing risk assessments, COSHH and standard operating procedures.

Aberdeen, United Kingdom

• Formalin and Genelyn-based embalming of cadavers and general mortuary duties.• Recording and updating record details of over 300 cadaveric specimens• Producing a complete specimen catalogue identifying all cadaveric specimens.• Implementing a new cadaveric organisation and tagging system.• Managing stock and consumables; purchasing new equipment.• Annual funeral service arrangement.• Leading anatomical based projects• Supervision of student dissection projects• Preparing medical, dental and biomedical science undergraduate teaching classes and exams.• Organizing and running surgical teaching events and training courses.

Dundee, United Kingdom

• Supporting research projects utilising Thiel embalmed cadavers.• Conducting research and experimental design to devise and test medical devices, improve surgicaltechniques and help refine the cadaver model.• Responsible for the selection of cadavers for projects: assessing the quality, cleaning and preparingcadavers for use in teaching, research, imaging and surgical skills training.• Contributing to scientific publications.• Undertaking Thiel embalming of cadavers.• General mortuary duties and maintenance of mortuary equipment.• Histological examination of Thiel embalmed human and animal tissue.• Supervising school, undergraduate and postgraduate student projects.• Composing and implementing COSHH forms, risk assessments and standard operating procedures.• Maintaining the cadaver database and securing sensitive data.I have supported a wide range of projects across a wide range of disciplines including FUTURA (Focused Ultrasound Therapy Using Robotic Approach), TRANSFUSIMO (TRANS-FUSIMO has developed a prototypical real-time control system for MRI-guided focussed ultrasound treatments in moving abdominal organs.), Sonopil (exploration of ultrasound imaging and therapeutic capabilities deployed in capsule format in GI system) and in the development of Ultrasound Needles. I have supported Animal Free Research UK (formerly Dr Hadwen trust) to find alternative models for animal testing as well as global leading medical device development companies including Medtronic.

Centre For Anatomy And Human Identification, Dundee, United Kingdom

• Receiving cadavers from funeral directors and assisting with the embalming process.• Assisting with the care, inspection and preparation of cadavers and specimens for use in undergraduateteaching, research and surgical training courses.• Dissection of Thiel embalmed cadavers to create flexible prosections for teaching, exams and courses.• Assisting the organization and running of surgical training courses.• Assisting with annual funeral service arrangement.• Transportation of cadavers, specimens and supporting external courses.• Cleaning the mortuary, dissecting room and chemical stores.• Maintaining the cadaver database, recording all use, movements and cremation of cadavers.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Forensic Anthropology

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