During my recent career break, I proactively enhanced my expertise by taking additional online courses in medicine and clinical trials. This included a 7-month program through UCSD Extended Studies where I obtained a Clinical Trials Design and Management certificate. I also renewed my phlebotomy license and basic life saving certification along with applicable continuing education courses for both.

Direct Supervisor: • Direct Reports: Oversee training and operation of 7 direct reports daily. • Conflict Resolution: Work with HR to resolve employee conflicts. • Lab Assistant Training: Train and monitor proficiency of skills for personnel. • Safety Committee: Represent the CLIA lab on the Sorrento Safety Committee.Site Coordinator: • Manage: 4 clinical trial protocols related to the COVID-19 antigen product (COVIMARK). • Lead Phlebotomist: For 2 protocols collecting blood samples and upper respiratory swabs. • Trial Master File (TMF): Design, review, and maintain site-specific documents. • Sample Resolution: Coordinate with clinical sites to resolve sample deficiencies. • Sample Processing: Receive, accession, and process blood and swab samples. • Cross-Departmental Coordination: Disseminate scope changes to affected departments. Project Management: • Inventory Management: Process requests to maintain CLIA clinical trials supplies with vendors. • Quality Control: Monitor training competencies, check data entry for accuracy and completeness. • Clinical Assay Coordination: Collaborate with medical director and lab managers to achieve goals. • Equipment Maintenance: Monitor maintenance cycles and schedule with vendors for repairs.

Site Coordinator: • Phlebotomy: Perform venipunctures 3-5 days a week. • Training: Manage training schedules and conduct competency assessments for other staff. • Blood Collection Tracking: Transitioned from a paper-based system to an Excel-based system. • IRB: Coordinate with IRB and perform subject consent reviews. • SOP Rewrite: Updated the SOP for phlebotomy to align with new standard practice techniques. • Data Entry: Recorded daily metrics and consolidated results for manager review. • Safety Committee: Serve on the committee to ensure safety compliance.Project Management: • Equipment Relocation: From old to new facility within the same city. • Vendor Coordination: Maintain a movement schedule and communicate with vendors. • Preventative Maintenance and Calibration: For all laboratory equipment. • Calibration Audits: Audited calibration certificate records for pipettes and equipment. • Expense Control: Collaborate with finance and purchasing to manage expenses. • Inventory Management: Created an Excel spreadsheet to maintain optimal inventory levels.Sample Processing: • Sample Receiving: Sample accessioning, LIMS error checks, and resolving sample discrepancies. • Tissue Culture: Maintain oncology cell lines, culture cells, calculate and aliquot cell counts. • Quality Assurance: Analyze final patient reports for accuracy prior to pathologist review.

Project Management: • Inventory System: Implemented an efficient reagent inventory purchasing and tracking system. • Sample Inventory Management: Organized and maintained clinical study sample inventory. • Collaboration: Communicated with external collaborators to resolve sample discrepancies. • Equipment Calibrations: Organized and tracked equipment and pipette calibrations. • Assay Checklists: Created six mandatory assay checklists for SOPs.Sample Processing: • Urine and Plasma DNA Extractions: Using Qiagen kits and manual pipettes. • NGS Sequencing Prep: Conducted NGS sequencing prep runs using MiSeq instruments. • LIMS Data Entry: Managed accessioning and data entry into the LIMS. • Maintenance: Performed monthly and annual maintenance on laboratory equipment.

Project Management: • Equipment Maintenance: Janus, Tecan EVO, BioRobot, QiaSymphony, and HPLC. • Employee Engagement: Participation in fostering creative ideas for a positive work environment.Sample Processing: • HPLC Tests: Prepared and loaded metabolic panels using single-channel pipettes daily. • DNA Sample Preparation: DNA Lysate and DNA isolation samples. • Patient Sample Handling: Sorted, tested, washed, and diluted patient blood samples. • Slide Preparation: Created slides on a Tecan for ANCA IFA assays.

Project Management: • Quality Control: Calculated quality control computations and analyzed data collections. • Pipette Calibrations: Conducted monthly pipette calibrations. • Assay Forms Redesign: Redesigned assay forms in Excel and Word formats (typing 80 WPM).Sample Processing: • Assay Performance: IFA (Q-Fever), EIA (Pylori M, Pylori G, HPG, Herpes, Lyme), and DNase assays. • Instrument Utilization: Triturus, DSX, Janus, Immulite 2000, plate readers, and plate washers. • Sample Handling: Pipetted over 600 samples daily using electronic and multichannel pipettes. • Reagent Preparation: Prepared reagents, including dilutions, on a weekly basis.