Sam Abrams Email & Phone Number

Silver Spring, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

Bethesda, Md, Us

● Serve as the staff liaison for the Public Health Preparedness and Response Committee and affiliated subcommittees, providing scientific, logistical planning and administrative support to committee members on preparedness priorities affecting laboratory personnel nationwide.● Develop and assist with activities aimed at strengthening partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other governmental and public health partners on public health preparedness and response, law enforcement and regulatory issues.● Prepare reports, issue briefs, articles, and presentations summarizing important preparedness activities affecting association membership. Deliver key findings at stakeholder meetings, national conferences, and virtual presentations.● Support the management of the Public Health Preparedness and Response program, assisting with the preparation of cooperative agreement funding proposals, work plans, budgets and reports, and ensuring project activities are completed on time.● Work across the association to identify system-wide needs and develop new project goals, activities, and timelines to address them.

Bethesda, Md, Us

● Serve as the staff liaison for the Public Health Preparedness and Response Committee and affiliated subcommittees, providing scientific, logistical planning and administrative support to committee members on preparedness priorities affecting laboratory personnel nationwide.● Develop and assist with activities aimed at strengthening partnerships with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and other governmental and public health partners on public health preparedness and response, law enforcement and regulatory issues.● Prepare reports, issue briefs, articles, and presentations summarizing important preparedness activities affecting association membership. Deliver key findings at stakeholder meetings, national conferences, and virtual presentations.● Support the management of the Public Health Preparedness and Response program, assisting with the preparation of cooperative agreement funding proposals, work plans, budgets and reports, and ensuring project activities are completed on time.● Work across the association to identify system-wide needs and develop new project goals, activities, and timelines to address them.

Washington, Dc, Us

● Responsible for ordering and delivery of supplies for 7 researchers and ensuring quality control of laboratory procedures, equipment functionality, and OSHA/USDA guidelines.● Assisted with recruitment, training, and supervision of laboratory personnel in multiple areas of molecular and immunological laboratory procedures.● Oversaw preparation and reception of samples from other institutions while maintaining computer network-accessible central inventory of 25,000+ samples for in-house researchers.● Supported principal investigator with maintaining laboratory budget funded by six external sources and in preparing data and presentations for use in official publications.● Routinely provided project status and final reports to principal investigator.● Continued to maintain duties and responsibilities as laboratory technician.

Washington, Dc, Us

● Performed and interpreted laboratory research on swine samples (sera, tissue, blood) infected with Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome Virus.● Independently wrote new and modified existing laboratory standard operating procedures (SOPs).● Assisted with preparation and editing of official publications (posters and journals).● Analyzed and manipulated large qualitative and quantitative datasets using MS Office and SAS.● Skilled in utilizing a wide variety of molecular techniques such as Luminex xMap Assay, HPLC, qPCR, DNA/RNA purification, and ELISA.

Baltimore, Maryland, Us

● Developed research protocols and procedures necessary to run NIH funded pilot study.● Designed, created and revised research instruments to ensure collection of quality data thatcorrelated with research objectives. ● Screened, recruited, and enrolled patients in ongoing NIH funded pilot study on HIV Self-testing in the Emergency Department at The Johns Hopkins Hospital.● Coordinated, organized, and maintained all study documentation.● Developed and managed interim reports for principal investigators and institutional review board to ensure timely completion of project.● Performed interim data analysis to monitor data accumulation and provide recommendations for modifications to Phase 2 of trial.● Presented research findings at 2016 Department of Emergency Medicine Fall Research Day.

Graduate Certificate, Health Informatics

Master’S Degree, Mph, Epidemiology

B.S., Biological Sciences