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California, United States

Oakland, California, US

Palo Alto, CA, US

In addition to my role as a genetic counselor with the Clinical Genomics Program, I am actively involved in the masters of genetic counseling program at Stanford. I supervise genetic counseling students during in-person and remote variant interpretation rotations, serve on the admissions committee of the genetic counseling program, and act as mentor for.

Palo Alto, California, US

Cultivate cohesive team by serving as liaison with lab leadership and advocating for team resources, coordinate hiring and onboarding of new members, and lead team of PhD genomic scientists and genetic counselors.Optimized processes by spearheading selection, implementation, and validation of software solution and concurrently implemented process.

Palo Alto, California, US

Improved user experience by establishing a fully integrated electronic order process in the medical record, resulting in improved coordination of patient care and reducing redundant ordering.Enabled customized lab workflows to support novel genomic tests by building in-house LIMS using JIRA and Agile development; developed requirements, wrote user stories.

Palo Alto, California, US

Wrote clear, patient-centered clinical reports for whole exome and panel testing by assessing and summarizing complex variant information; classified variants using ACMG/AMP guidelines and ClinGen recommendations.

Wrote clinical reports in the context of clinical indication and molecular results for cardiomyopathy.Performed genetic variant assessments by critically analyzing data from literature, case reports, publicdatabases, and computational tools.

• GeneInsight Suite®, an IT platform developed at Partners HealthCare, streamlines interpretation and management of vast amounts of data, offering a key step towards the promise of personalized medicine and better.
• Acted as the clinical genetics expert within a diverse team of programmers, analysts, and accountexecutives focused on developing software applications for clinical genetics laboratories
• Integrated requirements from laboratory staff, bioinformatics, and IT personnel in order to collaborate with programmers to improve existing clinical workflows in IT systems and implement new functionality as needed
• Delivered presentations, trainings, and demonstrations of GeneInsight to prospective and current customers

US

Genotyped samples using Sequenom’s SNP based MALDI-TOF platform for the study of natural killer cell immunoglobulin-like receptors (KIR) as part of an immunogenetics laboratory. Executed allelic level HLA genotyping using Roche’s Genome Sequencer FLX System. Involved in the development and implementation of novel genotyping assays using both of the.

Boston, MA, US

Conducted proof of concept studies on a prototype transdermal drug/medical device. Evaluated novel dosages in an in vitro model. Documented experimental findings, analyzed data and presented to members of the project team, along with recommendations for further studies. Interacted and communicated with other departments such as Engineering and Analytical.

Genotyped known Fragile X carriers using PCR to examine the relationship between serotonin receptor alleles and risk for neurological disorders.Also collected and analyzed data related to the use of CATSYS to examine females with Fragile X Associated Tremor/Ataxia Syndrome (FXTAS).

US

Performed PCR, expression cloning in E. coli, and ran gels as an intern for the New Technologies department at a biotechnology company. Also responsible for sequencing DNA samples for the Research department using an Applied Biosystems 3130 xl sequencer.

Davis, California, US

Assisted in an anthropology lab involved in forensics and other DNA sequence studies. Performed various laboratory techniques including: DNA extraction, PCR and running gels.

Ms, Genetic Counseling

Bs, Genetics