Tae Joon (Tj) Yi Email & Phone Number

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Toronto, Canada Area

- Spearheading the clinical study observing the sex differences in cytokine production by T cells in multiple sclerosis- Collaborating with physicians at the Multiple Sclerosis Clinic at St. Michael's Hospital for recruitment- Lecturing HIV and MS sections for a 4th year Immunology course at the University of Toronto- Consenting and recruiting the study participants and processing study samples- Writing the REB for the study and making appropriate amendments when needed

- Reviewing trending biomedical articles and themes to curate a feed of scientific papers- Curating individualized biomedical contents upon request

Bay And Bloor

- Led the largest flagship store located in the heart of Toronto downtown as part of the management team- Empowered the team to meet the financial and operative goals- Evaluated and delivered annual reviews to 40 team members- Hired over 70 employees throughout the year depending on the store needs

- First-authored 2 papers in Journal of Infectious Diseases and Journal of Immunology- Spearheaded and designed a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled phase III clinical trials with 100% follow up rate, resulting in first authored publications- Advised graduate students on following Good Clinical Practice (GCP) and writing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and processed 240 blood samples from 40 patients over the course of a year- Invited speaker to talk about graduate schools for a VOKLS professional development night consisting 300 attendees

IMM429H1 - Clinical Immunology - Collaborated with the course instructor to devise the course materials and graded mid-terms and final exams- Prepared in-depth tutorial session supplementing the lectures for 4th year studentsHMB201H1 - Introduction to Genes, Genetics and Biotechnology - Designed weekly tutorial sessions based on lectures and graded quizzes, mid-terms and examsIMM435H1 - Practical Immunology- Demonstrated up-to-date laboratory experiments to the students and marked lab reports- Guided students to develop scientific writing skills2nd year Medical Student Immunology Course- Taught and supplemented a lecture for 40 medical students about immunologyIMM435Y1 - Introduction to Immunology- Invigilated mid-terms and exams

- First-authored 2 papers in Clinical Infectious Diseases, American Journal of Reproductive Immunology and co-authored in 5 others- Spearheaded a randomized, double-blinded, placebo controlled, cross-over clinical trial with 35 participants with 89% follow up rate for 2 years- Processed 180 blood and cervical samples over two years and conducted data analysis on a statistical program (SPSS), resulting in a first authored publication- Followed the Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials (CONSORT) Statement when writing a manuscript for publication- Collaborated with Dr. Tan and Dr. Walmsley at Toronto General Hospital (TGH) and Women’s Health in Women’s Hands Clinic, such as physicians, nurses, study coordinators, to allocate roles and run a successful clinical trial- Presented the trial findings to eight conferences- Developed successful ethics guidelines, which were approved by the University of Toronto - Acquired in-depth knowledge of flow cytometry and designed effective antibody panels

- Learnt how to devise hypothesis and conduct basic experiments under the supervision of Dr. Dana Philpott- Performed RT-PCR and bacterial transfection to examine expression levels of NLRs

Vancouver, Canada Area

- Introduced to the industry environment and performed agarose gel extraction and RT-PCR

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Immunology, Clinical Sciences

Thesis: The impact of herpes therapy on genital and systemic immunology

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Immunology