Tileena Vasquez, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Houston, Texas, United States

Galveston, Texas, United States

Designs and implements research protocols, collates and analyzes complex data, summarizes completed protocols and studies, writes scientific articles and manuscripts for publication and presentation. Supervises the safe handling of hazardous material, coordinates purchasing requests and aids in writing specifications and justifications for equipment purchases. Supervises and trains junior research associates and student workers in the laboratory. Performs a wide and complex variety of animal procedures and behavioral studies. Collects, prepares, analyzes, and evaluates specimens.

Houston, Texas, United States

Schedules patient appointments for 14 different facilities and enters required information in the computer system in an accurate and timely manner. Obtains demographic, insurance and financial information from patient or guarantor. Enters information in computer system with a high degree of accuracy. Verifies insurance eligibility and benefits and ensures all notifications and authorizations are completed within the required timeframes. Monitors, reviews and resolves patient account issues on assigned reports. Communicates in an effective and professional manner with Physicians, Care Management, ancillary departments, nursing units, physicians’ office staff, insurance companies, as well as patients and their families (all Patient Access customers).

Houston, Texas, United States

Conducts research activities according to research protocol. Research activities included data management, screening and enrollment of eligible patients for research studies, clinic follow-up activities, and study startup activities. Collecting, evaluating, and interpreting research data from electronic medical records to provide needed information to principal investigators and other researchers. Updates notebooks, records, and databases as needed.Ensure compliance with protocol and overall clinical objectives. Is guided by FDA regulations, Good Clinical Practice (GCP), Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), and company standard operating procedures and policies in executing these position responsibilities.

Houston, Texas, United States

Provide daily husbandry services for multiple laboratory animal species (mice, rats, rabbits, zebra fish) which include daily health checks/observations, provision of food and water to individual cages, adhering to biosecurity procedures, animal handling/restraint, transport of animals, bulk feed, bedding, and caging within a vivarium, and changing large numbers of cages/cage racks. Provide animal room services to include maintaining daily room logs (records of animal inventory, room environment and consumable supplies), adhering to expiration dates for consumables, equipment maintenance schedules, special husbandry instructions related to research needs, sanitizing animal rooms and equipment with disinfectants and detergents in compliance with species specific regulations and policies.Adhere to regulations enforced by federal, state and local agencies (USDA, CDC, AAALAC, IACUC, Environmental Health and Safety).Process requests for cages and ensures detailed information is transcribed to cage identification cards for various species.Works closely with diverse research staff to ensure proper coordination between husbandry duties and research activities.Operate various types of cage and rack washer equipment, conventional and pass- through autoclaves and other equipment associated with the animal facility.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neurobiology And Behavior

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Dual Ph.D Program with UTMB

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Neuroscience, Gpa: 3.78

Activities and Societies: 08/2014-05/2015 Lab Assistant, Department of Psychology and Neuroscience; Mentor: Joaquin Lugo; Projects.