Experience

Addiction Recovery Medical Services

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Chemist

  • Apr 2021 - Present

  ·Helped improve patient turnaround time from 1 week to 24 hours by clearing sample backlog and improving staff training ·Worked closely with the Medical and Counseling team as part of the therapeutic drug monitoring program providing technical assistance and flagging patients who may be at a higher risk of hypoxia due to specific drug interactions ·Mentored and trained staff members on data analysis, sample preparation, instrument maintenance and troubleshooting ·Prepared, maintained and verified QC data and kept good laboratory documentation ensuring compliance with COLA and state regulations ·Prepared standards, quality control solutions and maintained stock inventory ·Filled in for the Supervisor when need arose ·Performed benchtop sample preparation and toxicology analysis of Urine Drug Samples Show less



Lighthouse Lab Services

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Laboratory Specialist II

  • Oct 2020 - Dec 2020

  ·Worked as part of a team that helped improve the patient sample turnaround from 2 weeks to less than 3 days ·Acted as a liaison to 3 clinic laboratories making sure they had adequate supplies and that batches were run on time and issues escalated to the relevant department ·Provided technical assistance to laboratory technicians on sample preparation, instrument maintenance, troubleshooting and alerted them of unusual samples that needed to be prepared again for analysis ·Analyzed raw toxicology data, interpreted results, verified prescription and historical data and uploaded patient results onto the clients respective EHR systems ·Verified QC data, maintained and complied with HIPAA, CLIA and CAP regulations Show less



Addiction Recovery Medical Services

• United States
• Medical Practices
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Technician

  • Mar 2014 - Oct 2020

  · Helped the clinic successfully pass COLA inspection and achieve a 2 year accredation in 2015, 2017 and 2019 · Helped bring a new mass spectrometer into compliance by performing the required instrument validation studies · Performed method development and validation for new drugs that were added to the existing toxicology panel · Shortened the incubation period of sample preparation by 75% leading to an increase in the number of samples being prepared in a daily basis · Performed urine drug screen stability studies to determine the length of time our samples can remain under refrigeration without significant loss of data · Mentored and trained 5 staff members on data analysis, sample preparation, instrument maintenance and troubleshooting Show less



University of Iowa

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2008 - Aug 2008

  · Investigated the role of DNA methylation in silencing PHD3 expression in breast and prostate cancer · Techniques used included, real time PCR, bacterial cell culture, sodium bisulfate gene sequencing · Investigated the role of DNA methylation in silencing PHD3 expression in breast and prostate cancer · Techniques used included, real time PCR, bacterial cell culture, sodium bisulfate gene sequencing



Penn State University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Summer Intern

  • Jun 2007 - Aug 2007

  · Investigated the charactization of the replication, stability and soread of luciferase-tagged Poliovirus in cell culture · Techniques learned included, Hela cell culture, assays, reverse transcription, analytical methods e.g. using spectrophotometer, working with Poliovirus safely · Investigated the charactization of the replication, stability and soread of luciferase-tagged Poliovirus in cell culture · Techniques learned included, Hela cell culture, assays, reverse transcription, analytical methods e.g. using spectrophotometer, working with Poliovirus safely