Experience

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  The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

  • United States
  • Hospitals and Health Care
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Faculty Research Associate, Department of Neurology - Associate Director of Operations

    • Mar 2021 - Present

  • Project Administrator

    • Jan 2019 - Feb 2021

    Project Administrator at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine with a master’s degree in epidemiology and 17 years of research experience. Author and co-author of a total of 32 peer-reviewed scientific manuscripts. Has expertise is in managing and coordinating research projects, leading collaborations with internal/external collaborators, communicating with sponsors (NIH, CDC, Private Foundations, etc.), producing reports and scientific publications, preparing presentations for scientific meetings, and providing guidance and technical expertise in grant writing. In addition, has expertise training personnel in resource-limited settings in areas such as viral diagnostics and monitoring techniques, molecular virology techniques, biological sample management, and Human Research Compliance. Serves as the liaison between investigators, research staff, and experts.

  • Research Program Manager

    • Nov 2016 - Jan 2019

    • Provide managerial, logistical, and administrative direction for Trial Innovation Network multicenter clinical trials• Provide planning support to clinical research teams, to ensure that projects are well-planned and have a high probability of being funded, executed on-schedule, and on-budget• Maintain institutional awareness of the project schedule, and proactively identifying and mitigating risks• Coordinate and communicate the status of the project with project team members and customers, as needed• Organize project meetings, and communications with principal investigators, physicians, clinical research coordinators, and high-level administrative staff. • Oversee operational aspects related to electronic scientific data capture, financial and administrative information, develop best practices, create SOP’s, assist with IRB submission and revisions, oversee regulatory registration and requirements • Oversee training of research staff to comply with study protocols, coordinate with institutional partners to assist with study execution, and assist professional staff in the dissemination of research and operational efforts through presentations and written material

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  Institute of Human Virology, University of Maryland School of Medicine

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

  • Research Lead Specialist

    • Jul 2011 - Nov 2016

    • Lead collaborations with investigators, coordinating tasks and work plans. • Participate in project meetings and interface with principal investigators and project team in order to coordinate project goals and meet project deadlines. • Analyze, interpret, write and prepare manuscripts with data obtained for publications and presentations. • Interpret epidemiological and statistical data to draw appropriate conclusions • Provide guidance and technical expertise to research projects in Nigeria. • Ensure Human Research Integrity and Compliance• Biological Sample Management (local and international)• Provide technical scientific expertise to create budgets for grants submissions.• Manage the epidemiology laboratory

  • Research Specialist - Laboratory Supervisor

    • Jan 2006 - Jul 2011

    • Conduct genetic analysis for HIV-1 for South America, Central America, the Caribbean, Central Asia, and parts of Africa: by partial and full length sequencing of the HIV-1 virus. • Analyze, interpret, write and prepare manuscripts with data obtained for publications and presentations. • Design, establish and maintain the molecular epidemiology laboratory at the IHV.• Supervise laboratory staff including training, scheduling, coordinating and delegating work, monitoring and evaluating performance.• Analyze, interpret, write and prepare manuscripts with data obtained for publications and presentations. • Develop new laboratory assays.• Perform routine and advanced laboratory research activities. - Polymerase chain reaction. - Gel electrophoresis. - PBMC and serum/plasma processing. - DNA and RNA extraction.- DNA sequencing using the ABI Prizm 3130 capillary sequencer.- Cloning• Reviewer for the Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes, Epidemiologic Section.• Responsible of completely setting up the molecular testing/genetic analysis laboratory in Abuja, Nigeria under the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR). - Designed the layout of the laboratory.- Purchased all equipment and supplies. - Drafted standard operations procedures. • Trained foreign scientists in: - Viral diagnosis. - Monitoring techniques of HIV infection (CD4 count and viral load). - Molecular epidemiology specimen processing.

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  The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine

  • Rockville, Maryland

  • Research Assistant

    • Aug 2002 - Jan 2006
    • Rockville, Maryland

    • Worked on an ongoing global molecular epidemiology surveillance project. • Conducted genetic analysis for HIV-I for South America, the Caribbean, Central Asia, and parts of Africa: by partial and full length sequencing of the HIV-I virus. • Assisted in the development of a protocol to obtain a nearly full-length sequence from RNA.• Contributed to the writing of manuscripts as well as creating and illustrating graphs representative of the obtained data for publications and presentations.• Trained and mentored other scientists. • Sustained three ABI Prizm 3130 capillary sequencers. - Performed maintenance. - Monitored the performance of the instrument.- Traced and resolved problems with the instrument. - Worked directly with engineers to resolve problems.• Contacted vendors, obtained quotes, ordered supplies and equipment for the laboratory.

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  Hood College

  • Frederick, Maryland

  • Research Assistant

    • May 2001 - May 2002
    • Frederick, Maryland

    • Conducted direct, in vitro, evolution of chitinases using reassembly PCR on bacterial endochitinase genes with Serratia marcescens and Enterobacter agglomerans.• Determined and solved problems with digestion of parental chitinase genes. • Reassembled fragments by primerless “sexual PCR,” and recovered recombined genes using traditional PCR with primers.• Transformed E. coli hosts with recombinants genes. • Analyzed chitinases expression in E. coli by observing chitinase activity using colloidal chitin plate-clearing assay.• Developed and modified protocols to facilitate directed evolution of bacterial chinases.• Determined DNaseI concentration and conditions needed to obtain suitable DNA fragments size to start reassembly of PCR.• Determined optimal conditions for PCR with primers to recover endochitinase genes from Serratia marcescens’ plasmid DNA.