Experience

UnboundEd.org

• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Science Facilitator

  • Feb 2023 - Present



Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools

• United States
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Educator

  • Apr 2015 - Present

  Charlotte, NC



Avon

• United Kingdom
• Personal Care Product Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Toxicologist II

  • May 2010 - Jul 2013

  Suffern, NY • Ensure the human health safety of various Avon products. • Evaluated product safety focusing on personal care/cosmetic products and/or nutritional products. • Conduct pre-clinical/ pre-market toxicology safety evaluation on raw ingredients, product formulations and potential biological targets and mechanisms for breakthrough products. • Prepare human risk assessments on raw ingredients and new product formulations. • Summarize clinical and pre-clinical reports in regional safety… Show more • Ensure the human health safety of various Avon products. • Evaluated product safety focusing on personal care/cosmetic products and/or nutritional products. • Conduct pre-clinical/ pre-market toxicology safety evaluation on raw ingredients, product formulations and potential biological targets and mechanisms for breakthrough products. • Prepare human risk assessments on raw ingredients and new product formulations. • Summarize clinical and pre-clinical reports in regional safety dossiers for newly released products. • Prepare oral and written responses to inquires involving potential toxicological effects of exposure to consumer products. • Critically review literature and stay current on personal care product regulations, and commonly used chemicals in found in personal care products. • Ensure Avon products comply with current regulatory restrictions. • Review published scientific studies to identify new and emerging approaches to human hazard evaluation and human risk assessment. • Created innovative solutions to resolve any conflicting data. • Managed the Environmental Risk Assessment program within R&D to ensure the environmental safety of Avon products. • Evaluate products for environmental persistent, bioaccumulative, toxic (PBT) properties. • Participate in monthly meetings with an interdisciplinary team of Avon employees to discuss and implement Green (sustainability) initiatives. • Review and conduct human risk assessments for Avon nutritional products. • Collaborate with interdisciplinary team of scientist to develop scientific methods for qualitative and quantitative data analyses; exchange information on research findings; and resolve problems that arise. • Manage the NCFT (Non-Cosmetic Fragrance and Toiletries) Safety program for Avon Products. • Review and conduct human hazard assessments for Avon NCFT (Non-Cosmetic Fragrance and Toiletries) products. • Provide project status updates to supervisors. Show less



The National Institutes of Health

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 700 & Above Employee

• Pre-doctoral IRTA fellow

  • Jan 2006 - May 2010

  Research Triangle Park, NC • Manage the project entitled: “Positional Cloning of RSV Susceptibility and Response in Inbred Mouse Strains”. • Manage project entitled: “Involvement of Cx3cr1 in Ozone-induced Pulmonary Inflammation”. • Design and execute in vivo studies investigating the differential response to RSV infection among inbred mouse strains. • Design and execute in vivo inhalation toxicology studies. • Interpret and evaluate results of analyses to determine validity of performance. • Evaluate… Show more • Manage the project entitled: “Positional Cloning of RSV Susceptibility and Response in Inbred Mouse Strains”. • Manage project entitled: “Involvement of Cx3cr1 in Ozone-induced Pulmonary Inflammation”. • Design and execute in vivo studies investigating the differential response to RSV infection among inbred mouse strains. • Design and execute in vivo inhalation toxicology studies. • Interpret and evaluate results of analyses to determine validity of performance. • Evaluate experimental protocols to identify and determine the cause of unexpected or unusual results, and recommend solutions for improving methods. • Adapt existing analytical methods and techniques to resolve project problems. • Draft summaries of data, graphs and findings and present researchers. • Attend weekly laboratory research meetings to exchange information with fellow scientist, participate in discussion on research findings, provide technical advice on scientific protocols, evaluate scientific data and recommend technical advice on scientific methods and procedures. • Review published scientific studies to identify existing and potentially new methods to guide research protocols and data interpretation. • Draft manuscripts of original research reports in peer-reviewed scientific journals. • Deliver presentations on the results of scientific studies at professional meetings and conferences. • Review complex in silico data and summarize findings in written reports. • Brief senior management on problems related to scientific project problems. • Extensive experience with in vivo analysis, necropsy, pulmonary lavage, celluar analysis, histology and immunohistochemistry. • Extensive molecular biology experience in RNA isolation, real-time RT-PCR, western blotting, and ELISA. • Use commercial data management software to compile, review, and analyze data. • Trained in in silico techniques using SNPster, Spotfire, GeneSpringGX 10, and microarray analysis. Show less