Experience

Healthlane (YC W20)

• Nigeria
• Wellness and Fitness Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Medical associate

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  · Provide technical guidance for clinical related activities and oversee all laboratory operations • Contribute to the development and validation of an electronic medical record mobile appplication to store and share patient laboratory results · Pilote the development of work plans for experiments on preventive healthcare · Procurement, installation and validation of laboratory equipement and supplies · Organise and prepare the facility for rapid responses to fire incidences and Covid 19 · Organise logistics for off site sample collection and transportation · Design product market study and customer experience surveys · Establishment of world class clinical laboratories (BSC- L2) in two countries · Oversee the quality assurance lab analysers and management of laboratory results · Capacity building of staff on the implimentation of Quality Management Systems (QMS) in the facility and lab especially · Participate in the establishment of company policies · Creation of SOPs and lab manuals for over 60 different tests in the domains of biochemistry, immunology, serology, hematology and microbiology · Enrollment of the laboratory into external quality assessment (EQA) programs · Organisation of corporate events, forums and workshops · Identification and management of risks in various projects and in the lab · Liaison of communication between partners and management · Establishment of partnerships with reference laboratories Show less



Global Health System Solutions (GHSS)

• Laboratory quality assurance mentor

  • Apr 2020 - Present

  · Supervision of entry points and laboratories in health facilities in Kribi · Auditing of labs and entry points using WHO checklists (SPI RT & SIMs tool) and implemention of corrective actions, · Coordinate and oversee quality improvement activities for treatment program, including facility based testing in all PEPFAR sites in Kribi district · Preparation of laboratories for covid 19 emergency response and containement · Pilot the maintenance and calibration of lab analysers · Strengthening the capacity of hospital personnel by training them on covid-19 and HIV testing, quality assurance, biosafety, waste management, stock management, patient confidentiality, SOP writing and control of documents. · Revision and validation of laboratory manuals, SOPs, Job aids and policies · Covid 19 and HIV EQA enrollement in labs, competency evaluation of testers · Monthly collection, monitoring, evaluation and presentation of data on HIV, covid 19, TB , malaria and reporting to project partners Show less



Elisabeth Glazer Pediatric HIV Foundation (EGPAF)

• HTS provider

  • Oct 2019 - Mar 2020

  · HIV counselling, testing, linkage, initiation and treatment in line with UNAIDS goals · Monitoring of HIV indicators at entry points and provision of data on excel sheets · Support site lead in data reviews for reports and supervision of satelite sites · Organisation of HIV screening campaigns and community activities · Strengthening of facility personnel on HIV testing and quality assurance · HIV counselling, testing, linkage, initiation and treatment in line with UNAIDS goals · Monitoring of HIV indicators at entry points and provision of data on excel sheets · Support site lead in data reviews for reports and supervision of satelite sites · Organisation of HIV screening campaigns and community activities · Strengthening of facility personnel on HIV testing and quality assurance



Laboratoire d'Analyses médicales du Centre (LAMC)

• Laboratory internal auditor

  • Feb 2019 - Aug 2019

  · Baseline internal auditing of the laboratory using the WHO Afro checklist and correction of identified gaps · Rebuild of biosafety measures in the lab as per ISO 14001 & 45000 guidelines · Preparation of the lab for ISO 15189 certification as per SLMTA guidelines · Survey for the satisfaction of clients and implementation of marketing strategies · Training of lab personnel (on first Aid, fire incidences, confidentiality and ethics) · Updating of the central database recording software Revision of reports on the quality assurance of all analysers in the microbiology, biochemistry, immunology and serology units Show less



National Institute of Statistics- Cameroon

• Biomarker Agent

  • Jun 2018 - Nov 2018

  · Organise field teams for the collection of survey data into the DHS mobile app · Rapid testing of participants for HIV, malaria, anemia and linkage of positive cases · Mapping and transportation of dried blood spot samples to reference laboratories · Institutionalise the practise of laboratory quality assurance in rural health facilities · Management of field material, of waste and of conflicts · Organise field teams for the collection of survey data into the DHS mobile app · Rapid testing of participants for HIV, malaria, anemia and linkage of positive cases · Mapping and transportation of dried blood spot samples to reference laboratories · Institutionalise the practise of laboratory quality assurance in rural health facilities · Management of field material, of waste and of conflicts



CHANTAL BIYA INTERNATIONAL REFERENCE CENTRER (CIRCB) YAOUNDE

• Reasearch and perfectionning internship

  • Sep 2016 - Jun 2018

  · Surveillance of the indicators of quality in the lab according to ISO 15189 of WHO · Identification and control of biological risks in the laboratories · Analysis of HIV samples : serologies, CD 4 counts, viral load, & drug resistance test · Participation in several projects on HIV by external partners like HIV free, CAMPHIA, social vaccin and reporting to results to donors · Maintaining excel based consolidation of project data and validation of lab results · Management of incidences, non-confromities, waste , and stocks · Comparism , vallidation, maintainance and calibration of laboratory analysers · Management of laboratory claims and vendors · Facilitate the organisation of health campaigns, field trips, workshops and seminars · Supervise/mentor research students and interns Show less



Laboratory of Emerging Infectious Diseases

• Postgraduate research student

  • Apr 2015 - Oct 2016

  · Organise laboratory teams for prepardeness & response to cholera outbreaks · Championed the investigation of antimicrobial resistant coliforms bacteria in food · Prepare diary farmers for emerging response to outbreaks of bacterial infections · Microbial analysis of food samples and identification of risk factors to infections · Mentorship of 5 undergraduate students on good lab practices and PCR technics · Analysis of findings on SPSS and Minitab for manuscript writing and presentation Show less



MINISTRY OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND INNOVATION - CAMEROON

• Internship Student

  • Jul 2014 - Oct 2014

  - introduction to molecular biology units, work flow and techniques - Automated and manual DNA/RNA extraction on QaiGen - real time, conventional and nested PCR - HIV early infant diagnosis and drug resistance testing - HIV sequencing - HBV, HCV, HSV, HTLV genomic analysis - introduction to molecular biology units, work flow and techniques - Automated and manual DNA/RNA extraction on QaiGen - real time, conventional and nested PCR - HIV early infant diagnosis and drug resistance testing - HIV sequencing - HBV, HCV, HSV, HTLV genomic analysis



CENTRE HOSPITALIER UNIVERSITAIRE de YAOUNDE

• ASSISTANT LABORATORY TECHNICIAN

  • Mar 2010 - Oct 2010

  I WORKED IN THE BACTERIOLOGY LAB WHERE I CARRIED ON BASIC BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF PATIENT SAMPLES FOR DIAGNOSES. - preparation and innoculation of culture media - gram stain, acid fast stain, zeihl neslson stain - motility, catalase and oxidase test - bacteria cell count - identifaction of bacteria from food, urine, stool, blood, respiratory, expectoration and genital samples I WORKED IN THE BACTERIOLOGY LAB WHERE I CARRIED ON BASIC BACTERIOLOGICAL ANALYSES OF PATIENT SAMPLES FOR DIAGNOSES. - preparation and innoculation of culture media - gram stain, acid fast stain, zeihl neslson stain - motility, catalase and oxidase test - bacteria cell count - identifaction of bacteria from food, urine, stool, blood, respiratory, expectoration and genital samples