Sofia Sampaio Alves

Experience

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  Surgyline - Dispositivos Médicos Cirúrgicos, Lda.

  Sept 2016 - Jul 2019

  Managed team's activities of the Chronic Pain Product's Portfolio activities.Responsible for the team's sales performance.Reported the KPI's to the General Director. Managed long-term relationships with existing clients and developed new partnerships within the assigned commercial region. Performed commercial product presentations and provided technical training to doctors and nurses.Provided technical assistance during surgeries to operate the medical devices when necessary.

  • Product Manager

    May 2018 - Jul 2019

  • Medical Sales Representative

    Sept 2016 - May 2018
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  Oxford Biomedica

  Nov 2019 - Oct 2021

  Developed and optimized upstream processes for producing viral vectors for gene therapies.Designed and executed cell culture activities at a small scale and large scale bioreactors.Analysed and interpreted experimental data for reporting to the project's stakeholders. Prepared high-standards written reports.Member of the Training Team in the Process Research and Development department.Led the development of a departmental new starters training plan. Involvement in activities associated with the manufacturing of gene therapy vectors, such as cell culture, buffer and reagent make-up, set-up of bioreactors and product purification equipment.General lab management and maintenance activities, such as tasks scheduling, stock management, equipment maintenance and calibration.Team trainer coordinator.

  • PR&D - Upstream Scientist

    Oct 2020 - Oct 2021

  • PR&D - Scientist Grade I

    Nov 2019 - Oct 2020
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  WMG, University of Warwick

  Sept 2022 - now

  Guest Lecturer
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  University of Oxford

  Feb 2023 - now

  Project Manager

  Project Manager dedicated to the PITCH U.K. National Consortium of COVID-19 clinical trials at University of Oxford - Medical Science division, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine. As a PM I am dedicated to the PITCH study which integrates several national platform studies (UK-CIC, SIREN, OCTAVE, ISARIC4C, and COG-UK)PITCH project seeks to understand whether or not there is a lasting immunity to COVID-19, induced by either vaccination or natural exposure, a critical outstanding question in this pandemic.Role key responsibilities:Coordinate and develop a nationwide study of T cell immune response to the SARS-CoV-2. Develop a central role in ensuring the smooth running of all aspects of the PITCH study.Liaising between the collaborators and internal/external stakeholders.Oversee financial management of PITCH study.Financial and administrative reporting.Monitor and control the project progress, budgeting and scope to ensure the project objectives, milestones and deliverables are achieved.Coordinate data management for the PITCH study.Enhancing the communication between the study partners and funders. Show less