Hassan Al-mana

Experience

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  Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar

  Sept 2014 - Dec 2014

  Course Assistant

  • Instructed and guided students on the procedures and techniques used to conduct their experiments.• Mentored students during their research projects.• Held teaching sessions for students regularly.

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  Sidra Medicine

  Jan 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Performed standard and complex molecular diagnostic testing for the detection and identification of infectious microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, and parasites) in patient specimens. Including nucleic acid extraction (manual and automated), amplification techniques (traditional and real-time PCR), and analysis and reporting.• Wrote and Edited Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs).• Implemented department and organizational policies and procedures and ensuring adherence to them. • Inventory and Stock level management.• Responsible for laboratory reagents, kits, and consumables procurement, including communicating with the procurement department and vendors to make purchase requests and ensure the timely delivery of consumables and reagents.• Specimen Storage and Tracking.• Staff training and competency assessment.• Commercial kit verification and in-house developed assay validation, including designing and running experiments and preparing reports.• Instrument maintenance, QC/QA, and troubleshooting.• Monitored and maintained records (storage, inventory, QA/QC, competency, maintenance …etc.)• Laboratory Information System validation.• Planned daily and weekly activities.• Research and development of services for the molecular infectious diseases laboratory, including the development of molecular assays.• Assisted in clinical research projects and investigations of cases of clinical interest.• Helped in preparing the laboratory for the College of American Pathologists (CAP) accreditation (CAP accreditation awarded to the department in 2019). Show less • Completed in a clinical laboratory rotation in Hamad Medical Corporation including Specimen Reception and Referral, Phlebotomy, Molecular Genetics, Serology, and Molecular Virology, Cytogenetics, Immunology and Histocompatibility, and Microbiology.• Trained on the performance of molecular diagnostic testing and instrument operation and maintenance including Biomerieux NUCLISENSE easyMAG, QIAGEN EZ1 Advanced XL, and Applied Biosystems 7500, ViiA7, and 9700.• Performed molecular-based diagnostic testing for the detection and identification of infectious microorganisms in patient specimens.• Assisted in writing and editing Standard Operating Protocols.• Inventory and Stock level management.• Worked on commercial kit verification and in-house developed assay validation. Show less

  • Technologist I - Pathology Scienes

    Nov 2016 - Jul 2019

  • Graduate Associate

    Jan 2016 - Nov 2016
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  Qatar University

  Jul 2019 - now

  Research Assistant - Infectious Diseases (Microbiology Lab)

  • Working on researching projects on antimicrobial resistance, including proposal preparation, planning, procuring reagents, literature search, conducting the experiments, data analysis, and manuscript preparation.• Working on community service projects including organizing workshops and events.• Developing and maintaining collaborations with academic institutions, industry partners, and government organizations.

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  Monash University

  Mar 2020 - now

  PHD Graduate Student

  PhD Graduate Student at the Department of Infectious Disease in the Central Clinical School.