Uju Joy Okaa

Experience

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  Bichan pharmaceutical ltd Awka, Nigeria

  Feb 2011 - Jul 2011

  Assistant Superintendent pharmacist

  It was a short but impacting job that challenged not just my professional knowledge as a pharmacist in the areas of patient counselling , drug and clinical therapy, stock and inventory management but also digged out the hidden managerial and administrative skill in me whereby I had to manage and delegate amongst other membership of staff who were majorly non professionals .

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  Faculty of pharmaceutical sciences, Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka

  Nov 2012 - Sept 2013

  Intern pharmacist/graduate assistant

  I was in charge of the faculty's model pharmaceutical outlet discharging both the academic, clinical and community role of a pharmacist. As a graduate assistant, I had a duty in demonstrating and giving practical backgrounds to undergraduate pharmacy students in microbiology and biotechnology .

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  The Association of Commonwealth Universities

  Aug 2013 - Aug 2013

  Commonwealth scholar/ awardee for 2013 summer school
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  The University of Manchester

  Jan 2015 - Jan 2018

  Postgraduate Researcher

  Demonstrated practical laboratory procedures as determined by the academic staff, answering any questions, or simplifying concepts to ensures successful execution.

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  Integrit pharmacy and stores

  Dec 2017 - Nov 2019

  Pharmacy Manager

  • I managed the day to day operations in this establishment while consulting on prescriptions, overseeing the sales, forecasting and auditing stocks.• I was responsible for the quality of products/drugs and services maintenance to meet specifications of the regulatory agencies.• Oversee the activities of other staff including technicians, nursing assistants and sales persons• Authorize technical reports and audits and approve requisition documents• Mentor new employees by performing supplemental technical and on the job training. Show less

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  Anambra state Ministry of Health

  Jul 2018 - Jan 2020

  Administrative Assistant

  • lead in-person and virtual training sessions for community and rural health care support staff• Conduct facility assessment of rural health centers to ascertain needs• Train health care providers on new immunization protocol, storage methods and safe waste disposal• design workflow-based training content, work directly with rural health care support staff to help develop their training in an audience targeted manner• Generate annual performance report for the state ministry of health• Generate program update and technical report for the international funding agency Show less

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  Nnamdi Azikiwe University

  Jun 2019 - now

  Lecturer

  • Created and delivered lesson plans, lectures, tutorials and seminars for pharmaceutical Microbiology and Biotechnology course for year 2-5 undergraduate pharmacy students• Designed and developed course curriculum, modules and teaching materials while implementing new teaching strategy based on current research, providing feedback, support through advisory and pastoral role• Supervised and mentored assigned mentee and research groups including research assistants, undergraduate and Masters students on their selected research topics• Performed several administrative duties as signed including course and exam coordination, conference marking, report and grant writing Show less

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  University of Wisconsin-Madison

  Jan 2020 - now

  Postdoctoral Research Associate

  • Worked independently and collaboratively with scientists from cross-disciplinary field in a fast-paced environment to deliver on multiple projects deadlines• Work on providing innovative solutions for concrete problems, develop standards or find alternatives to existing processes • coordinate processes between the research department and management, industrial collaborators and funding agencies• Present research findings at local and international conferences as oral presentations, posters, and publication articles• Manage an international team of researchers in application- and project-oriented research• Identify, develop and implement quality process improvements to support therapeutic product development, and finished product testing to meet quality specifications • Conceptualize, prioritize, execute, and manage funded research projects bordering on novel antifungal vaccine/antigen discovery, fungal vaccine adjuvant optimization, role of lung epithelium in disease evolution saving the cost of hiring 2 full time technicians for 4 years.• Developed and optimized a mouse T cell line for studying antigen-host interactions by applying different analytical and quality control equipment such as HPLC, Western blotting, SDS-PAGE and ELISA there by saving $2000 cost of purchasing and processing study animals for each round of experiments.• Completed drafting and reviewing of technical documentation leveraging subject matter expertise in fungal effectors of host damages, antifungal drug and Vaccine epitope discovery resulting in 49 documents including SOPs, project reports, experimental strategies, code of conduct and risk assessments that would form part of lab reference archive for future training.• Independently designed flow panel (12-16 colors) to examine T cell activation, cytokine production, andleukocytes population in mice.• Generate and analyzed supporting data that secured multiple research grants from NIH to the tune $8M in total). Show less