Tammy S.

Experience

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  Saint Mary's Hospital

  Jun 1994 - Jun 2000

  Laboratory Assistant/ EKG Technician/ Phlebotomist

  Obtained both arterial and venipunctures from infants, children, adults and geriatric patients. Additionally, I assisted laboratory medical technicians with processing blood samples for diagnostic testing; aided the on-call pathologist with retrieving tissue samples, as well as, provided autopsy support to the medical staff when needed; lastly, I helped the cardiovascular department as a stand-in EKG technician on weekends and during busy daytime hours.

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  Career Placement Center

  Jan 1999 - Jan 2005

  Clinical Research Science
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  Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin

  Jun 1999 - Aug 2000

  Nucleic Acid Technician

  • Participated in a collaborative fashion within a biosafety level 3 laboratory as a technician evaluating blood samples for infective agents. Running multiple Tecan pipette devices according to SOPs, cGMP, cGLP; as well as, documenting daily results for Chiron, Genprobe and the Blood Center of Southeastern Wisconsin. • Tested Donor’s blood for HIV and HCV (hepatitis C) viruses

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  Parkway Regional Research Center

  Nov 2002 - May 2003

  Clinical Research Assistant- Contractor

  • Focused on phase I and II in Clinical trial studies. • Set up laboratory for specimen processing; monitored patients’ vitals before and after administration of the Investigational New Drug (IND); • Observed patients for any type of intolerable adverse events related to the IND. Verified that all specimens’ labeling was in compliance with the facility’s coding system. Finally, confirmed that all CRFs were collected and properly documented for each study.

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  USDA

  Dec 2003 - Feb 2004

  Bioscience Analyst- Contractor

  • Examined and documented the biosafety and biosecurity of laboratory facilities conducting research on Biological Agents of High Consequence, also known as Select Agents.• Evaluated each entity (laboratory facility) based on their compliance to 7 CRF 331, 9 CFR 121 and Act 121 (b) (c). If the facility stored Select Agents that required an arthropod for transmission, compliance to 7 CFR 320 and vectors regulations were required.

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  Interfit

  Mar 2004 - Jul 2004

  Field Coordinator - Contractor

  • Managed marketing, recruiting departments, sells, supervised employees to maintain professional relationships with aerial pharmacy staff. • Provided genetic tests for enzyme deficiencies and cancer screening; in addition to, performing on the spot osteoporosis bone density scans for the community.

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  Westat

  Sept 2004 - May 2005

  Remote Reporter

  • Evaluated emergency room medical charts of patients throughout North America for the Health and Human Services Department. This was public health surveillance program. • Worked on detect common adverse reactions to both illicit and legal drugs, which were oftentimes responsible for frequent ER visits.

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  Medisearch International- Headquarters Antwerp, Belgium

  Nov 2004 - Apr 2005

  Clinical Research Assistant

  Assisted sponsor, TIBOTEC Pharmaceuticals, with a randomized, placebo-controlled phase II trial on HIV-1-infected patients. The study used NRTI-, PI, and NNRTI- experienced subjects to evaluate the safety, tolerability, and efficacy of different doses of TMC125- given twice daily. Reviewed CRFs for completeness and accuracy as an in-house CRA.

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  CROfessionals, Inc.

  Apr 2005 - Oct 2005

  Clinical Research Associate

  Participated in clinical trial phase III, human genetic engineering research project geared towards angiogenesis. Assisted the sponsor, ANGES, with a double blind, randomized study.

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  Takeda Pharmaceuticals (formerly Nycomed)

  Jan 2017 - now

  Laboratory Service Manager

   Address global internal and external stakeholder’s inquiries while monitoring vendors’ actions and performance. This is accomplished through emails, phone calls, tracking actions through the usage of escalation lists, and by finding resolutions to problems for both client and vendor. Maintain team Issue Log for both site and laboratory problems. Creator of agendas and minutes for routine meetings with vendor.  Arrange project related courier packages through the vendor for insurance of sites receiving study supplies. Support routine shipment arrangements from sites to central labs on a global scale. Support the global project lead for all operational aspects of Takeda’s current biomarker and anti-drug antibody testing services. Mainly ensuring deliverables are being met and following up on customer service related issues with the vendor, stakeholders, and more importantly, with the patients in mind.  work effectively with cross-functional teams including commercial, medical, and upper management Assisting with Reflex Reports for Global Pharmacovigilence either running reports or obtaining AE associated requisitions Leverage well developed interpersonal skills to build and maintain positive working relationships with functional groups throughout the organization Show less