Work Experiences
Professional Experience
Helmholtz Zentrum München · 5 years
Initiate and nurture international partnership, develop Scientific Exchanges (stays, groups) and associated funding, internal and external communication, annual reports to funding agency). Community-building of the Helmholtz AI Network Coordination of Educational offering Increase awareness on Entrepreneurship among research participants by building grassroot networks, and creating innovative workshops Support of the development of academic agreement (documentation, consultation with Legal, review of documents, budget). Set up international hybrid Symposiums and local Seminars (outreach, agenda, logistics, communication).
European Science Foundation · 2 years
Identify field experts for grant reviews
Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada
9 months
2021 · 4 months
Develop a national, evidence-based online learning platform for health professional, by leveraging medical and patient expertises. Define deliverables, timelines and budget for linked projects (PM&E). Envision and develop Knowledge Translation(KT) solution. Identify and use funding opportunities for growth, including federal funding ; writing proposal. Support and track the progress of 50+ stakeholders/contractors ; recruiting new partners. Provide briefing notes. Lead financial management (budgetting, forecasting, reconciliation) for a $3M budget.
2021 · 7 months
Support the development of a national, patient-centred evidence-based health care curriculum, for medical residents and continuous professional education.
McMaster University
4 years
2019 - 2021 · 2 years
Structured/led monthly meetings of 25+ cross-functional scientist from five distinct health research institutes (logistics, agenda, minutes, action items). Produced/reviewed and timely delivered quarterly financial and annual scientific reports. Actively engaged scientific/non-scientific audiences (international conferences, local scientific networking, student/patient advocacy groups) to extensively communicate on our work. Established and nurtured collaborations with external partners.
2017 - 2021 · 4 years
Initiated and supported in-house modelling of tumor immune microenvironment. Immuno-design and engineer of chimeric antigen receptor T (CAR-T) cells to target patient-derived glioblastoma stem cells, preclinical evaluation. Implemented the use of bioinformatic analysis tools among trainees. Organized resources to develop a machine learning pipeline for our multiplatform datasets. Managed undergraduate/graduate students research projects; guided them on hands-on experiments/data analysis. Glioblastoma initiating cells / patient derived tumor xenograft murine recurrence models / CAR T cells.
Longbow Therapeutics Inc. · 2 years
Participation in R&D strategy. Development of targeted radio-isotopes (alpha-therapy) on patient-derived glioblastoma cells.
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt a. Main · 3 years
Identification of the pro-apoptotic, pro-oxidative and pro-migration (EMT) properties induced by a chemotherapy combination on GBM cell lines. Development and validation of experimental plans. Establishment of new assays. Summarization and presentation of projects. Paper writing.
University of Luxembourg · 5 months
Project: Adaptative capacities of Glioblastoma under hypoxia: is there a role for cancer stem cells?
CHRU de Strasbourg - Hôpitaux Universitaires de Strasbourg · 5 months
Drug prescription / delivery control, study of therapeutic scheme applied to patients, in coordination with hospital pharmacists (MedRec project development).
Université de Strasbourg · 5 months
Epigenetic reprogramming of fibroblasts into a pluripotent state (iPSC).
University of Strasbourg · 1 year
Presentation of pharmaceutical studies in regional high schools.
Volunteering & hobbies
Toronto Science Policy Network (TSPN) · 2 years
scienceAndTechnology · The Toronto Science Policy Network (TSPN) is a new student-run group at the University of Toronto which provides a platform for students and PostDocs to learn more about and engage in science policy. TSPN hosts events and workshops on science policy relevant topics as well as science communication and career development.
Canadian Science Policy Centre · 3 years
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Keeping Six - Hamilton community-based harm reduction action league · 5 months
socialServices · Providing support to street-involved drug users.
The Partnership Group for Science and Engineering · 6 months
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McMaster University Faculty of Health Science Postdoctoral Association · 1 year
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