HLA Lab Director & Section Head of BMT Facility​

Extensive experience in diagnostics, clinical research, administration, & academia.

Clinical Diagnostics:
• HLA typing (SSO, SSP, NGS), crossmatching, & Ab identification (Luminex) for HSC & solid organ transplantation.
• Clinical HSC collection, cryopreservation, thawing, & infusion.
• Apheresis (HSC, granulocytes, leukoreduction, CD34+ enrichment, & ECP).
• Establishing & running national public cord blood bank.
• Familiarity with QC & accreditation of cellular therapy facilities (e.g. CAP) and HLA Labs (e.g. ASHI).
• Experienced MLT & a member of the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Sciences (CSMLS)
• In-depth ability to perform routine clinical lab testing, flow cytometry, ELISA, molecular procedures & tissue culturing.
• Well established & maintained diagnostic & research expertise in Immunology, Hematology, Serology, Blood Banking & Oncology.

Research:
• Transplantation immunology (HLA typing, SCT/BMT, & registries).
• HSC & umbilical cord blood banking.
• Successful grants application, execution, & reporting.
• Published manuscripts in peer-reviewed journals
• Visibility of cell therapy in clinical trials
• Training in GvHD, GvL, & CMV models.
• Practical experience in flow cytometry, molecular detection, cell culture, ELISPOT, GMP, ... etc..

Educational:
• Assistant Professor at three Dept. of Clinical Lab. Sciences
• In-depth knowledge of health theories, practices, & diagnostic concepts.
• Established & maintained good expertise in teaching clinical courses (Immunology, Hematology, Oncology, Regenerative Medicine & Diagnostics)​