DaRue Prieto

Proactive and goal-oriented professional with excellent time management and problem-solving skills. Known for reliability and adaptability, with swift capacity to learn and apply new skills. Committed to leveraging these qualities to drive team success and contribute to organizational growth. Current DoD TS Security Clearance.

• 01/2024, Present, Blast Injury Research Program Coordinator, Blast Injury Research Coordinating Office (BIRCO), Preparation of regular and ad hoc reports for diverse audiences within and external to the Army Medical Research and Development Command (USAMRDC)., Organization, facilitation, and participation in virtual and non-virtual presentations, meetings, conferences, etc., Management, preparation, and review of responses to blast injury related taskers in collaboration with the technical contractor staff., Participation in the planning, development, and execution of the Military Health System Integrated Blast Injury Prevention Standards Recommendation (MHS BIPSR) process., Management and organization of local data drives and the BIRCO SharePoint site., Management of the BIRCO support services contract with STS Systems Support Services LLC., Clarification and guidance of contractor performance with respect to contract specifications and Performance Work Statement (PWS)., Reviewing and approving invoices.
• 11/2022, 01/2024, Medical Business Systems Analyst, Joint Trauma Analysis and Prevention of Injury in Combat (JTAPIC), Cognosante, LLC, Coordination of Request for Information (RFI) products and deliverables from inception to completion., Medical records coding including review, interpretation, and extraction of injury data from medical records.
• 10/2021, 04/2022, Senior Scientist CBRN, National Biosurveillance Integration Center (NBIC), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), TechINT Solutions Group, LLC, Project Lead for the Biospatial Project., Responsibilities included project tracking, facilitation of meetings, and coordination of project activities.
• 05/2017, 12/2019, Research Scientist, Toxinology, Battelle National Biodefense Institute (BNBI), National Biodefense and Countermeasures Center (NBACC), Provided technical and laboratory expertise using liquid chromatography high-resolution tandem mass spectrometry (LC-HRMS-MS)., Supported bioforensic casework for top governmental agencies.
• 01/2002, 12/2016, Associate Scientist, Laboratory of Proteomics and Analytical Technologies, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., Managed, implemented, and executed large-scale clinical proteomic biomarker discovery projects., Published study results in peer-reviewed journals.
• 01/2000, 12/2001, Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of Immunopathogenesis and Bioinformatics, SAIC, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Developed and optimized a telomere length assay designed to measure and compare telomere shortening.
• 04/1997, 12/1999, Research Associate, Immunotherapy Laboratory, SAIC, National Cancer Institute (NCI), Supervised an anti-tumor poly nucleotide vaccine (PNV) development project.
• 01/1995, 03/1997, Technical Services Specialist, BioWhittaker Inc., Provided technical support and sales staff training.
• 08/1994, 12/1994, Laboratory Technician, Kemp Biotechnologies, Provided expertise in cell culture, protein expression, and protein purification.

• 16th Annual Spring Research Festival Poster Presentation Award, FNLCR & Fort Detrick, 2012
• Outstanding Contributor of the Quarter, Leidos Biomedical Research Inc., 2010
• Science Achievement Award, SAIC Frederick, Inc, 2002
• 6th Annual Spring Research Festival Poster Presentation Award, NCI-Frederick, 2002
• Department of the Army Certificate of Appreciation, 2000
• Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellowship, 1989
• Beta, Beta, Beta Biological Honor Society, 1988
• Alpha Chi National Honor Society, 1988
• Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society, 1988
• Valerie N. Bush Award for Scholarship, Research and Enthusiasm in Biology, 1988
• Society for Black Americans Scholarship, 1987
• Dean’s List, Delaware State University, 1986-1988

• Prieto DA, Blonder J., Tissue Sample Preparation for Proteomic Analysis., In: Issaq HJ, Veenstra TD, eds. Proteomic and Metabolomic Approaches to Biomarker Discovery., 2nd ed., San Diego, CA, Elsevier Incorporated, 2020, 47-60
• Tang W, Zhou M, Dorsey TH, Prieto DA, et al., Integrated Proteotranscriptomics of Breast Cancer Reveals Globally Increased Protein-mRNA Concordance Associated with Subtypes and Survival., Genome Med., 2018, 10, 94-107
• Prieto DA, Whitely G., Protocol for the Analysis of Laser Capture Microdissected Fresh-Frozen Tissue Homogenates by Silver-Stained 1D SDS-PAGE., Methods Mol Biol., 2018, 1723, 95-110
• Prieto DA, Chan KC, Johann DJ, et al., Preparation and Immunoaffinity Depletion of Fresh Frozen Tissue Homogenates for Mass Spectrometry-Based Proteomics in the Context of Drug Target/Biomarker Discovery., Methods Mol Biol., 2017, 1647, 71-90
• Doumatey AP, Zhou J, Zhou M, Prieto DA, et al., Proinflammatory and Lipid Biomarkers Mediate Metabolically Healthy Obesity: A Proteomics Study., Obesity., 2016, 24, 6, 1257-1265, https://doi.org/10.1002/oby.21482

• Increasing LC-MS Sensitivity in Protein Analysis by Pre-fractionation, TRAC 33: Clinical Proteomics and Biomarker Discovery, NIH/FAES, Bethesda, MD, 08/2015, 08/2014, 06/2013, 06/2012
• The Utility of Trypsin-mediated 16O/18O Stable Isotope Labeling in Biological MS-based Proteomics, Mid Atlantic Directors and Staff of Scientific Cores (MAD SSC) 2013 Inaugural Meeting, 06/2013
• Identification of Potential Plasma Biomarkers of Traumatic Brain Injury Using a Subtractive Proteomics Approach, 55th ASMS Conference on Mass Spectrometry and Allied Topics, Indianapolis, Indiana, 2007
• The SELDI-TOF MS Approach to Proteomics, RTP Staff Seminar Series, NCI-Frederick, 2004
• Serum Proteomic Patterns for Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Detection, Ciphergen Symposium, The Sheraton Inner Harbor, Baltimore, MD, 2003
• The Long and Winding Road to Purification of pITL: Therapeutic ‘Naked DNA’ at Last, Clinical Services Program Staff Seminar, NCI-Frederick, 1999
• Recovery, Respiratory Activity and Protein Synthesis in Sublethally Chlorine-Injured Enterobacter cloacae 107A Populations, MBRS Program Seminar, Delaware State University, Dover, DE, 1993