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Elizabeth Collins

Nanuet,New York

Summary

Focused Clinical Specimens Management preparing clinical samples, software programs and equipment to support successful research and help team obtain reliable results. Experienced in BSL 3, clinical vaccine research and high throughput laboratory environments.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Associate Scientist, Vaccines

Pfizer, Vaccine Research And Development
03.2023 - Current
  • Support the sample management process for research, maintaining chain of custody in LIMS, as well as aliquoting and delivering samples to appropriate lab.
  • Responsible for appropriate creation, review and approval of GMP documentation standards, guidelines and values.
  • Documented changes during experiments, noting unexpected issues arising during research activities.
  • Produced statistical reports to correlate with laboratory research.
  • Documented all processes during experiments, keeping meticulous notes of changes that were unexpected.

Biology Laboratory Assistant

St. Thomas Aquinas College Biology Lab
  • Organized and prepared samples for general Biology classes, maintained the lab and equipment, and cared for insects, fish, and reptiles.

Educator

Museum of Life + Science
  • Educated middle school children about science, primarily focused on environmental science.

STEM Intern

St. Thomas Aquinas College Earth Day Event
  • Managed, organized, and fundraised for an educational, family-friendly Earth Day celebration program held on April 23, 2022.

Teaching Assistant

SUEZ Leadership Institute for Environmental Studies
  • Assisted high schoolers learning about macroinvertebrates and water quality in the local watershed.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Honors Program -

St. Thomas Aquinas College
Sparkill, New York
05.2022

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Oxford University, Merton College
Oxford, England

Skills

  • Laboratory safety: BSL 3 Experience
  • Clinical Research and Development Lab Experience
  • Hamilton Star and Aliquoting
  • Clinical Specimen Long Term and Short Term storage
  • -80 C Clinical Freezer Usage
  • Experimental design
  • High proficiency using Excel, Word, Powerpoint

Leadership Experience

  • St. Thomas Aquinas College, Spartan Comedy Club, President, January 2019-May 2022
  • St. Thomas Aquinas College, Laetare Players, Vice President, January 2019-May 2022

Coursework

  • Microbiology
  • Biochemistry
  • Genetics
  • Ecology
  • Plant Biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Parasitology
  • Organic Chemistry
  • Environmental Chemistry
  • Statistics
  • Current Environmental Issues

Community Service

  • Rockland PLUS Program, Sparkill, New York, May 2019, Conference facilitator for high school program, prepared youth to address the challenge of protecting our natural resources and providing for healthy, sustainable communities.
  • Keep Rockland Beautiful, Sparkill, New York, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Assisted in the clean-up of garbage in local waterways.

Timeline

Associate Scientist, Vaccines

Pfizer, Vaccine Research And Development
03.2023 - Current

Biology Laboratory Assistant

St. Thomas Aquinas College Biology Lab

Educator

Museum of Life + Science

STEM Intern

St. Thomas Aquinas College Earth Day Event

Teaching Assistant

SUEZ Leadership Institute for Environmental Studies

Bachelor of Science in Biology, Honors Program -

St. Thomas Aquinas College

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Oxford University, Merton College
Elizabeth Collins