Ryan Whaley

• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Worked within interdisciplinary health care team to develop, implement and make adjustments to patient care plans, individualizing strategies and methods to improve health and meet recovery goals.
• Taught patients how to improve lifestyle choices, dramatically reducing chance of symptom reoccurrence.
• Assessed medical status of patients pre and post-operation by checking vital parameters and supervising food intake.
• Precepted student nurses and oriented new hires, providing guidance and mentorship when teaching on hospital policies, emergency procedures and nursing best practices.

• Effectively prioritized assignments, executing care based on each patient's relative condition and delegating tasks to available personnel deliver safe and efficient care.
• Identified patient care requirements by establishing personal rapport with patients and families.
• Informed patients and families of effective treatment options and at-home care strategies, enhancing long-term outcomes.
• Monitored patients' conditions and reported changes in physical ability, appearance and behavior to discuss treatment with physicians.

• Assisted patients with mobility needs, including moving to and from beds, organizing wheelchairs and preparing assistive devices.
• Gathered dietary information, assisted with feeding and monitored intake to help patients achieve nutritional objectives and support wellness goals.
• Helped patients effectively manage routine bathing, grooming and other hygiene needs.
• Checked patient vitals such as temperature, blood pressure and blood sugar to stay on top of symptoms and keep nurses informed of changes.

• Provided transportation services for patients.
• Identified malfunctioning ambulatory equipment to report to appropriate department for repair or replacement.
• Maintained confidentiality of patient data and condition at all times to safeguard health information.
• Assisted patients in moving out of beds, wheelchairs, and stretchers.

• Managed mouse colony of knockout and transgenic mice
• Performed assays that examine the molecular basis of Alzheimer’s Disease

Psychoactive Drug Screening Program

• Screened novel psychoactive compounds for pharmacological and functional activity at cloned human and rodent CNS receptors, channels, and transporters
• Analyzed data from pharmacological assays
• Prepared membrane fractions from cultured cells and whole tissues for use in pharmacological assays
• Trained technicians, graduate students, and post-docs in radioligand binding assays

Carolina Cardiovascular Center

• Managed large mouse colony including breeding and genotyping multiple strains of mice; assisted in the establishment of pure strain knockout mice through backcrossing
• Trained technicians, graduate students, and post-docs in mouse handling and necropsy techniques
• Identified and characterized aging phenotype in mouse strains through the use of biochemical, behavioral, physiological, and cell biology techniques
• Established quantifiable methods to characterize aging markers, allowing for statistical analysis and subsequently defining the aging phenotype

Pathology and Comparative Medicine

• Managed colony of cynomolgus macaques including behavioral training, minor veterinary care, and environmental enrichment resulting in improved animal health and well being
• Performed clinical assays including routine blood draws, CSF draws, drug dosing, and neuroendocrine evaluation with a focus on the Hypothalamic-Pituitary-Adrenal axis
• Assisted with PET and CT imaging scans and completed BMD scans
• Performed behavioral observations and cognitive assays
• Trained technicians and graduate students in behavioral and clinical assays
• Directed the scheduling of behavioral and clinical assays as well as the purchasing of clinical laboratory supplies
• Analyzed and organized behavioral data and imaging scans