Fang Zhao

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About Fang Zhao

PhD scientific and clinical researcher from the University of Toronto with combined 15 years of laboratory and GMP experience. Seeking to contribute to the medical device/pharmaceutical industries. Extensive knowledge on medical devices, cellular molecular biology, cancer, epigenetics, and biomarker research. Skills include: Project management: Ability to carry multiple independent projects from conceptualization, design, planning, to conclusion generating peer reviewed journal publications and/or conference presentations. Adept at decision making, trouble shooting, and following regulatory guidelines/compliance (FDA, Health Canada, ISO). Clinical research: Core team member of clinical human studies (Movember Global Action Plan, Prostate Cancer Canada/Movember Translation Acceleration Grant). Proficient in application and maintenance of REBs, sample size calculations, human sample collection, processing, analysis, and independent technical support and GDP. Scientific Methods: Experienced in, not limited to, qRT-PCR, biomarkers discovery/validation, multiplex assays, cell culture, nucleic acid gels, immunochemistry, Western blot, flow cytometry, molecular cloning. Experienced in performing, summarizing, and presenting statistical analysis on large data sets. Communication: Drafted, submitted and published multiple peer reviewed articles as well as literature review summaries. Drafted multiple funding/grant applications. Applied and maintained multiple REBs. Proficient in scientific and report writing. Skilled at poster and oral presentations of analyses and findings to professional and lay audiences. Software: Statistical softwares (IBM SPSS, R), MS Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook), Adobe Acrobat, Photoshop.