Am a dynamic, clinical and research scientist who is passionate, energetic and a flexible team player. I have worked for 4years in my capacity as a laboratory technologist at internationally accredited laboratories and institutions all over the world. The experience has groomed me into a professional who can supervise lab activities and resources by overseeing Health and safety, Stock management, Staff rota management, Report making. I have been trained became competent to perform sample collection, Microbiology, Hematology and blood-bank technology, Parasitology, Molecular techniques and Clinical chemistry in addition to being certified as a Quality officer responsible for implementation of the LQMS .Am currently taking several NGS trainings and workshops on my journey to lead a successful career in bioinformatics.
Am also intensifying my knowledge in Microbiology and seeking more training to become a proficient microbiologist.

Male

28-02-1997

Ugandan

Kampala/Dubai

Uganda

Experienced (Non-Manager)

Infectious Diseases, Epidemiology, Microbiology, Pharmacology

orcid.org/0000-0001-8743-0473

Emirates Airlines Medical services

Abigail Fernandes

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

emirates.com

Laboratory technologist

05-11-2022

Field Laboratory technician(IQARUS)
Accomplished Laboratory sample management including pre analytical procedures, trouble shooting, quality control, post analytical follow up and support to the clinical teams in the Emirates Field hospital, Dubai.
Worked with machines like RADIOMETER ABL 90 blood gas machine, ISTAT machines, Urysis-machines and many more.

Team-leader technologist(Cerba-Lancet Africa)
•Supervised lab technologists and technicians at site to ensure they carry out procedures in a lean and effective way by implementing Laboratory Quality Management System.
•Planned internal audits and supervised External quality assurance schemes for the labs I was overseeing.
•Carried out sample collection, haematological, clinical chemistry, molecular and microbiological and parasitological techniques like culturing and sensitivity testing, plate reading, malaria slide reading, sputum analysis, stool analysis. I was working with Sample analysers such as ABOTT, MINDRAY, ROCHE/COBAS, SYSMEX, VITEK and much more.
•Guided and supervised different Quality assurance and Quality control programs and processes , validation of standard operating procedures for different assays among others.
Strengthened Laboratory Management towards Accreditation.

2015/07 – 2019/01 Kampala, Uganda
Bachelor's of Biomedical Laboratory Technology Makerere University

Post graduate Certificates
Leadership and Management in Health
University of Washington

Introduction to next generation sequencing and genomic epidemiology online workshop
University Of Carlifornia

Research and Proposal Writing in the Sciences
INASP

Lab management seasonal school
Thermofischer Scientific

Short course in Machine learning, Artificial Intelligence and Bioinformatics
Infectious Disease Institute

ENGLISH

Native

FRENCH

Basic

Leadership and management
Effective communication, Report making, Problem solving

Quality Management System
QA/QC, Internal Audits, Writing SOPs, Validation and Verifications,EQA

Microsoft Office applications
MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Project

Next generation sequencing and analysis
Annotations, Phylogenetic trees

Scientific Research and Writing
Scientific proposal, Reports, Innovations

Training position, Research position, Clinical position, Laboratory position, ESCMID observership

Clinical Microbiology, InfectiousDiseases, Epidemiology, Public Health, Microbiology, Pharmacology, Biochemistry

REASEARCH SCIENTIST/LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST

Permanent, Temporary/contract/project, Placement student

Full-time

4

EUROPE

LABORATORY SCIENTIST