Wantagh, New York, United States
Experienced Director with a demonstrated history of working in Academia and the hospital & health care industry. Skilled in Biological Safety, Industrial Hygiene, and Life Sciences. Strong professional with a Master of Science in Microbiology and a Master of Science/Health Science in Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences; Admitted to Candidacy - Doctor of Public Health focused in Environmental and Occupational Health from CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy.
Course instructor for Biohazards and Emergency Response. Course combines biosafety concepts with the Industrial Hygiene Paradigm concepts of Anticipate Recognize Evaluate and Control hazards and reduction of risks associated with microbiological agents. Course is both Graduate / Upper level Undergraduate students.
Came to Mount Sinai School of Medicine to put together the Institutional Biosafety Program under Dr. Giorgio Martinelli. Served on the IACUC, IBC, IDURC advised the IRB on Biosafety matters. Developed content and interfaces for three different Research Management Programs. Assisted the Mount Sinai Hospital in training personnel for Ebola Response and CBRNE Response scenarios.
Worked for Joe DeVito and helped develop a team of great guys..and gals over the years. When Joe retired, I became the Interim Director at Weill M.C. for about a year.
Worked under Stephen D. Litwin ,MD In the Division of Human Genetics as a Bench Immunologist; Performed Elisa techniques, Ouchterlony plates, Starch Block electrophoresis, G-250 Sephadex Columns for protein purification. Worked with I-129 and I-131 labeled immunoglobulins attempting to isolate and quantitate IgD proteins. Performed B-rosettes, Ficoll-Hypaque separation techniques. Performed Pokeweed mitogen and Colchicine activation of T-lymphocytes in a GIDS study. Performed development of Glutaraldehyde immunosorbant techniques to clean-up Rabbit antihuman sera raised for our projects. Acted as the Division Radiation Safety Officer.
Worked as a guard for Ed Tacchi on weekends; got me through four years of college!! Edmos was once the largest manufacturer of Polyester cloth serving White Rock Uniforms, Top Sider Deck shoes and many other name brands