Quality Control School

R ichard J. Cohen

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270-***-****

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Education

Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY

Bachelors of Science in Biology and Chemistry

STARS Student Teacher as Research Scientist Program

P resident T ri-Beta, the National Biological Honor Society

H T L eligible

Work Experience

H istotech Graves-Gilbert Clinic Dermatopathology Lab 2009-Cur rent

• Micrometry/Grossing of specimens

• Frozen Sections and MOHS

• Entering final diagnosis for the pathologist.

• Maintain daily logs and monthly quality control

• Perform routine H and E stains, direct immunofluorescence, and I HC stains

• Overseeing the t raining of new lab employees.

• Responsible for 35% increase in referring physicians over a 6 month period.

Research Tech 2 Washington University School of medicine 2006-2009

• Maintained mouse colony

• Immunohistology

• Micrometry

• Microscopy

• Safety coordinator for enti re lab

Research Tech 2 Washington University School of medicine, Hea rt

R ateVa r ibil ity Lab 2005-2006

• Studied 24 hour Holter monitors and heart rate variabili ty in correlation to

mortali ty

• Directed overnight sleep studies

• Studied heart rate variability in relation to sleep apnea

Research Tech 1 Washington University School of medicine 2004-2005

• Maintained mouse colony

• Immunohistology

• Microscopy

• Preforming dissections, and perfusions.

• Under the direction of principle investigator, developed a model of injury in

t he infant mouse after t raumatic brain inju ry.

Emergency Room Tech Medical Center Emergency Room 1999-2004

• Drawing of labs

• Patient t ransport

• Cleaning rooms

• Assisting nurses and physicians as needed

Publications

• Fox, D. L.; Whitely, N. R.; Cohen, R. J.; Salvatore, R. N. Synlett 2003,13,

2037.

• Cohen, R. J.; Fox, D. L.; Eubank, J. F. Salvatore, R. N. Tetrahedron Lett .

2004, 44, 8617.

• Cohen, R. J.; Fox, D. L.; Salvatore, R. N. J . Org. Chem. 2004, 69, 4265.

• Dikranian K, Cohen R, Mac Donald C, et al. E xp Neurol. 2008 Jun;

211(2):551-60.

• Shao JS, Sierra OL, Cohen R, Kovacs A, Halstead LR, Towler DA. J Bone

M iner Res. 2009; 24

• Shao JS, Sierra OL, Cohen R, Kovacs A, Halstead LR, Towler DA. A r terioscler.

T hromb Vasc Biol. 2011 August; 31(8): 1821-1833.

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