Health Laboratory

Abha Aggarwal, MSHS, MSPH

Curriculum Vitae

Abha Aggarwal

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ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

2006 - 2008 Master of Science ( Public Health

Walden University, Minneapolis, Minnesota

1990 -1993 Master of Science - Health Sciences (Major: Developmental

Biology, Minor: Genetics),

Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts.

1980 -1984 Bachelor of Science - Biology, Chemistry.

St. Bede's College, Himachal Pradesh University, Simla, India.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 - Present Senior Research Technologist

Dana Farber/Harvard Cancer Center Cytogenetics Core

Laboratory, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston,

Massachusetts.

Organized and set-up the Core laboratory from its infancy.

Managed the laboratory for six years. Developed protocol

for paraffin FISH currently being used by the Cytogenetics

Core Laboratory. Conducted weekly laboratory staff

meetings. Recruited and trained new employees; trained

graduate students and post doctoral fellows in special

techniques for their dissertation and laboratory projects.

Developed and facilitated Cytogenetics workshop for

prospective Harvard Medical School students. Manage

laboratory budget. Provide consultation to researchers

using the Core facility and assist them in writing

protocols for their publications. Perform specialized

techniques like FISH, M-FISH, cell culturing, and

karyotyping human and murine species. Conduct preclinical

trials using genetic biomarkers for lung and breast cancer.

Trouble-shoot complex experiments and develop their

protocol; data analysis; write reports on experiments

conducted. Conduct probe validation experiments for Agilent

Technologies. Assist in Clinical Laboratory Improvement

Amendments (CLIA) certification processes for the

laboratory.

1997 - 2002 Stay at home mom of two

1990 - 1996 Senior Technologist

Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Brigham & Women's

Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Managed the peripheral blood sub-division of the clinical

laboratory. Work entailed culturing, harvesting,

karyotyping, and analyses of peripheral blood

lymphocytes from infants with dysmorphic features or

families with known or unknown Cytogenetic

aberrations. Coached residents and students;

responsible for Purchase & Management (P&M) for the

laboratory; member of the BioSafety Committee for

the Department of Pathology for compliance with OSHA

guidelines, conducting safety site-visits for the department.

1987- 1989 Technologist

Clinical Cytogenetics Laboratory, Brigham & Women's

Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Responsible for culturing, harvesting, karyotyping, and

analyzing clinical solid-tissue samples. Worked with

Fluorescent In-Situ Hybridization (FISH); conducted

research on confined placental mosaic in intra-uterine

growth retarded (IUGR) infants; developed a protocol for

culturing and harvesting of solid-tissues which was adopted

and used successfully in our lab as well as other

Cytogenetics laboratories.

1985 - 1986 Research Technologist

Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Center for Genetics,

University Illinois, Chicago.

Responsible for sequencing Factor VIII & X for Hemophilia.

Work entailed making DNA, amplifying and digesting it with

restriction enzymes; running agarose and acryl amide gels;

performing Southern & Western blotting experiments on

patient samples.

PROFESSIONAL COMMITTEES

2012 - Present Committee Member, Gene Environment Interaction

Workgroup, Genomics Forum, American Public Health

Association

2012 - Present Committee Member, Membership / Communications

Genomics Forum, American Public Health Association

2012 - Present Member, American Association for Cancer Research

2009 - Present Member, Genomics Forum, American Public Health

Association

2007 - 2008 Committee Member, Nominations Committee,

American Public Health Association, Student Association.

1992 - 1995 Member, Biosafety Committee, Department of

Pathology,

Brigham & Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

CG (ASCP)CM

National Certification as Cytogenetics Specialist (American Society for

Clinical Pathology)

Received August 31, 2011

Expires August 31, 2014

COMPUTER SKILLS

Proficient with MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint applications, and Epi Info

software.

FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Hindi

PUBLICATIONS AND PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

1. Liptak KJ, Aggarwal A. Mosaic trisomy 20 confined to chorion.

Karyogram (14) 4:72, 1988.

2. Iannalfo KM, Aggarwal A, Robinson DM. Diaphragmatic hernia in the

Pallister mosaic syndrome: Implications for the cytogeneticist.

Karyogram (15) 4:70, 1989.

3. Krauss CM, Liptak KJ, Aggarwal A, Robinson D. Inheritance and

phenotypic expression of a t(7;9)(q36;q34)mat. Am J Med Genet

34:514-519, 1989.

4. Wilkins-Haug L, Neish AS, Aggarwal A, Roberts DJ, Morton CC.

Placental mosaicism in intrauterine growth retardation: confirmation

of cytogenetic findings by Fluorescence In-Situ Hybridization

(FISH). Am J Hum Genet (Suppl) 49(4):178, 1991.

5. Aggarwal A. Improved in-situ flaskette method for tissue culture. Appl

Cytogenet 18(4):107, 1992.

6. Walsh KA, Aggarwal A. A rare pericentromeric re-arrangement of

chromosome 14. Appl Cytogenet 19(4):136, 1993.

7. Whalen A, Aggarwal A, Classen K, Sargent M. Trisomy 21 mosaicism

suspected in a woman with Down syndrome child and a trisomy 21

conceptus. Appl Cytogenet 19(4):108, 1993.

8. Aggarwal A. In-situ flaskette method for tissue culture. 18th Annual

ACT Meeting Workshop, Boston, MA. May 22-25, 1993.

9. Treon, SP, Hunter, ZA, Aggarwal, A., Ewen, EP, et al.

Characterization of familial Waldenstrom's macroglbulinemia. Annals

of Oncology, 17(3): 488-494, 2006.

10. Chang, BS, Duzcan, F, Kim, S, Cinbis, M, Aggarwal, A, Apse, KA,

Ozdel, O, Atmaca, M, Zencir, S, Bagei, H, Walsh, CA. The role of

RELN in lissencephaly and neuropsychiatry disease. Am J Med Genet

Part B Neuropsychiatr Genet, 144B: 58-63, 2006.

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