Lauren Geracie

214-***-**** ** Kennington Court

ac02ov@r.postjobfree.com Dallas, TX 75248

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

A highly motivated and process-driven Medical Laboratory Scientist. Ten years’ experience in cellular therapy and immunotherapy, currently designing a new stem cell laboratory from the ground up. Demonstrated ability to provide exceptional healthcare as a collaborative team player with superior work ethic and drive for success. EXPERIENCE

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Dallas, TX Supervisor, Stem Cell Laboratory August 2016 – present

Design and implementation of a new stem cell transplant laboratory to serve the bone marrow transplant unit at Clements University Hospital. I am the project lead and subject matter expert. Gradalis, Inc Carrollton, TX

Supervisor, Vaccine Manufacturing Nov 2013 – Aug 2016 Gradalis® offers personalized clinical trial options for individuals with various advanced solid tumors. Vigil / FANGTM Personalized Tumor Vaccine Stimulates Immune Response and More than Doubles Time to Recurrence in Patients with Advance Stage Ovarian Cancer.

Supervisor of vaccine manufacturing teams and processes

Manufacturing of VigilTM and FANGTM vaccine from patient tumor tissue in an ISO class 7 clean room o Process: A plasmid expressing the immune activator granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor

(GMCSF) and Gradalis' proprietary bifunctional short hairpin RNA construct against furin is introduced into the patient’s cells by electroporation. Vaccine is shipped to the patient’s clinic and administered monthly. o Phase I, II, and IIb clinical trials of Vigil / FANGTM vaccine to treat solid tumor cancers

Performed various lab tests necessary for protocol qualifications, vaccine release, and monitoring of patient response

Wrote, reviewed and edited all documents, including standard operating procedures, batch production records, and forms

Revision and execution of method validation and qualification protocols

Designed and implemented weekend on-call schedules

Identified opportunities for process improvements; proposed and implemented solutions Carter BloodCare Bedford, TX

Cellular Therapy Technologist III, Stem Cell Transplant Laboratory June 2007 – Nov 2014 Cellular therapy technologist in the stem cell transplant lab, providing laboratory support to bone marrow transplant programs in Dallas, Fort Worth, and Arkansas.

Hematopoietic Progenitor Cell (HPC) receipt, processing, and preparation for transplantation, including: o Volume reduction

o Red blood cell reduction

o CD34 selection using the Miltenyi CliniMACS and Isolex 300i o Cryopreservation

o Sampling and viability testing

o Manual calculations of cell counts, viability, cell doses o HPC, Cord Blood washing and reconstitution

o Transportation, thawing and issuing HPCs for transplantation at patient’s bedside

Responsible for education of the surgical team on proper bone marrow harvest procedure and assisted the surgical team during the harvests

Effectively communicated with and answered questions from patients, easing their anxieties regarding cell processing and transplantation procedures prior to and during transplantation of HPCs

Wrote, reviewed and performed validation procedures for new equipment, supplies and cell processing procedures

LIS: Project lead in the design and planned implementation of Mediware’s Transtem software

Assisted with all phases of 5S Lean projects within the stem cell laboratory

Wrote new and maintained all existing standard operating procedures, initiating revisions when necessary

Maintained the complex schedule of procedures

Familiarity and compliance with all FDA, American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), and Foundation for the Accreditation of Cellular Therapy (FACT) standards for cellular therapy laboratories

Primary laboratory representation during 2013 FACT inspection

Educational instruction of students, residents, visitors, and new employees

Provided excellent customer service and communication with physicians, nurses, transplant coordinators, patients and other Carter BloodCare employees to ensure the best possible patient care Carter BloodCare Dallas, TX

Medical Technologist II, Reference & Transfusion at Children’s Medical Center Dallas Sept 2005 – June 2007

Transfusion service testing including: antibody screens by gel method, ABO/Rh typing, immediate spin and gel crossmatches, Direct Coombs testing, antibody titers, transfusion reaction work-ups, retyping packed red blood cell units

Performed blood component modifications such as red blood cell reconstitution, additive reduction, aliquoting, thawing fresh frozen plasma and cryoprecipitate, pooling cryoprecipitate

Computer entry and reporting to medical records for all of the above tests and product manipulations

Quality Monitor Technologist

Quality control of reagents and equipment

Customer service and communication with hospital personnel

Inventory management and reconciliation

The Meadows Pharmacy, Inc. Lewisville, TX

Certified Pharmacy Technician Jan 2002 – July 2004 SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Attention to detail

Effective problem solving and critical thinking

Resourceful

Proficient in Microsoft Office Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and Visio

Proven self-starter

Extremely hard-working, motivated and dedicated

Strong organizational skills

Exceedingly quick learner and highly receptive to change for improvement

PROFFESIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Medical Laboratory Scientist, MLSCM (ASCP) Certification 2005 – present EDUCATION

The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 2004 – 2005

(UT MDACC) School of Health Sciences

Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology / Medical Laboratory Science The University of North Texas 2000 – 2004

HONORS AND AWARDS

2017 American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) 40 Under Forty. Candidates chosen based on leadership, accomplishments, breadth of experience, and innovation. Honors graduate, UT MDACC. Overall GPA of 3.95

2004-2005 M.D. Anderson School of Health Sciences Scholarship University of North Texas Dean’s Honor Roll

REFERENCES

Available upon request

INTERESTS

In 2016, I took a handler’s course and passed the Animal Assisted Therapy team evaluation with my dog, Hank. We are registered with Pet Partners and strive to improve human health and well-being through the human-animal bond.

I am also very active at a local, small-business gym and enjoy looking for fun, new ways to work out and stay fit and healthy – for example, I recently began learning krav maga. I am regularly a new face in various places, as I really enjoy the challenge and excitement of learning something new.

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