Dental School

PRERNA GOPAL

*** ***** ****** *****, ***********, PA 19067 H: 513-***-**** C: 513-***-**** *******@***.*******.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Experienced and resourceful Clinical Research Associate offering outstanding skills with monitoring and

implementing clinical trials in accordance with Good Clinical Practice.

Responsible for subject recruitment, sample collection, data management and interpretation.

Working closely with study coordinators and investigators to ensure regulatory compliance with protocol and overall clinical objectives

Ability to critically evaluate scientific literature and use the knowledge to design experiments

Expertise in presenting scientific and clinical data to diverse audiences

Experience managing and supervising a fully functional oral biology lab, processing orders, budget

reports and delivering results in a timely fashion

Skillful in handling multiple roles as a team leader, independent researcher, strategy planner with a high

degree of moral integrity

SKILLS

Strategic planning Decision-making ability

Thorough knowledge of GCP guidelines and IRB Excellent Written/Verbal Communication

documentation Team and results oriented

Database Management Leadership experience

Quality Assurance

REFERENCES

References:

Dr. Narayanan Ramasubbu, Professor, Oral Biology Department, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

E-mail: ********@***.*******.***, PH: 973-***-****

Dr. Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Director, Center for Food Studies, Associate Professor, American University E-mail:

********@********.***, PH; 202-***-**** / 202-***-****

Dr. Daniel H. Fine, Professor & Chairman, Oral Biology Department, Rutgers School of Dental Medicine

E-mail: ******@***.*******.***, PH: 973-***-****

Dr. Ragunath Chandran, Research Scientist, X-chem pharmaceuticals, Email: *********@*-******.***.

PH:973-***-****

WORK HISTORY

Research teaching specialist, 06/2015 to Current

Rutgers School of Dental medicine – Newark, NJ

Initiate and monitor clinical trials from sample collection to data analysis.

Define project plans and provide updates to the PI/sponsor

Manage R&D projects, including timelines and deliverables.

Assist in the evaluation of new techniques and procedures for the purpose of product development.

Review all documentation for accuracy, quality and compliance.

Offer research, attention to detail, organizational and problem solving skills.

Course director of the "Foundation of oral biology" course for the dental school

Graduate student, 08/2010 to 06/2015

Rutgers School of Dental Medicine – Newark, NJ

Protein expression from E.coli and purification using AKTA-FPLC Protein purification by ion-exchange

(IEX), affinity and size exclusion chromatography (SEC), isolation of membrane protein, MS In vitro

enzyme kinetics, Inhibitor study, assay development, in vitro protein labeling and protein crystallization

ELISA, PAGE gel (SDS & Native) electrophoresis and western blotting Protein-Protein interaction

using ITC, BIAcore SPR, Polysaccharide purification and estimation by colorimetric method, HPLC Molecular

Biology

Guided students in using technology to support educational research.

Advised 3 research track students each semester

Develop and write research reports.

Dental Research Assistant, 01/2009 to 01/2010

Rutgers school of Dental Medicine – Newark, NJ

Worked on a longitudinal research study titled "Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans and Its

Relationship to Initiation of Localized Aggressive Periodontitis" amongst Newark public school system

Assisted with study design and implementation

Responsible for scheduling research study visits, obtaining informed consent and managing data after

collection

IRB member, 01/2009 to Current

Rutgers University – Newark, New Jersey

Experience in working on the IRB approval processes.

Reviewed several research applications, informed consent documents, protocols to assess for compliance

with federal and state regulations in addition to our University's IRB guidelines.

Participated as a key team member in full board meetings as well as reviewed and approved studies via

exempt review.

Dentist, 01/2007 to 01/2009

Private Dental Practice, Dental Care Center

Diagnosis of dental disease, rendering dental treatments like extractions, esthetic anterior and posterior

composite restorations, amalgam restorations, digital radiographs, scaling & polishing, restoration of

missing teeth (fixed/removable prosthodontics) & management of dental diseases in children.

Ensured and developed a plan of care that integrates medical and dental considerations.

EDUCATION

Ph.D.: Oral Biology, October 2015

Rutgers Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences - Newark, NJ

Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS): Dentistry, October 2007

SRM University - Chennai, India

CERTIFICATIONS

Animal handling protocols - Certified by University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, Newark,

New Jersey

Laboratory safety and blood pathogen, Rutgers, Newark, NJ

Occupational safety and Environmental Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey,

Newark, New Jersey.

Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative's, CITI Training, Rutgers, Newark, NJ

Code of Conduct and corporate Integrity Agreement Training, Rutgers, Newark, NJ

HIPAA compliance, Rutgers, Newark, NJ

PUBLICATIONS

1. C. Ragunath, K. DiFranco, M. Shanmugam, P. Gopal, V. Vyas, D.H. Fine, C. Cugini and N. Ramasubbu.

Surface display of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans autotransporter Aae and dispersin B hybrid act as

antibiofilm agents. Mol Oral Microbiol. 2015 Aug 17. doi: 10.1111/omi.12126.

2. Mayilvahanan Shanmugam, Prerna Gopal, Faiha El Abbar, Helen C. Schreiner, Jeffrey B. Kaplan, Daniel H.

Fine, Narayanan Ramasubbu. Role of Exopolysaccharide in Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans-Induced

Bone Resorption in a Rat Model for Periodontal Disease.. PLoS One. 2015 Feb 23;10(2):e0117487. doi:

10.1371/journal.pone.0117487. eCollection 2015.

3. Prerna Gopal, Chandran Ragunath, Vishal Vyas, Mayilvahanan Shanmugam and Narayanan Ramasubbu.

2013. Probing the interaction of human salivary alpha amylase and amylase binding protein A (AbpA) of

Streptococcus gordonii. Mol. Bio. 2013 2.2

4. Kaplan JB Izano EA, Gopal P, Karwacki MT, Kim S, Bose JL, Bayles KW, Horswill AR. 2012. Low levels of

*-lactam antibiotics induce extracellular DNA release and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus aureus. mBio

3:e00198-12.

5. Efficacy of root canal irrigants against biofilm of E.fecalis associated with S.gordonii and S. mutans at

American Association of Endodontics. Washington 2014. Samin Nawaz, P. Gopal, M.Nawaz, Ramasubbu,

Hirschberg. Rutgers School of Dental Medicine, Newark, NJ.

6. Structure Function analysis of Streptococcus gordonii's alpha amylase binding protein A (AbpA); IADR

Seattle 2013. P. Gopal, C. Ragunath, V. Vyas, And N. Ramasubbu, Department Of Oral Biology, UMDNJ,

Newark, NJ

7. Microbiology of LAP bone loss: Preliminary finding. IADR/AADR/San Diego 2011. D. Furgang, M.

Mckiernan, V. Curro, D. Tischio-Bereski, K. Markowitz, K. Fairle, P. Gopal, J. Fernandiz, P. Paradiso, F.

Dewhirs, And D. Fine, Dept. of Oral Biology, New Jersey Dental School - UMDNJ, Newark, NJ, Forsyth

Institute, Boston, MA

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2014: Co-author of the best project at American Association of Endodontics conference, Washington DC

2014: Co-author of the best poster awarded at Dr. Michael Balbo Dental Research Day at RSDM

2013: Visiting researcher, Department of optometry and vision Science, The University of Alabama

2013: Served as an Oral Session Chair for Streptococcus session at IADR Seattle

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