Candidate, Masters of Science in Epidemiology at Columbia University

Zarah F. Aziz

U.S. Citizen

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EDUCATION

Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University New York, NY Master of Science in Epidemiology Jul 2019 – Apr 2021 GPA: 3.668

College of Arts & Sciences, New York University New York, NY Bachelor of Science in Neural Science, Minor in Chemistry Aug 2013 – Dec 2016 CERTIFICATIONS

Pharmacology – Harvard Medical School Online (HMX) Iss: Nov 2020 Immunology – Harvard Medical School Online (HMX) Iss: Nov 2020 Using Python for Research – HarvardX Iss: Jun 2020 Food, Nutrition & Health – Wageningan University Iss: Jun 2020 Human Neuroanatomy – Michigan University Iss: Feb 2020 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Prevail Therapeutics, A Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Eli Lilly & Company New York, NY Research Associate, Discovery and Preclinical Aug 2018 – Feb 2021

• Lead the vector design program for which duties involve planning and aiding the design and development of candidate target vectors for research and development projects.

• Lab management duties included writing lab SOPs and regulations, creating inventories, and managing the development team for the lab inventory database.

• Experimental duties included researching project and background material, interpreting and presenting data, and implementing the development and testing of molecular biology assays, such as vector screening, ELISA and qRT-PCR. Tony Huang Lab, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY Research Associate, Molecular Pharmacology & Biochemistry May 2017 – Aug 2018

• Studied molecular pharmacology and biochemistry techniques in relation to Oncology drug development.

• Presented data in bi-weekly meetings regarding new journal papers and topics of relevant research.

• Performed multiple wet-lab techniques including western blotting, mammalian tissue culture, immunoprecipitation pulldowns, mini

/ maxi preparations for bacterial cultures, transformations, transfections, and transductions.

• Lab management duties included ordering/shipping materials, record-keeping for stocks and experiments, writing protocols for experiments and lab procedures, autoclaving, designing the lab website, organizing lab layout and maintaining weekly regimens. Gordon Fishell Lab, NYU Langone Medical Center New York, NY Research Associate, Neurology Jan 2017 – Apr 2017

• Studied epilepsy and schizophrenia drug development via AAV delivery methods.

• Performed mouse cortical injections and post-mortem dissections, mouse brain fixations, immunohistochemistry, fluorescence microscopy, and vibratome slicing of mouse brains.

• Other duties involved plasmid / vector design for AAV development, discovery research and testing, and discussions regarding routes of administration / clinical applications of developed products. Russo Partners, LLC New York, NY

Biomedical Writing Intern Sep 2016 – Dec 2016

• Duties involved researching pharmaceutical clients and media outlets to translate clinical data for the general public, video conferencing with clients, and writing detailed articles for clinical to public transmission of client research and drug developments. 2

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE

Michael J. Hawken Lab, New York University Neuroscience Department New York, NY Research Volunteer Jul 2015 – Dec 2016

• Studied visual cortical pathways in Macaque monkey brains via methods such as immunohistochemistry, confocal microscopy, and data analyses.

• Self-learned Matlab coding and analyses skills in order to analyze all incoming data for research projects. Brookdale University Hospital New York, NY

Research Volunteer Jun 2013 – Aug 2016

• Volunteered with the Hematology department to study Acute Myeloid Leukemia and the effects of chemotherapy on recovery for patients with diagnosis.

• Duties involved gathering research papers and articles for lab discussions, general microscopy to assess cell phenotypes, and handling all blood samples for analyses in the lab. SKILLS

• Lab Management: SOP writing, Inventory Creation and Maintenance, Project Management.

• Lab Bench Techniques: Vector Screening, ELISA, Western Blotting, qRT-PCR, Immunoprecipitation Pulldowns, Transfections, Transductions, Mammalian Tissue Culture, Neuronal Stem Cell culture, Bacterial Culture, Transformations, Mini/Maxi Preparations, Tissue and Cell Lysis, Confocal Microscopy, Fluorescence Microscopy, Mouse and Monkey Tissue Cutting / Dissections, Mouse Cortical Injections.

• Theoretical Techniques: Study Design, Mouse Modeling, Vector design.

• Data Science: Matlab, SAS, Stata, R, Python.

• Technology: Adobe Photoshop, Image J.

• Languages: English, Bengali, French.

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