Job Coach Research Assistant

MEREDITH CAVANAUGH

www.linkedin.com/in/meredith-cavanaugh

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EDUCATION

The Pennsylvania State University Huck Institute of Life Sciences University Park, PA Master of Biotechnology Graduation: Dec. 2019

The Pennsylvania State University Eberly College of Science University Park, PA Bachelor of Science in Biology- Neuroscience Option; Psychology Minor Graduation: May 2018 Fudan University 复旦大学 Shanghai, China

Biology Intensive Study Abroad Program with a Focus on Mammalian Reproduction May 2015–June 2015 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

International Flavors & Fragrances Remote

Senior Regulatory Affairs & Product Stewardship Analyst June 2022-Present

Provide regulatory support for the Protein Solutions business in North America; Maintain compliance; Answer customer questions; Identify & fill compliance gaps for the Pet Food business in North America International Flavors & Fragrances Remote

Regulatory Affairs & Product Stewardship Analyst June 2020-June 2022

Provide regulatory support across multiple businesses for North America to gain product approvals and maintain compliance; Coordinate regulatory work for global projects; Data management for project management tools DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B) Wilmington, DE Regulatory Affairs Specialist Jan. 2020-May 2020

Provided support to the regulatory business operations function; Continual development and implementation of portfolio management tools created during co-op, which has involved the roll-out of tools across multiple functions DuPont Nutrition & Biosciences (N&B)/Biomaterials Wilmington, DE Regulatory Affairs & Product Stewardship (RAPS) Co-op May 2019-Dec. 2019

Developed portfolio management tools that work to increase the efficiency and efficacy of the RAPS function

Developed and implemented a Product Stewardship & Regulatory (PS&R) First Order Process, tool, and accompanying training materials to ensure the implementation of safe handling training for customers

Performed a regulatory compliance assessment to enable market entry of a bio-based product in a specific country and to support PS&R requirements for the Biomaterials business Department of Special Education, State College Area School District State College, PA Classroom Paraprofessional & Job Coach May 2017-Aug. 2018

Provided learning support; Implemented strategies that promoted the social development of students K-12

Coached students in the workplace; Mediated interactions between students and co-workers/customers PROFESSIONAL & BUSINESS SKILLS

Portfolio Management

Tool Architecture Design

Metadata Management

Data Analysis/Migration

Regulatory Expertise

SOP & Job Aide Creation

Training Creation & Delivery

First Order Process

Microsoft Office

Teaching

Job Coaching

Individualized Lessons

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (Benjamin D. Allen, Ph.D.) University Park, PA Graduate Research Assistant on the Squid Ring Teeth Protein Project Sep. 2018-April 2019

Designed and produced tandem repeat synthetic proteins to support biomedical device studies Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences (Vivek Kapur, Ph.D.) University Park, PA Undergraduate Research Assistant on the Newcastle Disease Virus (NDV) Project Jan. 2017-April 2018

Investigated the chicken embryo as a model to study highly contagious, lethal pathogens, specifically NDV

Schilling, M.A., Katani, R., Memari, S., Cavanaugh, M., Buza, J., Radzio-Basu, J., Mpenda, F. N., Deist, M.S., Lamont, S. J., & Kapur, V. Transcriptional Innate Immune Response of the Developing Chicken Embryo to Newcastle Disease Virus Infection. Frontiers in Genetics, 9(61), 27 Feb. 2018, 1-9.

2nd place- Undergraduate: Animal-Related Sciences Category at the 2018 College of Agricultural Sciences & Gamma Sigma Delta Honor Society Research Exhibition

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