Andrew Schembri

Email: adzjsr@r.postjobfree.com Cell Phone Number 905-***-****

SUMMARY

Registered Nurse with a passion for healthcare and research. Well-spoken with strong interpersonal skills. Works well within a team, and independently. Strong work ethic and drive enabling success in each position held. Ability to adapt quickly and think critically in order to solve problems as they arise.

EXPERIENCE

ST MICHAELS HOSPITAL

Toronto ON

August 2023 – Present

Registered Nurse, Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology

Handled a patient load of 4-6 patients on the Cardiovascular Surgery and Cardiology floors ensuring the highest quality of nursing care in order to assist the client in their recovery and allow for timely discharge.

Evaluated fall data on the unit as a part of Falls Prevention committee in order to reduce fall rates and harm to patients.

Cooperated with interprofessional team in order to provide adequate patient centered care ensuring client needs are met in a timely and effective manner.

SUNNYBROOK HOSPITAL

Toronto ON

June 2022 – July 2023

Nursing Extern, C5 Trauma

Oversaw patient activities of daily living including mobilization and hygiene care

Responsible for the assessment of reporting of unstable patients to both nurses and their most responsible care providers

Provided medications to patients to assist with management of pain

Utilized Sunnybrook policy regarding bladder management for spinal cord patients including doing intermittent and foley catheterization, as well as repeat bladder scanning

Assisted nurses with tasks such as vitals, glucose checks and more to support the unit

Expanded on the skill of prioritizing patient care based on acuity level

GILEAD SCIENCE INC

Mississauga ON

May 2020 – December 23rd, 2020

Commercial Operations, Intern

Conducted a situational analysis on Follicular Lymphoma acting as a repository of information on pharmacology and market structure to leverage Gilead products

Conducted a situational analysis on Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia acting as a repository of information on pharmacology and market structure to leverage Gilead products against competition

Streamlined the transition of Gilead Canada to using MS Teams as its main communication tool

Provided assistants with internal VEKLURY related projects

OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa ON

September 2018-January 2019, May 2019-August 2019

Research Assistant

Conducted systematic review, aiming to evaluate the current rate of translation of highly promising preclinical scientific research into clinical practice.

Screened 604 scientific full-text articles from Science and Nature for eligibility, and evaluated the intervention and pathology for data extraction

Extracted interventional data such as the drugs name, mechanisms of action for various pathologies, and translational state for 500 preclinical papers regard (Manuscript in progress)

Monitored patient charts for eligibility in a study implementing new Canadian Cardiac Society guidelines for perioperative troponin monitoring.

PEER REVIEWED CITATIONS

Manoj M. Lalu, Victoria T. Hunniford, Joshua Montroy, Tania Bubela, Jonathan Kimmelman, Malcolm Macleod, Lindsey Sikora, David Moher, Alvin Tieu, Javad Niazmand, David Ripsman, Andrew Schembri, Neil Wesch, C. Glenn Begley, Dean A. Fergusson (2022) “Evaluating the translation of medical interventions from high impact laboratory studies to clinical trials” Manuscript submitted and in review with Nature Reviews

Mohammad Javad Niazmand*, Andrew Schembri*, Dean Fergusson, Brian Hutton, David Moher, Lindsey Sikora, Joshua Montroy, Aditi Dobriyal, Grace Fox, Neil Wesch, David Ripsman, Manoj Lalu,* These authors contributed equally to this work. (2019) “Translation of highly promising basic science research into clinical applications: a systematic review” Poster Presented at the BioCanRX summit for Cancer Immunotherapy, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, National Conference.

Mohammad Javad Niazmand*, Andrew Schembri*, Dean Fergusson, Brian Hutton, David Moher, Lindsey Sikora, Joshua Montroy, Aditi Dobriyal, Grace Fox, Neil Wesch, David Ripsman, Manoj Lalu,* These authors contributed equally to this work (2019). “Translation of highly promising basic science research into clinical applications: a systematic review” Poster Presented at the Ottawa Medical School Conference, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, Ottawa Ontario, Canada, Faculty Conference.

NEUROSCIENCE BALANCE AND MOBILITY LAB

University of Waterloo, Waterloo ON

January 2018-May 2018

Research Assistant

Led Retrospective Cohort study, developing a model for predicting one-year post-stroke activity, to be implemented into rehab programs as a primary, and secondary prevention factor of stroke)

Lead presenter for Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Conference; presented research findings on post stroke physical activity levels

Provided assistance in other researchers’ data collections, ensuring efficient and proper gathering of the data

Conducted literature reviews in order to summarize research findings allowing for easier comparisons between study results

Developed a program to parse through large data sets for gathering and processing appropriate data for various research studies within the lab

PEER REVIEWED CONFERENCE CITATIONS

Andrew Schembri, Daniel Lindsay, Julia E. Fraser, and William E. McIlroy (2018). “Predictors of Physical Activity Levels One-Year Post-Stroke: A Longitudinal Study” Poster presented at Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Conference (SONA), Guelph University, Guelph Ontario, Canada, Provincial Conference.

Laura Williams, Andrew Schembri, and William E. McIlroy (2018). “Determining Navigation Task Challenge to Couple with Exercise: A Pilot Study” Poster presented at Southern Ontario Neuroscience Association Conference (SONA), Guelph University, Guelph Ontario, Canada, Provincial Conference.

EDUCATION

Honours Bachelor of Science (BSc), Kinesiology (3.95 GPA)

2016 - 2021

University of Waterloo,

Waterloo, ON

Honours Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BScN), Accelerated RN Stream

2021-2023

University of Toronto

Toronto, ON

Registered Nurse (RN), 23742345

College of Nurses of Ontario

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