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FAUSTINA NDUKWU

St. John's,NL

Summary

Self-motivated individual with valuable experience and a passion for being challenged and learning new things. Thrives collaboratively with team members to achieve goals or individually as needed. Organized and dependable, successful at managing multiple priorities with a positive attitude. Willingness to take on added responsibilities to meet team goals.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Pharmacy Assistant

Lawtons Drugs
10.2023 - Current
  • Assisted pharmacist by filling prescriptions for customers and responding to patient questions regarding prescription and medication-specific issues.
  • Supported operations with filing, copying and faxing.
  • Prepared packaging and labels for prescriptions, verifying accuracy of dosage, side effects, interactions, and refill instructions.
  • Located and measured medications according to prescription information, making modifications as instructed by pharmacists and providers.
  • Greeted customers at counter and provided excellent customer service.
  • Completed cash register transactions by handling credit and cash payments using pharmacy register system.
  • Supported pharmacists with day-to-day activities and pharmacy office management functions.
  • Communicated with patients to collect information about prescriptions and medical conditions or arrange consultations with pharmacists.
  • Generated labels for prescriptions and maintained accurate records.

Research Assistant (Sugar Sweetened Beverages Tax)

Memorial University Of Newfoundland
09.2022 - 05.2023
  • Handled and entered collected data using microsoft excel
  • Collaborated with leadership team to identify relevant questions and determine best methods of collection
  • Performed statistical, qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Attended seminars and symposiums to improve overall knowledge and understanding
  • Gathered, arranged and corrected research data to create representative graphs and charts highlighting results for presentations
  • Utilized advanced analytical software to analyze data sets.

Retail Sales Associate

Newfoundland Chocolate Company, St Johns Nl
08.2018 - 04.2021
  • Greeted customers and helped with product questions, selections, and purchases
  • Stocked merchandise, clearly labeling items, and arranging according to size or color
  • Maintained clean sales floor and straightened and faced merchandise
  • Monitored sales floor and merchandise displays for presentable condition, taking corrective action such as restocking or reorganizing products
  • Developed professional relationships with customers to increase loyalty, retention and rapport
  • Worked to meet or exceed special targets for credit card applications, special donations and specific product promotions.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

Memorial University of Newfoundland
St. John's, NL
05.2023

High School Diploma -

Top-faith International School
Akwa Ibom State
07.2017

Skills

  • Microsoft office (word, excel, power point) Efficient use of program R
  • Attention to details and accuracy
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Cell quality and quantity test using Nanodrop readings and gel electrophoresis
  • Proficiency with using lab equipment such as centrifuges, HPLC, spectrophotometers, and other lab equipment correctly
  • Public health nutrition research (food and beverage audit)
  • Literature review and academic research Data analysis, interpretation, handling and documentation
  • Chemical and Molecular Analysis Database Searches
  • Experiment development

Accomplishments

Cancer cell culture; Dr pavan Kakumani and Dr Martin Mulligan (2022):

  • Examined what transpires to cells during the development of cancer discovered genes whose expression varies in cancer cells
  • NIH swiss cell lines were used in the experiment analyzed and extracted RNA cultured cell performed PCR analysis, plasmid cell isolation, sequencing, cloning, digestion, and purification


Design of an experiment employing cell culture and mass spectrometry to separate metabolic problems linked to phytosterol use from cholesterol use; Dr Janet Brunton (2022)

  • The ability of macrophages from a child suspected of having sitosterolemia to absorb cholesterol and phytosterol's was tested using coconut oil and olive oil
  • Designed a step-by-step protocol proposed techniques include blood collection, lipid deposition, and cell culture.


Purification and characterization of a recombinant gene; Dr valerie Booth (2021)

  • Purified acid phosphatase protein from the bacterial cell lysate
  • Tested enzymatic activity of acid phosphatase
  • Adequately documented test outcomes using lab notebooks and reports
  • Critical analysis and result presentated using powerpoint


Certification

  • First Aid
  • Workplace hazardous material information system (WHMIS) quality standard training

Languages

English
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Pharmacy Assistant

Lawtons Drugs
10.2023 - Current

Research Assistant (Sugar Sweetened Beverages Tax)

Memorial University Of Newfoundland
09.2022 - 05.2023

Retail Sales Associate

Newfoundland Chocolate Company, St Johns Nl
08.2018 - 04.2021

Bachelor of Science - Biochemistry

Memorial University of Newfoundland

High School Diploma -

Top-faith International School
FAUSTINA NDUKWU