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Hadi El Roz
Bioinformatician (MSc)
London,ON
Summary
Dedicated Bioinformatics Analyst at Public Health Ontario with extensive experience in managing projects and developing software in the bioinformatics field. Passionate about software development and looking for a career change in that direction.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages
Work History
Bioinformatics Analyst
Public Health Ontario (PHO)
02.2023 - Current
- Developed clinical pipelines and tools that assist in the analysis of RSV and Legionella data.
- Responsible for Clinical COVID-19 plate analysis and pipeline improvement and management.
- Responsible for and assists with weekly data extractions and submissions, including uploads to NextStrain, OHDP, GISAID/NML, and other collaborating researchers.
- Developed tools and scripts that streamline the Bioinformatics Analyst's workflow at PHO, as well as Wet Lab members.
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Western University
05.2020 - 05.2022
- As head teaching assistant in three courses, I organized and presented lectures, tutorials, and office hours to up to 600 students while creating my own teaching material that was presented to students that continue to be in use by professors.
- Was consistently highly rated by students and received exceptional feedback from students and instructors.
- Was rated in the top 5% of teaching assistants by students on year-end feedback forms.
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Western University
05.2017 - 09.2020
- Prepared literature for reports, presentations, and submissions to peer-reviewed journals.
- Organized guest speaker appearances when creating a podcast assignment so students taking seminar course are able to interview prominent individuals in the scientific field.
- Gathered data and performed statistical analysis using Python and R.
- Collected and analyzed biological data while simulating climate change conditions and its impact on Arabidopsis and Zea mays while extracting DNA and using genotyped samples.
Education
Master of Science - Bioinformatics
Western University
London, ON 05.2020 - Current
Bachelor of Science - Genetics
Western University
London, ON 09.2016 - 2020.04
Skills
Teaching and Communication
undefinedSoftware
Jira & project management
Email Client Management
Accomplishments
- Lead on Legionella Pipeline improvements project at PHO where the pipeline was improved and a new feature was added for the first time in years.
- Lead on the MongoDB monthly plate review additions to increase the quality and scope of the data captured through out COVID-19 pipeline, allowing managers and stakeholders to asses future decisions more accurately.
- Key member of internationally reported COVID-19 research team that uncovered link between the original COVID-19 sequences and bat hosts.
- Co-author and analyst on published paper: Machine learning using intrinsic genomic signatures for rapid classification of novel
pathogens: COVID-19 case study with over 600 citations. (https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0232391).
Timeline
Bioinformatics Analyst
Public Health Ontario (PHO)
02.2023 - Current
Graduate Teaching Assistant
Western University
05.2020 - 05.2022
Master of Science - Bioinformatics
Western University
05.2020 - Current
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Western University
05.2017 - 09.2020
Bachelor of Science - Genetics
Western University
09.2016 - 2020.04
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