| Kathryn T. Iacono, Ph.D. - Clinical Team Leader |
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 Ph.D. Graduate of Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.- B.S. Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania.
- Work within MDL’s Developmental Team in the selection and validation of all diagnostic tests. Also work in conjunction with the Quality Control/Quality Assurance Division for the maintenance of state licensure and compliance through the critical review of the scientific data reported in validation reports for individual tests.
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| Melanie M. Feola, B.S. - Clinical Coordinator |
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 B.S. in Microbiology from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania- Masters of Business Administration from the University of Phoenix.
- Member of American Society of Microbiology.
- Oversees the Pediatrics, Blood-Borne, and OB/GYN-Urology team leaders in training of new staff and supervision of routine laboratory operations.
- Develops and validates diagnostic assays from the Development division for transfer to the Clinical Laboratory.
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| Jessica Zimmerman, B.S. - OB/GYN & UTI Team Leader |
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 B.S. in Biology from the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, P.A.- Currently involved in development of new clinical diagnostic assays for the OB/GYN market.
- Participated in Nutraceutical Research as an undergraduate.
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| Adam Green, B.A. |
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 B.A. in Biology from Rutgers University in Camden.- Develops and validates diagnostic assays from the molecular biology division for transfer to the Clinical Laboratory.
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| Christina Overmyer, B.S. - Pediatric Infectious Disease Team Leader |
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 B.S. Degree from Cook College - Rutgers University.- Genotyping Technician at Orchid Biosciences.
- Supervisor/Research IV at Rutgers University Cell & DNA Repository.
- Involved in the development of new clinical assays for the Pediatric Infectious Disease market.
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| Diana E. Gonzalez, B.S. |
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 B.S. in Biology for Rider University Lawrenceville, New Jersey.- Participated in undergraduate research studying immune system suppression in the peritoneal cavity of mice, in vivo and in vitro.
- Recently transferred from the Clinical Department into R&D’s Pediatrics and Infectious Diseases development team, where she currently works to develop and validate assays for transfer to the Clinical Department.
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| Larisa Gofman, B.S. |
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 B.S. in Biochemistry from Rider University, Lawrenceville, New Jersey.- Member of the American Chemical Society, former President at Rider University.
- Undergraduate research, Synthesis and study of Novel Pyrroles and their Lipid-Lowering effects in mice.
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| Lisa De Salvia, B.S. |
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 B.S. in Biology from the College of New Jersey, Ewing, NJ.- Currently working on diagnostic tests for pediatric infectious diseases.
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| Rob Mason, B.S. - Blood-Borne Pathogen Team Leader |
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 B.S. Degree from the Richard Stockton State College of New Jersey.- Oversees the development and validation of assays targeting various blood-borne pathogens.
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| Sergey Balashov, Ph.D. - Cytogenetics Team Leader |
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 Ph.D. Graduate of the Institute of Biochemistry and Physiology of Microorganisms of Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, Russia. Studied bacterial plasmids of biodegradation.- Postdoctoral training on bacterial mutagenesis at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.
- Research position at the Public Health Research Institute. Studied antibiotic resistance in fungi.
- Extensive experience in advanced molecular techniques and assay development.
- Currently involved in the development of new clinical assays for prenatal diagnostics and genetic screening.
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| Katie Trifiletti, B.S. |
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 B.S. in Biology with a focus on Neuroscience from Stony Brook University.- Participated in undergraduate research studying the morphology and evolutionary divergence of tropical Drosophila.
- Currently involved in developing assays for prenatal detection of genetic diseases.
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| Christine Hancock, B.S. |
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- B.S. Graduate of Thomas Jefferson University, College of Health Professions, Department of Bioscience Technologies
- Develops and validates diagnostic OB/GYN tests to transfer to the Clinical Laboratory
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| Lohitha Konduru, B.S. |
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- B.S. in Biology from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Presently working in the development and validation of assays for diagnosis of various genetic diseases.
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| Justine Legbedze, B.S. |
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- B.S. in Public Health from Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.
- Currently involved in the development and validation of assays for the Veterinary Medicine development team.
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| Jon Sniffen, B.A. |
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- B.A. in Biology, Rutgers Camden
- Recently transferred from the clinical lab to the Cancer division of Research and Development.
- Currently developing an assay for early detection of cervical cancer through human gene expression.
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