Clinical research professor - Conestoga college - Kitchener ON
(2023-09 - 2025-09)
- Organised, implemented and taught clinical research course to a section of 220 students.
- Designed, elaborated and developed a curriculum for a clinical research capstone course.
- Taught Laboratory procedures in clinical research course for 2 sections (83 students)
- Member of Regulatory Affairs (RA) and Clinical Research (CR) Program Advisory Committee at Conestoga College.
- Chaired faculty-led workshops to integrate evolving industry regulations and trends into academic programming, strengthening alignment between course outcomes and sector expectations.
- Guided student research projects by mentoring groups on clinical trial protocols, regulatory submissions, and data analysis techniques to cultivate proficiency in real-world applications.
- Devised and launched faculty-student engagement initiatives that connected learners with industry professionals, bolstering opportunities for mentorship, knowledge exchange, and practical exposure to current practices in clinical research.
- Revamped assessment methodologies within the clinical research curriculum by integrating real-world case studies, facilitating deeper student engagement with current regulatory frameworks and complex problem-solving scenarios.
- Formulated partnerships with leading clinical research organizations, enabling collaborative student projects and enhancing experiential learning through direct exposure to ongoing industry trials and regulatory workflows.
Teacher - Viamonde school board - Toronto ON
(2014-06 - 2025-09)
- I developed and implemented daily, and units' lessons plans for classes ranging from JK to 6th grade at Charles Sauriol public school (Toronto)
- I am a leader and developer of restorative practices for classroom management at Du chêne public school for more than 200 students.
- I developed collaborative and proactive solutions for challenging behavior for more than 200 students at Horizon jeunesse public school (Mississauga).
- I developed and presented innovative approach to teach physical education at Viamonde school board forum of creativity and research in May 2021.
- I developed a new curriculum that teaches French for students aged from 6 to 9 at Horizon jeunesse public school (Mississauga).
- I created extracurricular sports activities for more than 100 students.
- I worked with >100 students with different exceptionalities.
- Instituted educational workshops to engage families and strengthen school-community relationships, fostering increased participation and collaborative learning initiatives.
French Foreign language teacher - Alliance Francaise & Fresh Minds academy - Toronto ON
(2013-07 - 2023-09)
- I taught French conversation course to 25 adults.
- I taught to 15 students and guided them to successfully pass the DELF A2 & DELF B2 exams with >95% success rate.
- I prepared lesson plans and programs for French advanced placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB)
- I developed a successful DELF/DALF Pathway for non-francophones students, and guiding them to successfully pass the DELF A2 & DELF B2 exams with >95% success rate.
- Designed and delivered interactive workshop series focused on immersive language acquisition techniques to enhance oral proficiency and cultural competence for diverse learner groups.
Postdoctoral fellow - University of Toronto - Department of Molecular Genetics - Toronto ON
(2011-10 - 2013-12)
- I manipulated genetically strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis to construct mutants tested in clinical trials.
- I developed 3 vaccine candidates against tuberculosis (Mycobacterium tuberculosis), resulting in successful progression to the second phase of clinical evaluation.
- I constructed mutants and conducted studies using model organisms such as mice and cell lines in a BSL-3 setting. Reduced timescale of engineering new mutants by 20% and achieved successful outcomes of clinical trials in a time-efficient manner.
- Championed collaborative research initiatives by securing cross-laboratory partnerships, enhancing the throughput of vaccine candidate screening and expediting translational milestones.
Postdoctoral fellow - Lariboisière Hospital - Microbiology Unit - Paris - France
(2010-06 - 2011-08)
- I worked with the REB (Research Ethics Board) to create novel studies and protocols (Lariboisière hospital).
- I coordinated the development and implementation of Mycobacterium abscessus diagnosis tools, which will serve to identify and characterize different subtypes of Mycobacterium abscessus in hospital setting (Lariboisière Hospital)
- I generated five novel protocols and designs for collaborative project between pathoimmunobiology centre, public health Mexico and the unity of Microbiology & infectious disease - Pasteur Institute.
- I helped establish and complete trials for in vivo Cystic fibrosis model of mycobacterial infection to investigate the role of phthiocerol dimycocerosates (PDIMs) and Glycopeptidolipids (GPLs) to the pathogenesis of mycobacterial disease and drug tolerance.
- Streamlined laboratory workflows by automating data collection and analysis processes for high-throughput screening of clinical isolates, enhancing reproducibility and accelerating research timelines in the microbiology unit.
