Taylor Pham
MHSc Clinical Embryology Candidate | UofT
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Thornhill, OntarioMember since July 17, 2024
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About
A passionate Clinical Embryology graduate student dedicated to assisting individuals on their fertility journey.
Experience
Clinical Embryology Lab Placement Student TRIO Fertility, Toronto April 2024 – July 2024
- Conducted weekly quality control (temperature of benchtop and time-lapse incubators, CO2 levels using a fyrite, calibrated pH with standards, etc.)
- Prepared media for different procedures (10% HTF with LifeGlobal Protein Supplement, m-HTF with heparin, etc.)
- Shadowed clinical embryologists on procedures such as embryo transfer, assisted hatching, blastocyst biopsy/PGT, and oocyte denuding
- Under supervision, practiced oocyte retrieval, assessment of fertilization and embryo/blastocyst development, oocyte and embryo/blastocyst vitrification and warming, and insemination using ICSI
- Processed sperm samples for IUI, IVF, and ICSI using density gradient and swim-up and gained further experience in freezing and thawing sperm
- Comfortably handled specimens in cryotanks, and familiarized with various time-lapse incubators including the MIRI and EmbryoScope
Education
Master of Health Science, Laboratory Medicine – Clinical Embryology University of Toronto, Toronto, ON. 2022 – 2024
Bachelor of Science (Honours), Biomedical Sciences Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON. 2018 – 2022
