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Caroline Fayez Labib Shafik

Researcher at Egyptian Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine

Mokattam, Cairo, Egypt

Work Experience

  • ResearcherFull Time

    Egyptian Center for Research and Regenerative Medicine

    May 2018 - Present -7 yrs, 2 months

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:Establishing research projects within the virology department. Initiation of research collaboration protocols between the center and universities. Preparing budget for establishing the laboratories of the virology department.
  • Medical Researcher/VirologistFull Time

    US Naval Medical Research Unit No. 3

    Oct 2000 - Nov 2017 -17 yrs, 1 month

    Egypt , Cairo

    • Job Details:• Plans, organizes and performs virological procedures for virus disease research to meet the research goals of the program. • Develops of new assays, maintains and reviews files of standard operating procedures of various laboratory activities. • Works with biologically hazardous materials applying safety precautions. • Records and interprets results of performed tests, analyses data, and prepares written progress reports. • Prepares documentation and supporting material for meetings, presentations, and regional training workshops conducted for scientists. • Assembles data and conducts literature search for manuscript writing of significant scientific findings. • Writes and submits grant proposals for various funding agencies. • Prepares and goes on field trips. Performs test procedures under strenuous conditions.
  • Education

    • Master's Degree in Microbiology and Immunology

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 2013 

    • BSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences

      Cairo University (CU)

      Jan 1994 - Jan 1999 - 5 yr

    • High School - Thanaweya Amma

      Dar el Tarbeya Language School

      Jan 1994 

    Achievements

    PUBLICATIONS Viral etiologies of lower respiratory tract infections among Egyptian children under five years of age. Caroline F Shafik, Emad W Mohareb, Aymen S Yassin, Madgy A Amin, Amani El Kholy, Hanaa El-Karaksy and Fouad G Youssef. BMC Infectious Diseases 2012, 12:350. Comparison of Direct Fluorescence Assay and Real-Time RT-PCR as Diagnostics for Respiratory Syncytial Virus in Young Children. Caroline F Shafik, Emad W Mohareb, and Fouad G Youssef. Journal of Tropical Medicine. Dec 2011. 781919. A molecular investigative approach to an outbreak of acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis in Egypt, October 2010. Ehab A Ayoub, Caroline F Shafik, Anne M Gaynor, Emad W Mohareb, Magdy A Amin, Aymen

    Skills

    • Good Laboratory Practice (GLP)
    • Word proccesiing
    • Excel Spreadsheets
    • Powerpoint presentations

    Languages

    • English

      Fluent
    • Arabic

      Fluent
    • French

      Intermediate
    • German

      Beginner

    Training & Certifications

    • Molecular Biology Workshop

      New England Biolabs, Smith College, Northampton MA, USA·2011
    • Certificate of Emerging Infectious Diseases

      College of Public Health The University of Iowa, USA·2010
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