I am a laboratory scientist and virologist with academic training in biochemistry and molecular biology. I have worked in the biotech and diagnostics industry, as well as in a global public health setting at the World Health Organization, and have broad international experience working with laboratories in resource-limited settings. I am seeking to apply my strong scientific, organizational and analytical skills to global health problems particularly in the area of HIV diagnostics including viral load, early infant diagnosis, and drug resistance testing.

My general philosophy in science is to gather data from well-controlled and performed experiments, interpret them in the appropriate context, and present them in a clear, concise and impactful manner.  I believe that this approach can be applied in diverse areas.

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PERSONAL DETAILS

PLACE OF BIRTH: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

CITIZENSHIP: United States and Canada

LANGUAGES: English and French

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal: February 1990

B.Sc. (honors) in Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal: May 1985

RESEARCH AND PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE (download my CV for complete details: Parkin CV Dec2019.pdf)

October 2009 - present:

Founder and Executive Director, Data First Consulting.

July 2008 - October 2009:

Scientist (P5), World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.  Here’s a link to the WHO HIV Drug Resistance website.

December 1996 - June 2008:

Monogram Biosciences (formerly ViroLogic, Inc.), South San Francisco, CA.

September 1993 - December 1996:

Aviron, Mountain View, CA (now MedImmune)

February 1990 - August 1993:

Postdoctoral fellow, Laboratory of Dr. Harold E. Varmus; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California, San Francisco.

September 1985 - February 1990:

Graduate Studies, Laboratory of Dr. Nahum Sonenberg; Department of Biochemistry, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.