Kandrelle Naidoo
Durban
Summary
I am a confident and enthusiastic young woman who is highly capable of handling any task. I am highly organized and a detail-oriented person who is willing to give 100% of myself. I am reliable and work well under pressure as well within a team and under management. Motivated administrative professional with skills to delegate, direct and monitor clerical work. Skilled at training others and carefully monitoring schedules, work accuracy and individual performance. Multitasks smoothly to manage high-tempo workflow.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
Research Assistant
CAPRISA
01.2024 - Current
- Ensure that the clinical trials are being run according to the protocol and in accordance with GCP.
- Regulatory submissions and maintenance of the investigator site files. Manage regulatory updates throughout the study.
- Maintain participant database by preparing and managing participant visits and data capturing.
- Quality control of patient files and data entries.
- Assist study team with efficient study start-up, conduct and close-out.
- Assist with site monitor visits and resolving of queries in a timely manner.
Research Intern
CAPRISA
01.2023 - 12.2023
- Reading and understanding of clinical trial project material
- Assist with quality checks and quality assurance of participant files.
- Coordinating biweekly meetings.
- Assist with Regulatory submissions
- Development of source documentation and standard operating procedures
- Assist with the development of monthly calendar and booking of chest x-rays for participants as well as booking of sample collections
- Collaborated with other interns to ensure efficient completion of research tasks.
- Create trackers for specific studies
- Assist with maintaining site files
- Create participant files
- Assist with preparations for monitoring visits.
Administrator
Flowpath Clinical and Laboratory
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Assist in receiving of samples and entering into laboratory system
- Assisting with patients
- COVID-19 testing and COVID-19 antigen testing
- Assist in daily cash up
- Liaised with customers, addressed enquiries, handled meeting requests and answered result queries to provide outstanding customer care
- Managed client communications by answering phones and corresponding through email.
Laboratory Demonstrator
University of KwaZulu, Natal
09.2021 - 11.2021
- Graded practical's and assigned fair, accurate grades based on results
- Encouraged students to ask challenging questions and thoroughly examine subject material
- Demonstrated practical's in the module RDNA 202 (Molecular DNA technology).
Volunteer clinical research assistant
Precise Clinical solutions
12.2019 - 01.2020
- Had the opportunity to learn the electronic database system
- Interacted with patients and did filing of paperwork
- Assisted in filling patient files and learning how to use the EDC system.
Education
Bachelor of Science Honours Genetics -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2021
Bachelor of Science Biochemistry and Genetics -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
01.2020
Certificate of Merit, Lennynaidu Development Programme (2014) -
Chatsworth Secondary
01.2015
Skills
- Fully versed in Microsoft Office
- Familiar with laboratory equipment
- Good Clinical Practice (GCP)
- Familiar with clinical trial protocols and Standard operating procedures
- Familiar with COVID-19 rapid testing
- Have basic experience with Linux and R studio
- Basic experience with Uniprot, CLUSTALW, epitope prediction software, Allertop, vaccine construct software such as SOPMA etc
- Code 8 Drivers license
Affiliations
Golden Key Honor Society, 2019
Hobbies and Interests
- Reading
- Family games
Timeline
Research Assistant
CAPRISA
01.2024 - Current
Research Intern
CAPRISA
01.2023 - 12.2023
Administrator
Flowpath Clinical and Laboratory
03.2022 - 12.2022
Laboratory Demonstrator
University of KwaZulu, Natal
09.2021 - 11.2021
Volunteer clinical research assistant
Precise Clinical solutions
12.2019 - 01.2020
Bachelor of Science Honours Genetics -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Bachelor of Science Biochemistry and Genetics -
University of KwaZulu-Natal
Certificate of Merit, Lennynaidu Development Programme (2014) -
Chatsworth Secondary
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