Elif Mahmutoglu

111 Health Advisor - Integrated Care Group 

24 July 2023 - Present

Health Advisor at NHS 111 Call Centre at Croydon taking calls and completing health assessments using appropriate systems to provide the best level of care and advice to patients

Skills gained:

• Health Advisor Training Certificate
• Basic Life Support Training
• Technical proficiency with Adastra and NHS pathways computer programs
• Independence in system handling
• Call Handling Skills and probing skills
• Working well under stress and in a time-effective manner
• Enhancement in skills such as active listening, communication, adaptability, empathy, time management, working under pressure, negotiation, patience, and teamwork

Research Assistant - Koç University, Istanbul

September 2021 - March 2023

Research assistant in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics investigating novel cancer cell-secreted factors involved in promoting cachexia. 

Skills gained:

• Teaching Assistant - assisting lab programs to support undergraduate lab sessions
• Good Clinical Laboratory Practice (GCLP)
• Establishment of shRNA adenoviral production protocol
• Cell culture work (working with primary cells and cell lines: primary muscle cells and primary inguinal white fat adipocytes as well as primary Lewis Lung Carcinoma cells).
• Mouse genotyping
• DNA and RNA isolation
• Reverse Transcription
• qPCR
• Western Blot
• Recombinant DNA cloning
• Adenovirus production
• Excellent data analysis and management skills, allowing for insightful interpretation and efficient organization of research findings
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills to optimize methodologies for different tasks
• Experience with PyMol, Prism, Maestro and Image J programs

Private Tutor:  •  Self-Employed

January 2019 - Present

• Part-time work providing weekly private lessons to young students
• Over 200 hours of tutoring experience in KS3, GCSE and A Level Mathematics and Sciences
• Excellent positive feedback from parents whose children have achieved A/A*s from C/B grades as a result of lessons
• Providing care and attention to every student's needs and learning styles
• Preparing plans to build upon weaknesses
• Delivering engaging and structured lessons
• Lesson and exam planning

Summer Studentship: Hamilton Lab   •  King's College London

May 2021 - July 2021

• Culturing organotypic mouse brain slices in the study of white matter disease
• Basic training with confocal microscopy and preparation of slides for imaging
• Responsible for data collection and analysis for a project
• Working as part of a team to break down a problem and prepare a plan to solve a hypothesis

Summer Lab Work Experience  •  Mağusa Klinik Tahlil Laboratuvarı

August 2020 - September 2020

• Analysis of blood, stool and urine samples
• Sample preparations using high-quality technology
• Learning to use and calibrate machines to analyse samples independently
• Processing patient results