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Liam Friel

Derwood

Summary

Liam Friel is a research coordinator at the Patricia A. Deuster Human Performance Laboratory (HPL), Warrior Heat and Exertion-Related Events Collaborative, and Battlefield Shock and Organ Support Group (BSOS). He serves as the HPL's manager, oversees participant recruitment, and leads the coordination of BSOS's purified exosome product clinical trial. Liam also supports the Uniformed Services University's Multidisciplinary Case Review Committee on exertion-related illnesses. He is a Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician (NREMT).

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

RESEARCH COORDINATOR

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
04.2024 - Current
  • Lead the implementation of clinical research
  • Plan, conduct, and complete investigations
  • Generate study documents such as case report forms, manuals of procedures, and pharmacy manuals
  • Write and edit experimental results for publication in technical and peer-reviewed journals
  • Perform data abstraction, quality control, and analysis
  • Maintain records and documentation regarding assigned research
  • Document procedures or protocols for sample selection, data collection, data processing, and/or statistical estimation
  • Oversee participant recruitment
  • Perform phlebotomy and blood processing

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
06.2022 - 04.2024
  • Planned, conducted, and completed investigations
  • Assisted with the writing and editing of experimental results for publication in technical and peer-reviewed journals
  • Performed routine data analysis; verified and corrected data entry
  • Maintained records and documentation regarding assigned research
  • Documented current or new procedures or protocols for sample selection, data collection, data processing, and/or statistical estimation
  • Oversaw participant recruitment
  • Performed phlebotomy and blood processing

PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY LABORATORY STUDENT

University of Maryland, College Park
08.2019 - 12.2021
  • Recombinant Genetics
  • Immunology
  • Cell Biology
  • Bioanalytical Chemistry
  • Organic Chemistry


EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

Baltimore City Fire Department
06.2017 - 09.2017
  • Gave supportive and lifesaving prehospital care to patients experiencing medical emergencies
  • Provided prompt transport to definitive care for patients experiencing medical emergencies
  • Acted as an agent for positive change in the community by providing information about the proper use of the emergency response system and the lifesaving interventions that can be taken before emergency medical services arrive

Education

Bachelor of Science - Physiology and Neurobiology

University of Maryland College Park
College Park, MD
12.2021

Associate of the Arts - General Studies for Certificate Students

Howard Community College
12.2018

Skills

  • Data collection
  • Patient recruitment
  • Records maintenance
  • Patient communication
  • Phlebotomy
  • Biological sample preparation
  • Microbiology lab techniques
  • Scientific writing
  • Quantitative research
  • Basic life support
  • Microsoft Office
  • Google Workspace

Certification

  • Active interim SECRET security clearance
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support
  • Nationally Registered Emergency Medical Technician
  • Tactical Emergency Casualty Care
  • PADI certified Rescue Diver

Timeline

RESEARCH COORDINATOR

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
04.2024 - Current

RESEARCH ASSISTANT

Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine
06.2022 - 04.2024

PHYSIOLOGY AND NEUROBIOLOGY LABORATORY STUDENT

University of Maryland, College Park
08.2019 - 12.2021

EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIAN

Baltimore City Fire Department
06.2017 - 09.2017

Associate of the Arts - General Studies for Certificate Students

Howard Community College

Bachelor of Science - Physiology and Neurobiology

University of Maryland College Park

COMMUNICATION SKILLS

  • Outstanding patient communication
  • Excellent classroom communication

GRANTS AND FUNDING

No past, present, or pending foreign support.

Publications

Sambuughin, N., Mungunsukh, O., Klein, M. G., Ren, M., Bedocs, P., Kazman, J. B., Cofer, K., Friel, L. P., McNally, B., Kwon, K., Haigney, M. C., Leggit, J. C., Pazgier, M., Deuster, P. A., & O'Connor, F. G. (2024). Genetics of Exertional Heat Illness: Revealing New Associations and Expanding Heterogeneity. International journal of molecular sciences, 25(20), 11269. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252011269

Presentations

  • Authored Blood Sickling Analysis of Sickle Cell Trait Cases With and Without Exertional Collapse Associated with SCT: a Pilot Study which was presented at the Military Health Systems Research Symposium on 6 AUG 25
  • Authored and presented Recurrent Exertional Rhabdomyolysis in a Service Member with a PRKN Mutation at the American College of Sports Medicine Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA on 28 MAY 25
  • Authored and presented Assessing Heat Tolerance Test Performance in Service Members: A Comparison between Diagnosed Exertional Heat Injuries in High Versus Mild Heat Stress Conditions at the Uniformed Services University Research Days conference in Bethesda, MD on 15 MAY 24
  • Authored and presented Exertional Heat Illness History does not Predict Mean Arterial Pressure Post Heat Tolerance Testing at the Uniformed Services University Research Days conference in Bethesda, MD on 15 MAY 23





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