1. 2677 Marathon Dr. #2D
San Diego, CA 92123
Email: andreashores@gmail.com
Phone: 858-248-0400
Andrea Shores
Skills Communications: Good written and verbal presentation skills. Able to
communicate well with co-workers.
Interpersonal Skills: Able to get along well with co-workers and accept supervision and constructive
criticism. Received positive evaluations from previous supervisors.
Flexible: Willing to try new things and am interested in improving efficiency on assigned tasks.
Attention to Detail: Concerned with quality. Produce work that is orderly and attractive. Ensure tasks
are completed correctly and on time.
Hard-working: Does what is necessary to complete tasks. Takes pride in doing a good job.
Reliable: Excellentattendance record.
Other: Learned discipline, teamwork, and knows how to follow instructions and hard work. Ambitious,
outgoing, reliable and have solid work ethic.
Professional
Experience
I have experience working with dogs,cats, rats, mice, rabbits, guinea pigs, chickens,pigs, cows, sheep,
and horses.
Additional work experience can be provided. Ihave a total of 10 years ofVivarium experience.
12/2014 – 04/2016 Snowy Range Ski Area Centennial, WY
Ski Shop Technician
Meetand exceed customer demands and needs for customer service.
Adjustski and snowboard equipmentrentals for each customer.
Maintain and service rental equipment.
Test rental equipmentto meetsafety standards.
Work with, and assist, customers to find the correctequipment.
10/2013 – 02/2014 North Ridge DiscountLiquor, Laramie, WY
Store Clerk
Meetand exceed customer needs and services.
Restock shelves and order merchandise.
Operate cash register and maintain responsibility for drawer amount.
Maintain store cleanliness and equipment.
05/2011 – 12/2011 Geneva Foundation San Diego, CA
Human Research Assistant
Adjusted, modified, and developed protocols for experiments.
Recorded data, observations,conclusions and resultto use them in presentations and publications.
Performed tests: selected testing objectives, determined statistical design and strategy, evaluated and

2. communicated results and finally advised to the company.
Organized experimentdata.
Collaborated with different hospital units providing physics and radiation safety services.
Informed employer abouttechnical and clinical issues.
Organized and interpreted biological investigation results to include conclusions in biological reports.
Maintained HIPAA policies and guidelines.
10/2010 – 03/2011 UCSD San Diego, CA
Staff Research Associate I/Animal Health Technician
Duties include, butnot limited to:
Perform daily animal health observations for mice, rats, and rabbits.
Use of radiographic equipment, including x-ray machine. Provide peri-operative and emergency care to all
research animals.
Perform intubation, as well as anesthetic induction and maintenance in a variety of laboratory animal
species,including rabbits and rodents.
Accurately calculated drug dosages, and draws up and administers the drugs. Perform phlebotomy and
injection techniques (IV, SQ, IM, IP, intra-articular, tail vein, etc.).
Assistin surgical operations and conducts minor surgical procedures (suturing) independently.
Prepare sterile surgical packs and maintains sterility in operating room. Administer daily veterinary
treatments and medications.
Train PI staff and graduate students in laboratory animal skills.
Adhere to Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) protocols and
amendments while keeping staffup-to-date and compliant.
Maintain accurate and up-to-date controlled substance logs and manages controlled substance user
authorization (CSUA).
Generate and maintain extensive records on animal health and surgical data as required by the IACUC and
the UCSD Animal Care Program (ACP).
Order surgical supplies and maintains inventory.
Documentall experiments and results in well-organized lab notebooks. Reserve surgical
equipmentand services from ACP.
Act as liaison between laboratory and veterinary staff.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Prepare animal research projects.
Perform tissue culture procedures.
Assistin meeting general laboratory safety requirements.
Dissecthuman and animal tissues for experiments.
Order general laboratory supplies.
Von Fry and Treadscan testing and analysis.
BSL 2 experience and techniques.
Mixed various chemical compounds for lab use.
In vivo studies on skeletal tissues including spinal tissue and articular cartilage.

3. 07/2010 – 09/2010 Pfizer San Diego, CA
Animal Technician II/III
Provide daily husbandry for a variety of laboratory animals following specific
experimental parameters (including experimental diets, daily medications delivered in food or injected).
Specially trained to work with biohazardous agents.
Administer any necessary experimental requirements and monitor and record environmental conditions.
Ability to use aseptic technique when performing a cage change to minimize transfer of potential
pathogens.
Understand and follow established procedures to service animal rooms and follow established room order
to reduce cross contamination between rooms.
Observe animals for abnormal behavior.
Educated on the experimental protocols to be able to distinguish between an abnormality and experimental
protocol.
10/2008 – 06/20010 BioLegend San Diego, CA
Vivarium Manager
Provide daily husbandry for a variety of laboratory animals following specific
experimental parameters (including experimental diets, daily medications delivered in food or injected).
Specially trained to work with biohazardous agents.
Administer any necessary experimental requirements and monitor and record environmental conditions.
Ability to use aseptic technique when performing a cage change to minimize transfer of potential
pathogens.
Understand and follow established procedures to service animal rooms and follow established room order
to reduce cross contamination between rooms.
Observe animals for abnormal behavior.
Educated on the experimental protocols to be able to distinguish
between an abnormality and experimental protocol.
Adherence to protocols requiring specific environmental conditions such as specific lightcycles, humidity,
temperature, differential pressure, noise dampening,environmental enrichmentor
lack thereof, etc.
Responsible for developing and maintaining breeding programs for various genetically engineered strains
of mice and rats.
Extensive knowledge of strain specific reproductive cycles, breeding methods and genetics.Have been
responsible for accessing the experimental requirements and determining how
many animals will be required and in turn adjusting production to produce adequate
numbers ofanimals.
Accountfor environmental factors, production rates for
individual strains, research needs, and IACUC approved protocols.
Select breeding animals based on genotype, phenotype, and pedigree.
Perform vaginal cytology (collecting cells, staining, reading and interpreting the slides) may be
necessary to ensure pregnancies.
Knowledge to interpretidentification schemes used by the Animal Resource Center and investigators.
Perform quarantine procedures on incoming animals. Obtain various biological samples (urine, blood,
fecal, buccal swabs, cytology, etc.) for diagnostic tests.

4. Perform oral gavage; intraperitoneal, intramuscular, and subcutaneous injections on a variety of
laboratory animals; perform blood withdrawal from a variety of laboratory animals to
include obtaining blood via mandibular vein, cardiac puncture, femoral, lateral tail
vein, central ear artery, etc.
Process biological samples using an incubator, centrifuge, pipette, etc., and will interpretthe samples.
Able to maintain detailed records for animal care to meetfederal regulations.
Records kepton animal health, environmental parameters, environmental
enrichment, sanitation, census records,and supply inventory.
Communicate daily with research personnel including the principal investigator to inform them
regarding colony status, presentproblems, etc.
References
Dana Graves, co-worker at Snowy Range Ski Area (307) 202- 9322; Laramie, WY
Clayton Hunter, manager at Snowy Range Ski Area (307) 431-2040; Laramie, WY
Estella Solis-Arguello, co-worker atPfizer (619) 339-2177; San Diego, CA
Additional references can be furnished upon request.