Cristina Howard-Varona

About Cristina Howard-Varona

I am a Project & Program Manager and Senior Research Scientist with 10+ years of experience leading complex academic, laboratory, and industry-partnered scientic projects. Strong background in project coordination, sample workow organization, documentation management, data accuracy, regulated research environments, and cross-functional communication. Experienced working with biotech companies, government-funded laboratories, and interdisciplinary teams. PMP-trained with expertise in timeline development, stakeholder communication, meeting facilitation, milestone tracking, issue resolution, and process optimization. I bring exceptional attention to detail, scientic literacy, and the ability to drive projects from initiation to completion in fast-paced environments

Experience

1. Project Manager, Clinical Services

   罗氏公司

   Mar 2026 — Present · US

   Clinical Services Project Manager

Education

• Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  Bachelor of Science (BSc)

• The University of Arizona

  PhD student followed by PhD candidate

• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia

  MSc

Skills

• Bioquímica
• Molecular Genetics
• Genetics
• Proteomics
• Spanish-English
• Microscopy
• Interview Skills
• Cell Culture
• Bioinformatics
• Team Leader
• Molecular Biology
• Fluorescence Microscopy
• Genética
• Molecular Cloning
• Science
• Pcr
• Elisa
• R (Lenguaje De Programación)
• Microbiology
• Qpcr
• English-Spanish
• Biotechnology
• Biología Molecular
• Bacteriophages
• Lifesciences
• Transcriptomics (Rna-Seq)
• Ciencias Naturales
• Biochemistry
• Languages
• Catalan
• Western Blotting
• Ciencias
• Cell Biology
• Project Development
• Biotecnología
• Perl
• Genomics