Category Archives: Working
Goodbye Kenya
I have returned home in December and resumed work at GSK this week! You know that feeling when you wake up before your alarm usually goes off and you think: “No wait, it’s Sunday so I can sleep in… ahhhhh. Oh … Continue reading
Visit to Kenya AIDS Vaccine Initiative of Kangemi
The two KAVI sites in Kenya are located in Nairobi and Kangemi. The Nairobi site at the Kenyatta National Hospital, where I work, has an up to date lab where we receive blood donors and perform high-throughput assays. The KAVI … Continue reading
HIV R4P
Nope, this is not a rapper’s name, it was the conference I went to in Cape Town, South Africa. HIV Research For Prevention was partially sponsored by IAVI. I was invited to both help represent my site at KAVI as … Continue reading
Small Changes to Make a Far More Comfortable Lab
My labmates share lab coasts and goggles. The coats are years old and they show their age with holes and stains. In other words, they are gross. Christine, CAM, and Elizabeth from my home GSK site were empathetic and gave me … Continue reading
Phone Etiquette
I share the Lab Manager’s office for my five month employment. It is extremely generous of him. Most employees do not have a desk and multiple people share one work station. (Christine D.- I will never again complain that the … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya, Working, You are not from around here?
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Bueller… Bueller…
While you will find this to be a wordy blog post, it does delve into some small cultural differences. I was invited to attend a Good Clinical Lab Practices training course (necessary for working with clinical trials). This was … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya, Working, You are not from around here?
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Welcome to KAVI
“So you’re the guy from GSK we have been waiting for. I thought you would be older.” This is where I work. Located just a couple miles outside Nairobi center. This … Continue reading
Goodbye IAVI, London
My one month training at IAVI at the Human Immunology Lab in London is over. We all hope I have learned enough to support the KAVI team in Kenya. The team went out of lunch on Friday (not entirely … Continue reading
Posted in London, Working
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I really do work five days a week
This should have been mentioned in my very first post: I am a contract employee for IAVI and do not have access to GSK resources. I receive my salary from GSK as well as … Continue reading
Posted in London, Working
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Kevin's Fellowship Abroad 