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Victor Cheptumo

@victorcheptumo

International Medical Laboratory Scientist with expertise in diagnostics, quality systems, and biosafety.

Kenya
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What I'm looking for

I seek roles where I can lead laboratory quality systems, scale molecular diagnostic services, and provide biosafety training within collaborative, impact-driven health programs.

I am an ASCP-certified Medical Laboratory Scientist with over seven years of hands-on laboratory experience across diagnostics, quality control, and biosafety. I combine clinical laboratory practice with programmatic experience supporting donor-funded health projects.

I have led SOP development, implemented EQA programs, and managed equipment calibration and maintenance to ensure high-quality results. My work as a viral load focal person achieved a 96% suppression rate and reduced turnaround time to three days.

I have trained and mentored more than 200 health workers in biosafety and biosecurity, and I routinely supported capacity building, sample referral networks, and quality audits. I contribute to molecular diagnostics workflows including GeneXpert and HIV viral load testing.

Recently I have expanded into AI evaluation for medicine, developing domain-specific prompts and assessing LLM outputs for scientific accuracy to improve model understanding of complex clinical cases.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Current

AI Trainer — Medicine

Handshake AI Move Fellowship

Sep 2024 - Present (1 year 1 month)

Developed and evaluated domain-specific prompts and assessed LLM outputs for scientific accuracy in biology and medicine, improving model handling of complex HIV diagnostic scenarios.

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Current

Clinical Laboratory Scientist

Wadsworth Center

Sep 2023 - Present (2 years 1 month)

Performed pediatric HIV diagnostics, HIV-2 nucleic acid testing and viral load monitoring, and maintained daily laboratory equipment to ensure accurate, timely testing and reporting.

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Laboratory Intern

Njoro Sub-County Hospital

Jun 2016 - May 2017 (11 months)

Conducted diagnostic testing across hematology, microbiology and clinical chemistry, performed QC procedures and participated in HIV proficiency testing to support laboratory operations.

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

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London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Master of Science, Public Health

2025 -

Currently enrolled in an MSc in Public Health program focusing on public health theory and practice.

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Egerton University

Bachelor of Science, Biomedical Science and Technology

2015 - 2018

Grade: Second Class Honours (Upper Division)

Completed a Bachelor of Science in Biomedical Science and Technology with Second Class Honours (Upper Division).

Tech stack

Software and tools used professionally

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