Cepheid
Charry N. Uy has extensive experience in the medical and laboratory fields, currently serving as the Director of Medical Affairs and Director of Worldwide Support Operations at Cepheid since July 2013, where responsibilities include customer advocacy, project management, and critical incidents management. Previous roles include Senior Manager of Global Support Initiatives and Manager of Technical Support, focusing on molecular diagnostics and personnel management. Charry's background features positions such as Clinical Laboratory Scientist II at El Camino Hospital and Laboratory Manager in Clinical Microbiology for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, emphasizing clinical microbiology, quality assurance, and infection control. Charry began the career at Kaiser Permanente as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist II and held a Senior CLS role at Stanford University Medical Center. Academic credentials include a Bachelor of Science in Medical Technology with a specialization in Microbiology from the University of Santo Tomas.
Cepheid
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Cepheid is a molecular diagnostics company. The Company develops, manufactures and markets fully-integrated systems for testing in the Clinical and Non-Clinical markets. The Company's systems enable molecular testing for organisms and genetic-based diseases by automating otherwise complex manual laboratory procedures. The Company's systems integrate these steps and analyze biological samples in test cartridges. Its primary offering is the GeneXpert system, which integrates sample preparation in addition to Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) amplification and detection. The GeneXpert system is designed for a range of user types ranging from reference laboratories and hospital central laboratories to satellite testing locations, such as emergency departments and intensive care units within hospitals, as well as physician offices and other alternate site laboratories. It also offers the SmartCycler system, which integrates DNA amplification and detection to allow rapid analysis of a sample.