JUAN ALBERTO
COSIO CERVANTES
WHO I AM?
I think that without a bachelor’s degree and a physical body, I am just a curious and intense living being, living every minute of the day, wanting to help other people through my passion, that is medicinal chemistry and clinical research because I´m fascinated to know the background of drugs and how it´s possible that a simple tablet can relief or even disappear diseases.
I asked my friends, family members, and my work partners their opinion about me, and they say I have the next soft skills: initiative, organization, availability to work in a team, attention to detail, service attitude, assistance in situations, and acting on it, I also can adapt to new contexts and get over adversities with a nice attitude and thanked God for one more day of life.
Welcome!
"The person who accomplished to align passion and hard work, God will manifest him a reality without barriers"
Experience
As a professional specializing in the pharmacotherapeutic area and clinical research, I had the chance to perform diverse charges in which I faced multiple challenges that had brought out the best of me, getting me out of my comfort zone and helping me to generate a better version of me.
Employment history
March 2021 – July 2021
Clinical Pharmacist – National Institute of Cardiology (Cardioneumology floor patients)
When I realized my professional training, I learned:
Life is a gift we unwrap every day
Everything happened when I saw the bad prognostics of the cardioneumology floor patients when they don´t take care of their bodies or have genetic problems, I could see and even feel how their life’s escaped from their own hands and there was nothing left to do. Besides I got infected with COVID-19.
One person can make a difference, so everyone should try it – John F. Kennedy
I met in flesh and bone the importance of the meaning that can be “doing your bit” in the patient’s life when I helped them with the knowledge acquired through the physicians to help them to develop a treatment less risky to patients, I helped clinical nutritionists to develop a diet that didn´t affect with the patient´s treatment, I assisted the nursery staff to know which drugs cannot be administered in the same IV administration site and also avoiding unnecessary interventions.
I learned professionally to:
Working under pressure and organization
Due to the huge workload, I realized daily, I put into practice the attention to detail to the medical records of the patients and the visitor’s pass, just like the organization that I should have to prioritize the work activities and the 4 projects I realized during my stay.
Teamwork and relate to professionals.
In the beginning, it wasn´t easy to work and relate with a multidisciplinary team of different ages confirmed by cardiologists, clinical nutritionists, nurses, and respiratory technicians, it was like if I were an amateur musician playing for a professional orchestra in which everyone has a specific role and I had to link to with my instrument, but thanks to the time and perseverance I could fit in the orchestra and accomplish my role being a required and respected musician.
Knowledge in multiple areas.
At being in one of the best hospitals of cardiology in the country and being in the cardioneumology area which only exists in 2 hospitals in México I had to learn pieces of knowledge of:
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Hospital pharmacy about the national standards, politics, and drugs that were available in the institute.
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Fundaments of cardioneumology to comprehend the functions and illness that were between the heart and the lungs.
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Pharmacovigilance according to the standard (NOM-220-SSA1-2016) to know how to report adverse drug reactions and their classifications.
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Scientific article redaction and creation of posters summarizing an investigation in only one page creatively and visually attractive
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Pharmacology therapeutic to analyze the drug interactions from a molecular point of view
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Pharmaceutical technology to analyze drug formulations prescribed in magistral pharmacies
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Biopharmacy and Pharmacokinetics to understand the drug reactions in the human body and understand the key factors that affect their correct function.
Education
My education has provided me the base for my experiences, it also has converted me into an avid learning person with skills and knowledge. Look at my academic background.
August 2016 – July 2021
Bachelor’s degree in Biopharmaceutical Chemist, La Salle University
This career lasts 4 and a half years, however, it took me 5 years to finish it, because in life and success there are never results like linear regression, there will be always obstacles and in those 5 years of my life, I learned the scientific fundamentals that a Biopharmaceutical Chemist must domain, just like the life lessons by part of my professors and classmates. It taught me to face my worst fears and take advantage of them.
Junie 2021
INTRODUCTORY COURSE ON SCIENTIFIC COMMUNICATION IN HEALTH SCIENCES, PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION
In this course, I learned how is established a scientific article, what databases I can use to search for the most recent articles, as well as what should I do and what I shouldn´t do in the moment of reacting to a scientific article.
Junie 2021
D001X: Medicinal Chemistry: The molecular bases of drug discovery, Davidson College
Thanks to Erland Steven´s classes I learned what is the background in drug discovery, focusing on the main stages of the discovery, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, and the phases of the clinical trial.
April 2021
Online Research Ethics Course, the University of Montana with the Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
In these 6 sections of the course, I understood the main importance that has the ethics in clinical research, as well as the responsibility that has the professionals of the healthcare area, the institutions, the ethics committees, the companies that realize research in humans, and animals.
August 2020
Good Documentation Practices, Pharmaceutical Services, and Consulting
In this intensive course I learned about the good practices that should be realized to a document, focused on a pharmaceutical process, as well as the importance of documenting any type of declaration because experts say: “if it´s not documented, it never existed”.
February 2021 (expedition) – February 2024 (validity)
GOOD CLINICAL PRACTICE, THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DRUG ABUSE (NIDA)
This online course helped me thank its’s dynamic activities to comprehend the “characters” that exist now of realizing clinical research, as well as what should and what it´s shouldn´t do during a clinical trial.
Abilities
A mix of soft and hard skills
It´s very important to me to stay in constant learning and continue to develop my skills through personal and professional experiences. Hereafter you are going to find some of my key skills and how these aptitudes have taken me to be a better person and professional.
Negotiation
A valuable skill
Thanks to the book “the negotiator” made by Arturo Elías Ayub known as the best Negotiator of Latin America and the audiobook: “Never split the difference” an exnegotiator of hostages from the FBI I learned the bases and the fundaments of realizing a negotiation.
March 2020 - October 2021
Research Assistant – School of Chemical Sciences (La Salle University)
When I did my social service, I learned:
Research is an art that requires patience, tolerance to frustration, and attention to detail
When I searched for scientific articles related to inflammation and compounds derivate from Poaceae spp, I learned that no matter how many tools and databases you know, you are not going to find what you are looking for if you don´t have patience for searching information, the tolerance to frustration when you don´t find what you are investigating and the attention to detail because sometimes a click can make a difference.
I learned professionally to:
Open to new technologies
Due to the computational experiments that I realized during my social service, I had to know and use multiple computational programs such as (Molegro, ChemOffice, Discovery Studio, Osiris Property Explorer, Swiss Target/Swiss ADME)
Being the coach, I would like to have
Support 6 students with their academic research projects
Analyzing and interpreting Excel databases of almost 300 compounds throwing a little bit more of 2 000 data and their respective filtration.
Knowledge in multiple areas
I learned much stuff during my social service, these are the following:
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Chemoinformatics.- I learned how to use multiple chemoinformatic programs like Molegro to realize docking, Discovery to illustrate with detail the interaction between a ligand and its receptor, Swiss Target to know which are the possible therapeutic targets of my molecules, Swiss ADME to know the pharmacokinetic properties of the best molecules, Molinspiration to know if my molecules comply with the Lipinski rules, IBM RXN to know the retrosynthesis of the best molecules and to know how feasible were to follow-up the research, Osiris Property Explorer to know the toxicology properties of the compounds.
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Pharmacology. - Knowing in detail the mechanisms of action of the AINE´s (Anti-inflammatory Non-Steroidal) drugs and knowing the properties that define the effectiveness of a drug.
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Organic Chemistry. - Knowing the molecular characteristics that had each molecule, their interpretation, synthesis, and retrosynthesis of the molecules.
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Immunology. - Knowing the immunologic point of view of inflammation, how inflammation naturally reacts in our body.
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Clinical Research. - Knowing the animal models that could be feasible to realize the proper experimentation in animals.
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Natural Products Lab. - Learn through technics how to extract these compounds of plants, just like the yield obtained through these experiments.
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Spectroscopy altogether. – Learn how to interpret infrared, ultraviolet, masses spectrum, and NMR nuclear magnetic resonance of carbon and proton to identify the extracted molecules.
My projects
In this section are attached the most relevant projects I realized during my professional practices as a clinical pharmacist and my social service as a researcher assistant.
Hobbies
Sport
Good for the heart and mind
Since I was very young, exercise has been an essential part of my life because it has helped me release stress and create discipline in my life. I like to train with weight exercises and calisthenics.