Served as Employee Engagement Officer for UCH Genomics / Genetics.
Professional World / Resume
Resume
Professional World / Resume
Filippo D. Galbo
CGMBS / MB(ASCP)cm
Clinical scientist, molecular technologist, and systems builder with experience across molecular diagnostics, clinical genomics, assay validation, high-throughput testing, workflow design, SOPs, quality systems, and operator-facing AI-assisted scientific systems.
Filippo D. Galbo, CGMBS MB(ASCP)cm, is a clinical scientist and molecular technologist with experience spanning clinical genomics, molecular diagnostics, qPCR and RT-qPCR systems, hybridization-capture and amplicon NGS workflows, assay validation and verification, SOPs, technical documentation, operator training, and high-throughput testing. He is focused on clinical AI systems, scientific software, lab workflow automation, quality systems, and controlled human-in-the-loop tooling for regulated scientific environments.
Scientific and team leadership
Clinical work is also a human system
At University of Chicago Medicine, I contributed to clinical molecular genomics work while also supporting the human systems around the lab. I served as Employee Engagement Officer for UCH Genomics / Genetics, helping strengthen communication, morale, and team cohesion across a complex scientific environment.
Strengthened communication, morale, and team cohesion in a complex scientific organization.
Became a trusted operational knowledge holder in environments where assays, workflows, documentation, people, and data had to connect in practice.
Career timeline
Pressure-tested environments
01
Rocky Mountain Regional VA Medical Center
Medical Technologist - Microbiology and Molecular Biology Laboratories
Federal clinical laboratory work across microbiology and molecular biology, with routine PCR diagnostics, women's health testing, serology, and Genexus-based DNA/RNA sequencing.
- PCR diagnostics for CT/NG, C. diff, norovirus, trichomonas, MRSA, SARS-CoV-2, and related targets
- Hologic Panther real-time qPCR workflows for BV, CV, TV, and high-risk HPV
- Reflex serology and viral-load workflows spanning syphilis, HAV, HBV, HCV, and HIV
02
Elevation Diagnostics
Clinical Laboratory Scientist IV - Lead Research and Development Scientist
Validation-minded R&D leadership for high-throughput SARS-CoV-2 testing, workflow documentation, and cross-functional assay development support.
- Wrote protocols, SOPs, and workflow documents for validation and verification across multiple laboratories
- Supported saliva-based high-throughput diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2
- Coordinated with research, regulatory, and quality teams around business and assay objectives
03
Summit Biolabs
Senior Medical Laboratory Scientist - R&D Lead, Liquid Biopsy Laboratory
Founding-stage CLIA startup work under pandemic pressure, combining assay development, team leadership, training, regulatory writing, and extraction-free high-throughput RT-qPCR systems.
- Helped lead testing through the Delta and Omicron waves, supporting more than 500,000 Coloradans
- Built one-step qPCR assays and methods for COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2 variants, influenza A/B, and STI targets
- Contributed to FDA EUA documentation, 510(k) support, robotics-enabled workflows, and zero-file-transfer cloud testing operations
04
Kirby Medical Center
Medical Technologist - Generalist, Department of Laboratory Services
Small-hospital generalist practice covering broad bench work, patient-facing testing logistics, rural COVID response, and independent workflow ownership.
- Performed routine and STAT testing across blood bank, coagulation, hematology, point of care, urinalysis, chemistry, serology, molecular diagnostics, and microbiology
- Created patient-care workflow for a community coronavirus testing program and independently operated a satellite collection/testing clinic
- Handled phlebotomy, specimen processing, assay validation, technical documentation, and physician-facing communication in a rural hospital environment
05
University of Chicago Medicine
Molecular Genomics Technologist, Department of Genomic and Molecular Pathology
Clinical molecular pathology and genomics work centered on hybridization-capture and amplicon NGS, qPCR, assay development, manuscript support, and real molecular oncology operations.
- Supported Illumina HiSeq, MiSeq, and NovaSeq clinical sequencing workflows in molecular oncology
- Worked across conventional PCR, qPCR, Sanger sequencing, melt-curve analysis, capillary electrophoresis, genotyping, microarrays, and microdissection of FFPE tissue
- Contributed to assay development, documentation, validation, manuscript writing, USCAP 2019 conference presentation work, SOPs, and technologist training
- Served as Employee Engagement Officer for UCH Genomics / Genetics, supporting communication, morale, and team cohesion
Operating principles
How Filippo works
Build scientific systems that remain legible to operators and resilient under real laboratory pressure.
Use AI as controlled infrastructure for scientific work, not as a replacement for expertise.
Translate wet-lab complexity into workflows, documentation, and automation that reduce friction without lowering rigor.
Good systems should make competent people faster, clearer, safer, and harder to waste.
Public emphasis
Visible strengths
- Clinical AI systems
- Lab workflow automation
- Scientific software
- Molecular diagnostics and clinical genomics
- qPCR, RT-qPCR, and sequencing workflows
- Assay validation, verification, and implementation
- SOP modernization and training
- Quality systems and documentation
- Human-in-the-loop AI workflows
- Bioinformatics-adjacent tooling
Methods / systems
Technical stack
Molecular diagnosticsClinical genomicsqPCR / RT-qPCRHybridization-capture NGSAmplicon NGSSequencing workflowsAssay validationAssay verificationHigh-throughput testingExtraction-free workflowsSOP and training documentsClinical laboratory informaticsLaboratory automationAI-assisted systemsClinical AI systemsHuman-in-the-loop workflowsQuality systemsSOP modernizationBioinformatics
Selected publication + poster work
Research-linked record
Extraction-Free Testing for SARS-CoV-2 in Nasal Swab and Saliva Samples on a Single High-Throughput Platform
Journal of Biotechnology and Biomedicine
A production-minded paper on extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 testing that consolidates nasal swab and saliva workflows onto a single high-throughput platform, emphasizing assay throughput, specimen flexibility, and practical deployment.
DOI // 10.26502/jbb.2642-91280144
COVIDFast: A high-throughput and RNA extraction-free method for SARS-CoV-2 detection in swab or saliva
medRxiv
The preprint version of the COVIDFast workflow, documenting high-throughput extraction-free SARS-CoV-2 detection from swab and saliva and the practical assay architecture behind rapid clinical-scale deployment.
DOI // 10.1101/2021.12.29.21268527
UTROSCT with extensive rhabdoid differentiation, malignant behavior, and ESR1-NCOA2 fusions
American Journal of Surgical Pathology
A rare-tumor surgical pathology paper describing aggressive UTROSCT cases with extensive rhabdoid differentiation and ESR1-NCOA2 fusions, linking histology with molecular findings in clinically meaningful detail.
DOI // 10.1097/PAS.0000000000001543
Validation of EDTA Decalcification for Clinical Molecular Next Generation Sequencing Studies
USCAP
Poster work centered on whether EDTA decalcification can preserve downstream performance for clinical molecular NGS, framed around validation discipline rather than idealized bench conditions.