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Mclean, Virginia, United States

Credence is one of the largest and fastest growing privately-held government technology and services companies. It solves agency-wide challenges in DevSecOps and AI solutions; protects our nation’s critical systems from cyber attacks; engineers innovative warfighting systems; and supports global health and humanitarian assistance programs that save lives.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

• The NIH Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund) develops and manages programs that address emerging scientific opportunities and pressing challenges in biomedical research that no single NIH Institute or Center.
• Developing funding solicitations and overseeing all stages of awardee selection.
• Managing the budget of the assigned programs (~$40-100M annually).
• Overseeing multiple high-complexity Other Transaction projects.
• Developing and adjusting program milestones and deliverables in response to changing priorities, emerging opportunities, or challenges.
• Co-chairing the trans-NIH Software Tools working group.

Bethesda, MD

• The Cartilage and Connective Tissue Program supports the study of function, injuries, and diseases of musculoskeletal connective tissues. I provided scientific and administrative leadership for ~150-200 research.
• Facilitating all stages of the grant process (except peer review), from mission relevance evaluation and pre-application consultation to post-study section consultation, award activation, and post-award activities.
• Engaging with the extramural scientific community by regularly attending and presenting at meetings, seminars, and workshops.
• Serving as the NIAMS liaison for HRHR research and the NIAMS representative to the Common Fund High-Risk, High-Reward Research Program.
• Serving as the NIAMS liaison to the NIH Office of Data Science Strategy.
• Serving as the NIAMS lead for the Smart and Connected Health program and as the NIAMS liaison to the NSF.

Bethesda, MD

• Connecting NIH’s many data systems is a critical step toward improving researchers’ access to all types of data. NIH has invested significant resources into the generation of large-scale datasets, such as human.
• Overseeing the development of the Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA)
• Serveing as the interim program director
• Leading strategic planning activities
• Serving as the primary point of contact for the awardees and internal stakeholders
• Serving on the NCPI Steering Committee

Bethesda, MD

• The National Institutes of Health launched the Rapid Acceleration of Diagnostics (RADx) initiative to speed innovation in the development, commercialization, and implementation of technologies for COVID-19 testing. The.
• Managing the program's $230M budget.
• Evaluating applications for potential return on investment.
• Developing the overall RADx-ATP negotiation strategy.
• Leading cross-cutting teams of NIH and external staff responsible for carrying out the scale-up projects (6 teams of 8 to 30 members each).
• Coordinating with NIH senior leadership and other government agencies to ensure broad availability of COVID-19 tests.

Bethesda, MD

The NIH HEAL (Help End Addiction Long-term) initiative is taking an “all hands on deck” approach to the opioid crisis, garnering expertise from almost every Institute and Center (IC) to accelerate research and address the public health emergency from all angles. Enhancing the FAIRness (Findability, Accessibility, Interoperability, and Reusability) of the.

Bethesda, MD

• I led a biomedical health research program seeking to identify and understand the potential influence of genetic variants on risk of developing type 2 diabetes. I designed, planned, organized, executed, and managed.
• Directing multiple research projects investigating mechanistic links between genetic variance and risk of type 2 diabetes.
• Contributing to the FUSION (Finland-United States Investigation of NIDDM Genetics) study - an international collaboration funded by NIDDK.
• Supervising experiments performed by technicians and post-baccalaureate fellows.
• Mentoring post-baccalaureate fellows.
• Leading a formal journal club for summer students.

Pasadena, CA

• I led a pioneering research program studying the transcriptional regulation of myogenesis. The program took advantage of nascent Next Generation Sequencing (NGS) technology to measure binding of transcription factors.
• Planning and carrying out an extensive set of experiments to characterize genome-wide occupancy of seven transcription factors responsible for regulating development of skeletal muscle.
• Co-authoring peer-reviewed publications with the ENCODE (Encyclopedia of DNA elements) consortium.
• Developing bioinformatics tools and utilities using C++, Python, and Mathematica.
• Supervising a technician and summer students.
• Mentoring undergraduate and junior graduate students.

Pasadena, CA

• I provided full time informatics and computer programming support for research conducted in Dr. Barbara Wold’s lab. I independently designed and led projects aimed at identifying areas of the mouse genome responsible.
• Developing and implementing a new algorithm for finding regions of DNA conserved between species (FastComp).
• Developing and maintained a database of verified transcription factor binding sites.
• Developing software tools (C++ and Python) to support biomedical research.
• Clustering microarray expression data to gene expression trajectories during skeletal muscle development.
• Generating gene network models using applied graph theory.

Indianapolis, Indiana Area

• Investigated a targetable regulatory pathway linked to increased leptin secretion in humans.
• Genotyped and performed RNA abundance analysis of human adipose tissue samples.
• Presented findings at the Keystone Symposia on T2D and Insulin Resistance.
• Discussed with company leadership the challenges of turning discovery into deliverables, including target identification, efficacy evaluation, and clinical trials.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Molecular Biology

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Mathematics

High School Diploma