Cassandra Samples Email & Phone Number

Houston, TX, US

I was hired as a post doctoral scholar in Dr. John Gensel's lab to mange a human biomarker project concerning non-traumatic spinal cord injury. This has advanced my independence, improving my management, communication and organizational skills. I have also driven the writing of three grant applications in this field that I was new to in February 2024.

This volunteer position, in which I planned and hosted a monthly virtual workshop event, enhanced my leadership skills and familiarity with life science business practices. The Basecamp event invites a local entrepreneur to pitch their product or idea, and attendees perform due diligence research in business development areas the entrepreneur needs the.

Basecamp is a halfday event which connects early stage innovators and life-science startup companies to academic trainees interested in consulting, biotechnology business and industry. Innovators present a 10min pitch and participants are split into groups to do market research supporting the needs of the innovators. Event organization: 6 basecamps since.

San Antonio, Texas Area

A student becomes a PhD Candidate after passing a qualifying exam. In my program, this involved writing a grant proposal outside of the scope of my actual research and then verbally presenting and defending the proposal in an oral exam. As a Ph.D. Candidate in the lab of Dr. Jeffery Boychuk, I learned many skills, technical and personal.Project management.

San Antonio, Texas Area

The first 2 years of the doctoral program are very class heavy. During this period I became very proficient in time management, literature searching and writing skills.

Philadelphia, PA

As a research technician in the lab of Dr. Ellen Unterwald, I acted in the following capacities:Collaboration management: our lab housed a rodent behavior core, and I was responsible for managing and performing, or training others to administer, the behavior tests for other labs throughout the institution.Experiment Design: I assisted in designing the.

Parikh Labs

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Neuroscience

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Neuroscience: Systems, Behavior And Plasticity

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Neuroscience Society, Club Ultimate Frisbee