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The majority of my career has focused around the development and testing of candidate vaccines and therapeutics for infectious diseases and cancer. Early on, my work involved hands on laboratory investigations to design and enhance alphavirus based vaccine delivery platforms as well as to identify genetic changes that could be used to develop live attenuated vaccines. I then went on to work with a couple different contract research organizations where I served as Principal Investigator or Program Manager to assess the safety and efficacy of candidate vaccines and therapeutics against numerous public health and biodefense indications; and to assess the bioweapons threat posed by viral and bacterial select agents. During this time I received extensive training and experience in Good Laboratory Practices regulations for preclinical studies, evaluated human serum samples from influenza vaccine clinical trials, and developed lot release and stability testing protocols under Good Manufacturing Practice regulations. Most recently, I've returned to academia to oversee the facilities and research activities of an NIH funded high containment laboratory; however, my personal research efforts have continued to focus on discovery and preclinical evaluation of new infectious disease drugs and vaccines either through internal collaborations or with small biotech companies.My goals are to use my technical experience combined with my program management experience to further the development of vaccine and therapeutics for biodefense, food safety and public health indications.Specialties: Vaccine Development and Testing, Viral Based Vaccine Platforms, Molecular Virology, Antiviral Drug Discovery and Evaluation, Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, Program Management