I am a cancer PhD biologist with over 19 years of combined experience in academia, clinical and biomedical industry. Working with clinical and translational stakeholders, I have successfully published peer-reviewed articles in top-tier biomedical journals and have been awarded extramural funding from private and government organizations. I am a recognized leader with a strong knowledge base on the clinical practice and unmet needs in oncology. I am a strong communicator frequently presenting scientific information to diverse audiences, in particular delivering information to clinicians. In my various roles, I have led, managed and collaborated with teams of scientists and clinicians in translational research studies. . I now apply my diverse background and work experience in Global Medical Affairs supporting the digital pathology portfolio of image analysis algorithms, software and hardware and our on market tissue breast cancer diagnostics. I work collaboratively across different stakeholders to support our business teams as the scientific SME in digital pathology, lung cancer and other oncology disease areas and lead efforts to digitize education and training content for our pathology customers. Professional Skills: Clinical and Translational Research, Clinical Trials, Oncology, Biomarkers, Protocol and Assay development, Grant/Budget preparation, Staff Management, Public presentation, Scientific writing, Molecular and Cellular Biology laboratory methods (transfection, cloning, immunoblotting, cell culture, PCR, qPCR, ELISA, in vitro endpoint analyses), Preclinical in vivo tumor models (patient-derived xenografts, transgenic, syngeneic), small animal husbandry and surgery, in vivo drug delivery (IP, IV-tail vein, SQ, oral), cell culture (2D, 3D), microscopy, multiplex immunofluorescence, in vivo pharmacology, drug screening, cancer cell signaling, data mining, Molecular Pathology: immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, automated immunohistochemistry platforms (Ventana Nexus/Discovery, Leica Bond), digital image analysis and digital pathology (Aperio, inForm, Roche), histology, biomarker discovery and validation, clinical biological samples, familiarity with DNA and RNA sequencing and bioinformatics methods
Listed skills include Oncology, Translational Research, Molecular Biology, Cell Culture, and 51 others.