Lisa Esterling, Phd, Pmp Email & Phone Number

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Refine and expand the Golden Helix quality process to ensure products meet regulatory requirements. Perform software product testing, user acceptance testing and document the use of software. Prepare technical documentation for genomic scientists and clinical geneticists to perform their duties using Golden Helix software. Aggregate up-to-date cancer, drug, and trial data with interpretations for common cancer biomarkers and molecular therapies. Understand and make editorial decisions on genomic data sources to prepare them for use in clinical genetic testing and research contexts.

Oversaw team of scientists in charge of identifying and presenting external and internal information to team of laboratory directors, genetic counselors, and scientists pertaining to classification of genetic variants in heredity cancer genes as pathogenic or benign. Reviewed and signed patient reports, and developed and maintained annotated database of variant information, classification history, and scientific literature. Served as project manager, domain expert, and tester in development of Java applications to access annotated database and queue variants through classification process, and used SQL to query information stored in company databases in response to commercial and laboratory director requests and for publication support.

Salt Lake City, Utah, United States

Worked in coordination with laboratory directors and medical services to support activities. Reviewed and signed patient reports under supervision of laboratory director. Supported classification of new variants and reclassification of variants of indeterminate classification by examining laboratory and patient data, and reviewing literature to provide evidence for each variant's role in disease and/or treatment. Oversaw laboratory director journal club. Studied, maintained, and identified data in company patient and literature databases, to lead to better understanding and interpretation of laboratory results. Provided project management support to projects related to lab director activities.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Led and acted as project manager for projects transferring technology, reagents, and robot platforms from development to production laboratory. Acted as liaison between technical development, informatics, and laboratory groups. Supervised technical development group projects.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Translated laboratory processes for software engineers for development and maintenance of in-house informatics system. Acted as liaison between informatics and laboratory groups. Oversaw informatics projects.

Salt Lake City Metropolitan Area

Performed marketing and sales activities for multi-component Laboratory Information Management System (LIMS). Facilitated system requirements gathering with customers and engineers. Translated laboratory processes for software engineers for LIMS development. Designed user interfaces systems. Wrote use cases and requirements. Tested software product from biological perspective. Taught in-house molecular biology class to familiarize software engineers with molecular biology and laboratory techniques.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Oversaw administration and scientific content of SBIR and STTR Programs in DNBBS. Coordinated application procedures, research-related issues, and NIMH priorities with grant applicants. Attended integrated review group meetings to serve as programmatic resource for scientific review administrator and monitored review of applications. Aided associate director of DNBBS and participated in various administrative and organizational activities related to applications and grants in TRST programs.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Served as office liaison to trans-NIH community, and workgroups focused on research in genetics. Aided in gathering information and writing reports communicating NIMH research activities to Congress and public. Wrote reports, detailing recommendations of expert panels, for restructuring Clinical and Genetic Intramural Research at NIMH, and for NIH-wide Brain Molecular Anatomy Project, Brain Atlas Workshop. Acted as scientific review administrator in evaluation of applications for Silvio 0. Conte Neuroscience Centers.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Developed high resolution integrated map of human chromosome l 8p11.2, susceptibility region for bipolar disorder, and assessed candidate genes for disease.

Bethesda, Maryland, United States

Conducted molecular genetic analyses of Familial Dyslexia.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Molecular Genetics

Bachelor'S Degree, Molecular Genetics