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California, United States

South San Francisco, California, US

South San Francisco, California, US

Brisbane, California, US

Brisbane, California, US

- Develop, analyze and report program-specific nonclinical strategies for neurological and rare metabolic disease programs spanning technology platforms in gene therapy, and zinc-finger based gene editing and gene regulation programs.- Actively collaborate cross-functionally, and with partners, to ensure that nonclinical studies are performed in a quality.

Axovant Sciences/ Axovant Gene Therapies (7/2018-4/2019)Roivant Sciences (5/2018-7/2018)- Provided expertise as a member of core development teams for gene therapy programs in the treatment of rare neurological and neuromuscular diseases.- Managed nonclinical studies (including GLP Toxicology) for gene therapy programs comprising of design, on-site.

New York, New York, US

Learned basic principles of nonclinical drug development, reviewed regulatory document submissions, assisted with oncoming asset transition, and managed data for an ongoing small molecule pharmacology study.

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Alongside two other graduate students, helped set up a seminar series for biomedical students to learn more career options beyond academia. As a part of this series we invite scientists in a range of roles and across a spectrum of fields to give a short presentation about their careers and how they got there.

Chapel Hill, NC, US

Provided students perspectives and advocated for changes to improve graduate student career growth, education and community within the program at meetings quarterly. Translated key conclusions, changes and further opportunities for involvement with students. Assisted with organizing students for external program reviews.

Chapel Hill, NC, US

"Defining New Mechanisms for DNA Damage Tolerance in Cancer" Defended Jan. 2018. Mentor: Cyrus VaziriConducted doctoral research on mechanisms of DNA repair with the goal of identifying novel targets for increasing the efficacy of cancer therapies. Characterized a novel role for the cancer-cell specific protein MAGE-A4 in DNA damage tolerance by.

Davis, California, US

Interned in the Nutrition Department at UC Davis under Dr. Louise Lanoue. Examined the possible teratogenic effects of copper intake using cell cultures, immunoassays, and Western blotting.

Berkeley, CA, US

Completed a forty hour/week internship as a part of the California Childhood Leukemia Study at UC Berkeley. Learned a variety of lab techniques including processing of human blood samples, preparation and harvest of human peripheral blood mononuclear cell cultures, data compilation and slide making.

Berkeley, CA, US

STEER (Short Term Educational Experiences for Research in environmental health Sciences) Fellowship, UC Berkeley, awarded on April 29th. Developed a project investigating potential leukemogenic effects of formaldehyde in the lab of Dr. Luoping Zhang. Performed Fluorescence In Situ Hybridization (FISH) assays to visualize chromosomal abnormalities and.

I assisted the veterinarian with clinical procedures and was responsible for administrative work.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Toxicology

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Environmental Toxicology