Rhea May Email & Phone Number

Golden, Co, Us

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Colorado, United States

Boulder, Co

Create and execute a Medical Affairs strategy that is aligned to the greater airways and ventilation business strategy. Promote communication between cross-functional teams.

Boulder, Co

Offer substantiated clinical guidance throughout the product development process (PDP) and ensure accurate completion of the clinical evaluation report. Manage clinical study sites, adverse events, budget, and provide support to all aspects of clinical trial execution.

Direct R&D progress through scientific planning, execution and communication.· Coordinated with external industrial partners over project goals and progress· Designed and implemented ‘Real-World’ test plans for surface products · Managed experimental design and data analysis to investigate a Sharklet patterned venous access device· Provided endotracheal tube design recommendations based on research studies and statistical reports· Established complex ventilator models to assess mucus flow across Sharklet surfaces· Managed technicians and interns to achieve project goals within deadlines

Support medical device development by carrying out RA & QA tasks· Improved Quality System efficiency during initial implementation· Participated in risk management and product requirement discussions for an endotracheal tube · Researched, discussed and approved Biocompatibility test plans as well as developed V&V protocols · Developed Risk management, usability and IFU documentation (ISO62366 & 14971 compliant)

Lead biological testing and assay development.· Assisted in designing and writing NIH, DOD and NSF grants; 4 were awarded for a combined total of 2.1M · Learned and applied a statistical analysis process to our research strategy· Hired and managed interns, technicians as well as a lab manager to complete R&D experiments and ensure efficient lab maintenance· Created assays to accurately compare colonization of Staphylococcus aureus, S. epidermidis, VRE, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Acinetobacter baumannii, Escherichia coli, and Candida albicans on Sharklet surfaces in a variety of environments using several techniques.· Established models to assess bacterial migration across Sharklet surfaces· Developed confocal and scanning electron microscopy methods to evaluate platelet adhesion as well as biofilm formation in semi-batch, CDC and drip-flow reactors

My dissertation work, completed in Dr. Mike Vasil's laboratory, focused on lipid chemotaxis by Pseudomonas aeruginosa. I found that P. aeruginosa senses and directionally moves towards unsaturated, but not saturated, fatty acids. Importantly, this phenotype is not dependent on the breakdown of these molecules into energy and is therefore due to the recognition of a signal. To understand the requirements of this behavior, I employed an unbiased transposon mutagenesis screen, which revealed an uncharacterized operon involved in lipopolysaccharide (LPS) production. Further analysis of this operon showed that it influences social motility, a phenomenon required for chemotaxis. This finding introduces a new link between the bacterial cell surface and directed motility, and thus uncovers a new level of complexity to this phenotype.

Recorded the growth rates of two Neurospora crassa strains grown on varying concentrations of reducing sugars under the guidance of Dr. Jack Kennell.

Investigated treatments for the Smith Lemli Opitz Syndrome via microscopy as well as tissue culture and animal models under Dr. Steve Fliesler.

Phd, Microbiology

Activities and Societies: UCHSC cycling team, Graduate Student Council, Graduate Council, Student SenateActivities •President.

Certificate, Regulatory Affairs

Bs, Biology

Activities and Societies: Alpha Phi Omega, SLU cycling teamActivities •Trained muay thai and jujitsu martial arts throughout my studies.