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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

I served in an acting position as the Team Lead for the Personal Protective Equipment, Reprocessing and Disinfection Devices Team in the Office of Surgical and Infection Control Devices. In addition to my role reviewing regulatory submissions for Infection Control Devices, I mentored other reviewers for their reviews of our devices and their consulting.

I am a Lead Reviewer at FDA Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH) in the Office of Surgical and Infection Control Devices (OHT4). I serve in the Sterility Devices Team in the Division of Infection Control and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery (DHT4B). I review regulatory submissions for sterility, PPE, and reprocessing devices, and provide.

Silver Spring, MD

I was a Regenerative Medicine Commissioner's Fellow at the Food and Drug Administration. I operated in both the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) and the Center for Devices and Radiological Health (CDRH). I also served as a pharmacology/toxicology reviewer for cell, tissue and gene therapies for CBER, and previously served as a.

Silver Spring, MD

The FDA's Computational Modeling and Simulation Working Group (ModSim WG) was chartered in Dec. 2016 with the goal of ensuring consistent and timely review of modeling and simulation supporting regulatory decision making, and to foster cross-center collaboration on modeling and simulation regulatory science efforts. In order to support the formation of.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

The Fellows in Innovation is a grass-roots innovation community of executive branch fellows, initiated by The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) that unites fellows to address complex and cross-cutting challenges. As a FIN, I served on a part-time detail with OSTP in the area of open federal data and data science. During the detail.

Nashville, TN

I coordinated a multi-disciplinary venture by a nanotechnology lab in Biomedical Engineering and a cancer immunology group in Cancer Biology aimed at developing a targeted nanotherapeutic to facilitate cancer immunology and immunological engineering. I became proficient in the techniques, technical language, and academic standards of both groups. Our.

Nashville, TN

I worked in a nanotechnology laboratory to develop a mathematical model of iron oxide nanoparticles in a magnetic field. I combined macro-scale and quantum physics to develop this model with the intent to have it serve as a design tool for material synthesis. I used high level, first-principles physics to successfully predict nanomaterial behavior. The.

Nashville, TN

I worked in a biomaterials laboratory to design a method of coating polymer vascular stents with drug eluting coatings. This was an industry oriented project performed in association with Abbott Vascular. I designed drug loaded polymeric and lipid nanoparticles used to coat polymer stents via layer-by-layer assembly. The particles were fabricated using a.

Nashville, TN

I worked in the Biomedical Engineering Department on developing solid-lipid nanoparticals for drug encapsulation and delivery as well as for vascular stent functionalization using layer-by-layer assembly

Nashville, TN

As a Teaching Affiliate at the Vanderbilt Center for Teaching (CFT) I instructed incoming graduate student teaching assistants in best practices for teaching undergraduate students and performing their TA duties. This position also resulted in a scientific collaboration with one of the CFT faculty members. We developed a new learning/assessment technique.

Nashville, TN

I performed data entry and lab upkeep in the Biological Science department in a lab monitoring food supply dependent speciation in beetles.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Biomedical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Graduate Teaching Affiliate, volunteer at project C.U.R.E., volunteer with the Juvenile Diabetes Research.

Master'S Degree, Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Activities and Societies: see PhD sectionIn my first year, I worked in a biomaterials and tissue engineering lab. I worked on a project.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biomedical Engineeing, Cum Laude

Activities and Societies: Undergraduate Honor Council, Engineering Newsletter, Fencing Team, Phi Kappa Sigma FraternityMy undergraduate.

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