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AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE POLICY FELLOW
Summary

Motivated and enthusiastic executive professional with 15 years of progressive experience in academic, government and non-profit environments, including extensive experience in project management and policy-decision making. Consistently achieves optimal utilization of developing, delivering, and managing operations through process improvement planning, program coordination, and cultivation of strong interagency and international relationships. Excellent leader and team-member who possesses an established track record of creating, overseeing and implementing programs.


Highlights
  • Inter-governmental and legislative relations
  • Analytical and strategic thinker
  • Project management
  • Strong interpersonal skills
  • Advanced problem solving skills
  • Outstanding communication skills
  • Technology innovator
  • Outstanding leadership skills
Experience
American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy Fellow
September 2013 to CurrentCompany Name － City, State
  • Serve as primary point contact and liaison between Department of Defense and USG interagency teams including Policy on cooperative biological threat reduction approaches and strategies.
  • Provide acquisition oversight of a $180 Million portfolio to achieve strategic biologic threat reduction.
  • Contribute to international efforts to prevent, detect and contain majorglobal health outbreaks.
  • Minimize organizational conflicts, cost overruns, and schedule delays.
  • Facilitate collaborative partnerships and enhance engaged countries participation in global health security agenda action packages.
  • Contribute to and formulate the annual report to congress, including metrics.
Co-Founder and current board of directors member
December 2013 to CurrentCompany Name － City, State
  • Co-founded a non-profit to provide simple, practical technological solutions to complex social welfare issues.
  • Formed private-public partnerships to transfer readily available technology to the public health sector.
  • Executed proof of concept implementations to validate product feasibility.
  • Formulated operational models with clear and actionable goals and targets.
  • Built relationships with key industry and government partners.
Posdoctoral Associate
June 2011 to August 2013Company Name － City, State
  • Charged with leading a team to investigate a fully funded study by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency.
  • Developed a novel animal model which received national recognition.
  • Published peer-reviewed scientific journal articles (including Nature) and delivered invited presentations.
  • Responsible for data collection, analysis and report writing.
  • Wrote detailed quarterly reports outlining grant progress.
  • Managed numerous projects simultaneously within budgetary restrictions.
Education
Ph.D. : Biomedical Sciences, 2011University of Missouri － City, State, USA
  • Graduated Summa Cum Lade with a 4.0 GPA
  • Completed a dissertation with an emphasis on a major global health crisis - cardiovascular disease.
  • Selected as sole Doctoral Student Marshal and delivered the commencement speech - based on academic performance, contributions to both graduate eduction and public outreach.
Bachelor of Science : Biology, 2001University of North Carolina at Charlotte － City, State, USA
  • Graduated with Cum Laude Honors and University Honors.
  • Awarded Dean and Chancellor Commendation Awards for outstanding academic achievement.
  • Studied abroad and participated in a culture exchange program at Kingston University, London, England.
Accomplishments
  • Selected as a 1 of 20 international TED Fellows based on outstanding accomplishments, extraordinary public service and impeccable character.
  • Delivered a TED Talk at TEDGlobal 2014 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil regarding novel vaccine logistics technology.
  • Selected to collaborate with TED-Ed to develop a lesson called "What to Remember About Memory Loss". Average viewership is ~ 500,000 -1000,000.
  • Awarded the Early Career Professional Service Award from the American Physiological Society for outstanding contributions and dedication to furthering the broader goals of the physiology community.
Certificates and Workshops
  • Awarded the Graduate Certificate for Science Outreach which included integrating research and outreach and facilitating a dialog with the lay public.
  • Awarded Postdoctoral Leadership Certificate designed to further develop personal leadership skills.
  • Completed a Science Communication Workshop to enhance skills necessary to communicate complex science principles to the public.
Member Affiliations
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • American Physiological Society
  • Griffins Womens Leadership Society
  • National Science Teachers Association
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School Attended

  • University of Missouri
  • University of North Carolina at Charlotte

Job Titles Held:

  • American Association for the Advancement of Science Policy Fellow
  • Co-Founder and current board of directors member
  • Posdoctoral Associate

Degrees

  • Ph.D. : Biomedical Sciences , 2011
    Bachelor of Science : Biology , 2001

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