American Association For The Advancement Of Science Policy Fellow Resume Example Department Of Defense Office Of The Secretary Of Defense, Threat Reduction And Arms Control

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 CurrentDepartment of Defense - Office of the Secretary of Defense, Threat Reduction and Arms Control － Washington, DC

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 major global 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 CurrentBlueprint International － Alexandria, VA

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 2013Cornell University － Ithaca, NY

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 － Columbia, MO, 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 － Charlotte, NC, 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

Resume Overview

Companies Worked For:

Department of Defense - Office of the Secretary of Defense, Threat Reduction and Arms Control
Blueprint International
Cornell University

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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