Experience

Kershaw Talley Barlow

• United States
• Law Practice
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Doctor of Law and Scientific Director

  • May 2018 - Present

  Sacramento, CA -Support pharmaceutical and medical device complex litigation practice and lead scientific consulting practice -Recruit and work with experts to develop scientific and medical evidence -Perform epidemiological and biostatistical analyses as a consulting expert in support of state and federal trial, appellate, and Supreme Court litigations -Serve on court-appointed scientific leadership in Acetaminophen – ASD/ADHD Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3043), Gilead Tenofovir Cases… Show more -Support pharmaceutical and medical device complex litigation practice and lead scientific consulting practice -Recruit and work with experts to develop scientific and medical evidence -Perform epidemiological and biostatistical analyses as a consulting expert in support of state and federal trial, appellate, and Supreme Court litigations -Serve on court-appointed scientific leadership in Acetaminophen – ASD/ADHD Products Liability Litigation (MDL No. 3043), Gilead Tenofovir Cases (JCCP No. 5043), and Essure Product Cases (JCCP No. 4887) -Employ well-controlled, frequentist and Bayesian disproportionality methods to analyze post-market adverse events and develop new lines of evidence that many courts have not previously considered -Assist with class action, qui tam, medical malpractice, and catastrophic personal injury cases -Assist with law and motion practice from pleading to settlement or jury verdict -Provide exceptional outreach to current and potential clients Show less



Emory SF Bay Area Network

• Board Member and Sacramento Chair

  • Oct 2022 - Present

  -Serve over 3,000 Emory alumni living and working in Northern California -Organize professional networking, social engagement, and philanthropic opportunities -Lead public health networking, collaboration, and mentorship initiatives



iLearn World

• United States
• E-Learning Providers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Academic Instructor

  • Sep 2021 - Present

  Birmingham, AL -Teach English language and literature to schoolchildren in China -Provide tutoring, mentoring, and college admissions consulting to K-12 students



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• United States
• Government Administration
• 700 & Above Employee

• Public Health Law Intern

  • May 2017 - Dec 2018

  Atlanta, GA -Worked with CDC attorneys to support the use of law as a public health tool (legal epidemiology) -Assessed federal and state actions for expanded access to investigational drugs, biological products, and medical devices -Researched patent enablement issues between prokaryotic and eukaryotic CRISPR technologies -Presented to Law and Science Advisory Group on biochemical and pharmacological challenges to synthetic drug laws



Crimson Consulting

• Lead Consultant

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2017

  New York, NY -Recruited, trained, and managed team of admissions consultants for higher education consulting firm -Employed predictive analytics and other data-driven approaches to develop law school consulting program



U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, National Center for Patient Safety

• Patient Safety Fellow

  • Aug 2015 - Jul 2016

  White River Junction, VT -Reviewed high-severity adverse events in the VA healthcare system using the RCA database -Evaluated the impact of a national nursing intervention on length of stay, readmission, and mortality -Applied inverse probability of treatment weighting and propensity score matching in the first peer-reviewed study of its kind -Analyzed falls data at White River Junction VA Medical Center as part of a multidisciplinary RCA team -Served as a quality improvement coach for a national… Show more -Reviewed high-severity adverse events in the VA healthcare system using the RCA database -Evaluated the impact of a national nursing intervention on length of stay, readmission, and mortality -Applied inverse probability of treatment weighting and propensity score matching in the first peer-reviewed study of its kind -Analyzed falls data at White River Junction VA Medical Center as part of a multidisciplinary RCA team -Served as a quality improvement coach for a national breakthrough series on falls prevention Show less



The Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy & Clinical Practice

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Lab Instructor and Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2016 - May 2016

  Lebanon, NH -Taught STATA labs using the NHANES database for a graduate course on survey methodology -Graded assignments, exams, and projects -Provided academic support to students through office hours



Vanderbilt University Medical Center

• United States
• Hospitals and Health Care
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2010 - Jul 2012

  Nashville, TN -Benjamin Poulose Group, Patient and System Barriers to Minimally Invasive Surgery (Clinical Trial), Urban-Rural Influences on the Management of Choledocholithiasis (National Survey) -Performed abdominal wall ultrasonography on 50 patients undergoing elective general surgery -Investigated risk factors for conversion from microlaparoscopy to conventional laparoscopy -Designed a REDCap survey to measure practice variation treating common bile duct stones -Conducted a pilot study of 80… Show more -Benjamin Poulose Group, Patient and System Barriers to Minimally Invasive Surgery (Clinical Trial), Urban-Rural Influences on the Management of Choledocholithiasis (National Survey) -Performed abdominal wall ultrasonography on 50 patients undergoing elective general surgery -Investigated risk factors for conversion from microlaparoscopy to conventional laparoscopy -Designed a REDCap survey to measure practice variation treating common bile duct stones -Conducted a pilot study of 80 general surgeons on the use of ERCP, LCBDE, and OCBDE Show less



Yale DNA Analysis Facility on Science Hill

• Lab Technician II

  • Aug 2008 - May 2009

  New Haven, CT -Operated equipment for high-throughput DNA sequencing and fragment analysis -Processed thousands of DNA samples for Yale and extramural labs on a monthly basis



Duke Cryptogamic Herbarium

• Herbarium Assistant

  • Aug 2007 - May 2008

  Durham, NC -Cataloged bryophyte, lichen, and fungi specimens in electronic database -Audited and maintained physical collections including the processing of new specimens



Duke University Department of Biology

• Research Assistant

  • Aug 2006 - May 2008

  Durham, NC -Daniel Kiehart Lab, Unconventional Myosin Defects in D. melanogaster -Utilized molecular cloning methods to assemble MYO7A GFP-ΔMyTH4-ΔFERM recombinant genes -Performed transfection experiments to study protein domains associated with audiovestibular disorders

• Lab Assistant

  • Aug 2005 - Dec 2006

  Durham, NC -Xinnian Dong Lab, Genetic Regulation of Systemic Acquired Resistance in A. thaliana -Assisted lab members with experiments on plant immune response to pathogen exposure -Prepared chemicals and materials for research use



Kansas State University Department of Diagnostic Medicine

• Food Safety and Security Intern

  • May 2006 - Jul 2006

  Manhattan, KS -Justin Kastner Group, International Response to Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy -Examined the political and economic sequelae of global incidents of “mad cow disease” -Authored a white paper on risk management policy based on the Security and Prosperity Partnership of North America