Experience

Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

• United States
• Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
• 200 - 300 Employee

• • Nov 2022 - Present

• • May 2022 - Nov 2022

• • Feb 2021 - May 2022

• • Aug 2019 - Feb 2021



Helping Hearts, Caring Souls

• Director

  • Jun 2015 - Present

  Helping Hearts, Caring Souls is a non-profit organization that provides health services, education, and vocational skills for people with disabilities in Pakistan. “HHCS” empowers underprivileged members of society enabling them to lead fulfilling lives. Helping Hearts, Caring Souls is a non-profit organization that provides health services, education, and vocational skills for people with disabilities in Pakistan. “HHCS” empowers underprivileged members of society enabling them to lead fulfilling lives.



The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

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

• Postdoctoral Fellow

  • Feb 2016 - Apr 2019

  o Facilitated regular collaboration progress meetings about ongoing projects o Managed weekly lab meetings and coordinated speaker presentations o Managed longitudinal study timelines around equipment and personnel availability o Developed biweekly and annual reports on ongoing grants and projects o Optimized protocols and troubleshoot processes for research data collection o Presented project progress at the annual departmental meeting with 100+ attendees o Conducted comprehensive literature search and generated evidence tables o Studied novel imaging biomarkers (MEMRI/CEST) and efficacy of stem cell therapy in Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Show less



UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

• Pre-Doctoral Fellow

  • Aug 2009 - May 2015

  o Established procedures and guidelines for behavioral experiments for lab of 8 researchers for 15 behavioral tests o Optimized protocols and troubleshoot processes for data collection o Conducted large-scale animal studies using up to 130 animals per study and collected and analyzed data from 23 different behavior and biochemical tests o Developed bi-annual progress reports on ongoing grants and projects o Annually presented project progress at the weekly departmental seminars with 50+ attendees o Created templates to streamline repetitive data analysis in MS Office suite and Statistica o Trained and supervised two undergraduate students in their research projects o Trained 2 post-doctoral fellows and a graduate student in rodent behavioral testing o Studied genetic murine models of Autism related to Shank3 gene to discover biochemical and behavioral abnormalities Show less



UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

• Research Assistant

  • Apr 2008 - Jun 2009

  o Enabled Just-In-Time procurement methods to ensure resources were available for lab members. o Managed lab expenditures for multiple projects with several funding sources o Facilitated a stroke study with Collaborators at Yale University and UT Southwestern o Provided logistical and technical support to staff for their day-to-day functions o Trained and supervised 2 technicians in mouse colony management o Studied novel synaptic signaling mechanisms by which the neuronal protein kinase Cdk5 controls cAMP-dependent signaling through the regulation of phosphodiesterase 4 and its role in Show less



UT Southwestern Medical Center

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

• Green Fellow and Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2007

  o Nationally competitive NIH fellowship for full time research as an undergraduate. o Studied downstream biochemical effects of inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase. o Determined the effects of systemic inhibition of mTOR kinase on fear memory consolidation and reconsolidation which led to a clinical trial at the VA. o Nationally competitive NIH fellowship for full time research as an undergraduate. o Studied downstream biochemical effects of inhibition of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) kinase. o Determined the effects of systemic inhibition of mTOR kinase on fear memory consolidation and reconsolidation which led to a clinical trial at the VA.