Experience

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  Biomedical Research Organization

  • Greater Philadelphia Area

  • Biomedical Information Scientist

    • 2014 - Present
    • Greater Philadelphia Area

    Expert searcher and analyst of the biomedical literature and online databases, both licensed and freely available. Support provided to pharmaceutical research, safety, regulatory compliance, clinical trial, litigation and licensing needs. Scientific and competitive information provided to aid in strategic decision making across entire drug life cycle.

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  Merck

  • Biomedical Information Scientist

    • 2007 - 2014

    Expert searcher and analyst of the biomedical literature and online databases, both licensed and freely available. Responsible for pharmaceutical competitive intelligence updates for specific molecular targets or diseases, covering news, literature, patent, pipeline, clinical trial and grant databases. Proficient in use of indexing, command language searching, and text mining (Linguamatics I2E). Curated and extracted information delivered in actionable reports in support of research, safety, clinical, regulatory, litigation and licensing needs. Subject matter expertise in Osteoporosis, Inflammation, Oncology, Women’s Health, Infectious Diseases, Animal Alternatives and Regulatory.

  • Research Associate

    • Oct 1991 - Aug 2007

    Under the direction of Dr. Gideon Rodan, contributed to the development of the first drug treatment for osteoporosis, alendronate (Fosamax) and a second osteoporosis drug, now in Phase 3 clinical trials, first-in-class Cathepsin K inhibitor, Odanacatib. Contributed to multiple drug development programs for bone disease including DKK-1 antagonists, selective estrogen and androgen receptor modifiers, integrin antagonists and glucocorticoid receptor modifiers. Created in vivo and in vitro assays for drug efficacy, generated data submitted to the FDA, and reported findings in leading scientific journals and at International meetings. Major proficiencies in histology, microscopy and imaging technologies- including light, electron, and confocal microscopy, environmental Scanning electron microscopy, Micro-Computerized Tomography, dual x-ray absorptiometry, immunolabeling, autoradiography, and histomorphometry.

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  Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

  • Philadelphia, PA

  • Research Associate

    • Sep 1985 - Oct 1991
    • Philadelphia, PA

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  Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • Piscataway, NJ

  • Research Specialist

    • 1979 - 1985
    • Piscataway, NJ