Experience

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  Cajal Neuroscience

  • United States
  • Biotechnology Research
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Associate Director, Program & Alliance Management

    • Feb 2024 - Present

  • Sr. Scientific Project and Alliance Manager

    • Mar 2022 - Feb 2024

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  Chan Zuckerberg Initiative

  • Program Manager

    • Jul 2021 - Mar 2022

    Program Manager for the Neurodegeneration Challenge Network (NDCN)

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  Allen Institute

  • United States
  • Research Services
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Sr. Scientific Program Manager

    • Jan 2021 - Jun 2021

  • Scientific Program Manager

    • Jun 2019 - Jan 2021

    Managed scientific research program with multiple large-scale data generation pipelinesLed teams through the annual rhythms of business including monthly and semi-annual reporting, annual goal setting, annual detailed budget building and trackingNavigated cross-functional matrix organization to deliver scientific data and impactWorked with investigators to develop a portfolio of federal and private grant fundingContributed to process improvements across the organization

  • Project and Alliance Manager

    • Dec 2016 - Jun 2019

    I served as program manager for the MindScope program at the Allen Institute for Brain Science. Researchers in the MindScope program are exploring how the brain processes distinct features of the visual world by recording the activity of different cortical areas and their composite cells in individual animals as they perform visual tasks.

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  Hero Dogs, Inc.

  • Volunteer

    • May 2016 - Mar 2018

    Hero Dogs, Inc., a Maryland 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation, improves quality of life for our nation’s heroes by raising, training, and placing service dogs and other highly skilled canines, free of charge with lifetime support of the partnerships. I volunteer as a member of the application committee helping to identify veterans who would benefit from a partnership with a service dog.

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  CDMRP

  • Contractor via Ripple Effect Communications

  • Science Officer

    • Sep 2015 - Dec 2016
    • Contractor via Ripple Effect Communications

    I served as a Science Officer for the Department of Defense's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program (CDMRP) administered by the US Army. I supported the management of grants in the Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) portfolio. My portfolio included diabetes, psychotropic medications, sleep disorders, pancreatitis, mitochondrial disease, interstitial cystitis and hereditary angioedema and ranges from basic science to clinical trial awards. I participated in efforts to evaluate the outcomes of PRMRP grant funding as well the CDMRP evaluation working group.

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  National Science Foundation (NSF)

  • Directorate for Engineering, Office of the Assistant Director

  • AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow

    • Sep 2014 - Sep 2015
    • Directorate for Engineering, Office of the Assistant Director

    As a member of the evaluation and assessment team, I contributed to ongoing efforts to measure the outcomes and impacts of NSF Engineering grant funding. I developed logic models describing programs and their goals to guide the development of metrics to monitor their success. I facilitated the OMB approval process for outcome data collection. I participated in Foundation-wide evaluation efforts and working groups.I co-chaired the AAAS Fellow Affinity Group FIRE, a group for fellows interested in research and technology evaluation. The group serves as a resource for fellows in identifying tools, training and resources, bringing together professional evaluators and novice evaluators, and sharing experiences with evaluation across the federal government. We hosted seminars, workshops and informal events for current and former fellows as well as the Washington area evaluation community.Coursework: Building Useful Logic Models for Program Evaluation and Planning AEA 2014

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  National Academy of Sciences

  • Washington D.C. Metro Area

  • Research Associate

    • Feb 2014 - Aug 2014
    • Washington D.C. Metro Area

    I was a Research Associate on the Board of Health Care Services within the Institute of Medicine. The Board considers the entire health care system in order to ensure the best possible care for all patients. Its activities pertain to organization, financing, effectiveness, workforce, and delivery of health care. I contributed to the consensus study "Improving Diagnosis in Health Care" with research, planning, organization and writing.

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  Office of Autism Research Coordination

  • National Institute of Mental Health

  • Policy Analyst Intern

    • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014
    • National Institute of Mental Health

    I was a policy analyst intern in the Office of Autism Research Coordination which manages and coordinates the Interagency Autism Coordinating Committee (IACC) a Federal Advisory Committee. I helped to communicate information about the IACC and research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD) to congress, other agencies and the public. I assisted in strategic planning and monitoring of ASD research activities. I also assisted in analyzing the portfolio of research and preparing reports for various audiences. I participated in preparing information about ASD for the public and coordinating meetings between the IACC and the public.

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  National Institutes of Health

  • National Institute of Mental Health

  • Post-Doctoral Fellow

    • Jul 2012 - Jan 2014
    • National Institute of Mental Health

    During my post-doctoral fellowship, I investigated the developmental origins of the neural circuit responsible for wing expansion behavior in Drosophila melanogaster. I was also involved in genetic tool development in collaboration with other members of the lab.

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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Lab of Philip Newmark PhD

  • Laboratory Manager

    • Jun 2004 - Jul 2005
    • Lab of Philip Newmark PhD

    Acted as lab manager with duties including: ordering and managing supplies, general lab organization and maintenance, care of research organisms (planaria), assisting others with research tasks, trained new personnel, performed independent experiments and managed an individual project.